Research Publications
| Date | Title | Link | MW CASC Project Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | It’s Complicated and It Depends: A Review of the Effects of Ecosystem Changes on Walleye and Yellow Perch Populations in North America | North American Journal of Fisheries Management | Supply-and-Demand Dynamics Associated with Using Stocking to Maintain Walleye Fisheries in the Face of Climate Change |
| March 2022 | Daily surface temperatures for 185,549 lakes in the conterminous United States estimated using deep learning (1980–2020) | Limnology and Oceanography Letters | Fish Habitat Restoration to Promote Adaptation: Resilience of Sport Fish in Lakes of the Upper Midwest |
| August 2022 | Multi-Season Climate Projections Forecast Declines in Migratory Monarch Butterflies | Global Change Biology | Evaluating the Role of Climate on Midwestern Butterfly Trajectories, Monarch Declines, and the Broader “Insect Apocalypse” |
| October 2022 | Operationalizing Forest Assisted Migration in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation: Examples From the Eastern USA | Ecosphere | Exploring the Potential for Adaptive Tree Plantings to Restore and Sustain Forest Habitats Across the Upper Lake States |
| January 2023 | Connecting habitat to species abundance: the role of light and temperature on the abundance of walleye in lakes | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | Fish Habitat Restoration to Promote Adaptation: Resilience of Sport Fish in Lakes of the Upper Midwest |
| January 2023 | Potential Effects of Climate Change on Appalachian Stoneflies (Remenus kirchneri, Acroneuria kosztarabi, and Tallaperla lobata) | USGS Open File Report | n/a |
| April 2023 | Predicting climate change impacts on poikilotherms using physiologically guided species abundance model | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Fish Habitat Restoration to Promote Adaptation: Resilience of Sport Fish in Lakes of the Upper Midwest |
| April 2023 | Potential Effects of Climate Change on Ambystoma barbouri (Streamside Salamander) | USGS Open File Report | n/a |
| April 2023 | Synthesis of climate and ecological science to support grassland management priorities in the North Central Region | USGS Open File Report | n/a |
| May 2023 | Potential Effects of Climate Change on Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding’s Turtle) | USGS Open File Report | n/a |
| July 2023 | A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change | BioScience | Exploring the Potential for Adaptive Tree Plantings to Restore and Sustain Forest Habitats Across the Upper Lake States |
| August 2023 | Technical Assessment of the Interim Science Agenda | MW CASC | Technical Assessment of Climate Science Needs in the Midwest |
| September 2023 | Potential Effects of Climate Change on Acipenser fulvescens (Lake Sturgeon) | USGS Open File Report | n/a |
| October 2023 | Genetic rescue remains underused for aiding recovery of federally listed vertebrates in the United States | Journal of Heredity | Leveraging Genomic Data to Increase Adaptive Potential and Inform Management Action for the Endangered Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly Under Climate Change |
| November 2023 | Spatiotemporal dynamics of duck harvest distributions in the Central and Mississippi flyways, 1960–2019 | The Journal of Wildlife Management | Identifying Effects of Weather and Land Use on Autumn and Winter Waterfowl Distribution Dynamics in the 21st Century |
| November 2023 | Accounting for spatiotemporal sampling variation in joint species distribution models | Journal of Applied Ecology | Fish Habitat Restoration to Promote Adaptation: Resilience of Sport Fish in Lakes of the Upper Midwest |
| December 2023 | The Incredible HALK: Borrowing Data for Age Assignment | Fisheries Magazine | Quantifying the impacts of climate change on fish growth and production to enable sustainable management of diverse inland fisheries |
| February 2024 | Disease-smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | n/a |
| February 2024 | Innovation in Climate Adaptation: Harnessing Innovation for Effective Biodiversity and Ecosystem Adaptation | National Wildlife Federation | n/a |
| April 2024 | Adaptive Capacity of Inland Fishes Workshop Summary | MW CASC | n/a |
Annual Reports
| Year | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022 Annual Report Highlights | Download pdf |
| 2023 | 2023 Annual Report Highlights | Download pdf |
Fact Sheets
| Year | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022 MW CASC Overview | Download pdf |
| 2023 | Midwest Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons Handout | Download pdf |
| 2023 | Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation in Midwest Lakes: Its Impact on Fish and Fisheries | Download pdf |
| 2023 | Name (Lake Sturgeon) in a Changing Climate | Download pdf |