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Fact Sheet 2011–3138

Science Goals of the U.S. Department of the Interior Southeast Climate Science Center

Melinda S. Dalton

Introduction

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In 2011, the U.S. Department of the Interior Southeast Climate Science Center (CSC) finalized the first draft of its goals for research needed to address the needs of natural and cultural partners for climate science in the Southeastern United States.

The science themes described in this draft plan were established to address the information needs of ecoregion conservation partnerships, such as the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) and other regional conservation-science and resource-management partners. These themes were developed using priorities defined by partners and stakeholders in the Southeast and on a large-scale, multidisciplinary project—the Southeast Regional Assessment Project (SERAP)—developed in concert with those partners.

Science products developed under these themes will provide models of potential future conditions, assessments of likely impacts, and tools that can be used to inform the conservation management decisions of LCCs and other partners. This information will be critical as managers try to anticipate and adapt to climate change. Resource managers in the Southeast are requesting this type of information, in many cases as a result of observed climate change effects.

The Southeast CSC draft science plan identifies six science themes and frames the activities (tasks, with examples of recommended near-term work for each task included herein) related to each theme that are needed to achieve the objectives of the Southeast CSC.

First posted November 10, 2011

For additional information contact:
Gerard McMahon, Ph.D., Director
gmcmahon@usgs.gov
DOI Southeast Climate Science Center
Department of Biology
240 David Clark Labs
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7617
919-515-2229

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Suggested citation:

Dalton, M.S., 2011, Science Goals of the U.S. Department of the Interior Southeast Climate Science Center: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011–3138, 4 p.



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