State Wildlife Action Plan Workshops

To help states protect wildlife from the impacts of climate change, NWF is hosting workshops with state agencies on how to update State Wildlife Action Plans to include climate threats.

These workshops, which bring together state wildlife agency staff, non-profits, scientists, and policy experts from across the state, jump-start State Wildlife Action Plan revision. To help other states plan workshops on updating their State Wildlife Action Plans for climate change agendas, summaries, and background reports from the meetings are provided here.

If your state wildlife agency is interested in hosting a workshop, contact Naomi Edelson (edelsonn@nwf.org) for more information.

Workshops resources: Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington

Florida

Florida's Wildlife: On the Frontline of Climate Change

• Florida workshop agenda 
• Report: Florida's Wildlife on the Frontline of Climate Change

Massachusetts

Responding to Climate Change: Working Together to Conserve Wildlife, Plants and Habitat in Massachusetts and Beyond

Michigan

Wildlife Conservation and Climate Trends: Implementation of the Wildlife Action Plan

• Michigan workshop agenda (pdf)
• Michigan workshop summary (pdf)

Montana

Anticipating Climate Change: A FWP Workshop Focused on Northern Coniferous Forest Ecosystems, Alpine Meadows, and the Clark Fork Upstream of Idaho to the Bitterroot River Headwaters

• Kalispell workshop agenda (pdf)
• Report: FWP Northwest Montana Terrestrial Climate Change Species Monitoring and Conservation Plan (pdf)

Anticipating Climate Change: A FWP Workshop Focusing on the Sagebrush Steppe and Yellowstone River Systems 

• Bozeman workshop agenda (pdf)
• Report: Anticipating Climate Change in Montana: A Report on the Workshop with Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks focused on the Sagebrush Steppe and the Yellowstone River Systems (pdf)

New Jersey

Safeguarding New Jersey's Wildlife and Natural Systems in a Changing Climate

• New Jersey workshop agenda (pdf)
• New Jersey workshop summary (pdf)

New Hampshire

Wildlife Summit III: Safeguarding Wildlife and Ecosystems from the Effects of Climate Change

• New Hampshire workshop agenda and breakout reports (pdf)

New York

Safeguarding New York's Wildlife and Natural Systems in a Changing Climate

• New York workshop agenda (pdf)
• New York workshop summary (pdf)

North Carolina

Incorporating Climate Change in North Carolina's Wildlife Action Plan

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, National Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, and the North Carolina Wildlife Federation hosted a workshop on the North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan and climate change in September 2010. The workshop started a process for integrating climate change information into the North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan (WAP). The workshop was designed to inform stakeholders about the ways climate change may impact North Carolina’s wildlife; collect stakeholder input on the WAP revision; and increase support for using the WAP to address climate impacts on wildlife. The Wildlife Resources Commission hosted 5 follow-up regional workshops throughout the state in the spring of 2011. Currently, the Commission is beginning to update its Wildlife Action Plan to include climate change.

• North Carolina workshop agenda (pdf)
• North Carolina workshop short summary (pdf)
• North Carolina workshop full summary (pdf)

Texas

Texas Climate Trends and Wildlife Conservation: Planning for the Future

• Texas workshop agenda (pdf)
• Report: Texas Climate Trends and Wildlife Conservation: Planning for the Future (pdf)

Virginia

Conserving Virginia's Fish and Wildlife for the Future: Preparing for a Changing Climate

• Virginia workshop agenda (pdf)

Conserving Virginia's Fish and Wildlife for the Future: Preparing for a Changing Climate: Workshop ii- Strategies and Actions

• Virginia second workshop agenda (pdf)
• Final Report: Virginia's Strategy for Safeguarding Species of Greatest Conservation Need from the Effects of Climate Change (pdf)

Vermont

Wildlife Conservation and Climate Trends: Implementation of the Wildlife Action Plan

• Vermont workshop agenda (pdf)
• Vermont workshop summary (pdf)

Washington

Assessing Climate Impacts on Washington's Fish and Wildlife

• Washington workshop agenda (pdf)
• Washington workshop summary (pdf)
• Report: Setting the Stage: Ideas for Safeguarding Washington's Fish and Wildlife in an Era of Climate Change (pdf)

Learn more about:

• State vulnerability assessments
• NWF's adaptation reports