The second session of the 2024 MW CASC Early Career Researcher Training Series will take place February 14 from 2:30 - 4:00pm CT. This session will focus on climate adaptation planning and will feature three natural resource professionals sharing their experience in conducting vulnerability assessments. Each will share their insights in 15 minute talks, then we will have a panel discussion moderated by Nikki Berry, Graduate Research Assistant at Miami University-Ohio and USGS Intern. 

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Featured panelists:

Tyler Kaspar is an Environmental Biologist with the 1854 Treaty Authority who has helped implement the first version of the 1854 Treaty Authority Adaptation Plan and is currently working on its revision.  

Presentation Title: Climate Adaptation in the 1854 Ceded Territory: from Plan Creation to Implementation and Revision.

Desi Robertson-Thompson is Research Coordinator for the MW CASC. In a previous position she was part of the team that led one of the first adaptation plans for a national park.  

Presentation Title: Climate Adaptation Planning at Indiana Dunes National Park

Olivia Dorow Hovland is Sustainability Planner for the City of Coon Rapids, MN. She has worked on a variety of urban initiatives addressing impacts of climate change.

Presentation Title: City Planning for Climate Change

This training is virtual and open to all graduate students and postdoctoral researchers affiliated with the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center.