1. Keeping Pace with a Changing World
Using the Template for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Management Options (TACCIMO) in a changing climate
Lori Barrow
2013 Steering Committee Meeting

2. Management Challenges Throughout the SALCC
Urban Encroachment
Habitat Fragmentation
Extreme Weather Events
Increased Use
Sea-level Rise
Wildfire
Invasive Species
Photo Credit from : Urban Encroachment USGS; Increased Use, Virginia, NPS; Extreme Weather Events, Tom MacKenzie, USFWS,;Sea-level Rise, Lori Barrow, Invasive Exotic Spread, Ron Billings;, USFS,;Wildlife , USFS

3. How can we keep pace with a changing climate ?

5. Science-Management Partnerships

6. TACCIMO assists land managers and planners with evaluation of climate change science implications for sustainable natural resource management.
TACCIMO’s public-facing website includes:
A geospatial mapping application that provides downscaled climate data
A searchable repository of climate change effects & management options
Report generators that capture outputs specific to a given location and resource area in a consistent & timely manner
Results can be readily linked with management language and planning efforts

7. What TACCIMO delivers Access to geospatial projections
3 General Circulation Models (GCMs) & PRISM historic data
With 87 supporting resource layers

8. What TACCIMO delivers 1,000+ peer-reviewed scientific papers
4,000+ associated excerpts and quotes describing effects of climate change
Citations to over 4,000 supporting documents

9. Vegetation Management Soil & Geologic Resources
What TACCIMO delivers
Content is organized into 16 resource area “Factors”
58 Categories and 16 Geographic regions
Coastal Ecosystems
Invasive Species
Vegetation Management
Animal Communities
Water Resources
Recreation
Air Quality
General Biodiversity
Land Use & Planning
Extreme Weather
Climate Trends
Soil & Geologic Resources
Fire
Forest Health
Freshwater Ecosys.
Plant Communities
Photo credits from Bugwood.org: Climate Trends—Petr Kapitola, State Phytosanitary Administration; Fire—Region 2, USFS; Freshwater Ecosystems—Chris Evans, River to River CWMA; Invasive Species—Kerry Britton, USFS; Animal Communities—Alfred Viola, Northeastern University; Vegetation Mgt.—John D. Hodges, MS State Univ.; Plant Communities—Jason Sharman, Vitalitree; General Biodiversity—David Cappaert, MI State Univ.; Water Resources—Chris Evans, River to River CWMA; Soils—Howard F. Schwartz, CO State Univ.; Land Use—James Denny Ward, USFS; Disturbance—Ronald F. Billings, Texas FS

10. What TACCIMO delivers Associated with 38 National Forest plans
Over 12,000 desired conditions, objectives and design criteria

11. What TACCIMO delivers Four unique report generators
TACCIMO Climate Report
TACCIMO Literature Report
TACCIMO Literature & Planning Report
TACCIMO USFS Planning Report
Report generators that capture outputs specific to a given location and resource area in a consistent & timely manner

12. How can TACCIMO be used?
A Natural Resource Professional needs to perform a review of climate change science….
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13. Traditional literature review
You have a question about climate change
Traditional literature review
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14. TACCIMO literature review You have a question about climate change
TACCIMO Output
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15. Examples of how TACCIMO could be used
Implementation
Examples of how TACCIMO could be used

16. How can TACCIMO be Used? NEPA Analysis
USDA Forest Service Plan Revisions
Comprehensive Refuge planning
Endangered Species recovery plans
Wildlife Action Plans
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments
State and Private-Level Forest Management
Craft climate change materials for state level managers and private landowners
Everyday Use
TACCIMO can be used for every day climate change needs and provide a valuable teaching aid for climate change education
Comprehensive refuge planning
Endangered species recovery plans
Wildlife action plans

17. Remember: TACCIMO IS: TACCIMO is NOT:
A literature review and decision support tool
A starting point in the decision making process
A large and growing repository of peer-reviewed climate change science for forest resources
TACCIMO is NOT:
A decision making tool
A substitute for local and expert knowledge
An all-inclusive climate change resource for all regions