Location: Range Management Research
Title: Making research relevant: Sharing climate change research with rangeland advisors to transform results into drought resilienceAuthor
DINAN, MAUDE - NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY | |
ADLER, PETER - UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | |
BRADFORD, JOHN - U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) | |
BRUNSON, MARK - UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | |
Elias, Emile | |
FELTON, ANDREW - UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | |
GREENE, CHRISTINA - UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | |
JAMES, JEREMY - CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY | |
SUDING, KATHARINE - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | |
THACKER, ERIC - UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY |
Submitted to: Rangelands
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 8/29/2021 Publication Date: 10/1/2021 Citation: Dinan, M., Adler, P., Bradford, J., Brunson, M., Elias, E.H., Felton, A., Greene, C., James, J., Suding, K., Thacker, E. 2021. Making research relevant: Sharing climate change research with rangeland advisors to transform results into drought resilience. Rangelands. 43(5):185-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.08.004. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.08.004 Interpretive Summary: Resources intended to foster rangeland climate adaptation are more effective if they are tailored to local challenges and opportunities. As such, local rangeland advisers who aid in climate adaptation are pivotal to these resources’ development. We hosted a virtual workshop with rangeland advisors to share results from our climate vulnerability assessment, gain their insight on finding usability, and discuss visions for resource creation. Technical Abstract: Public programs, strategies, and incentives to implement rangeland climate adaptation are more effective if they are tailored to local exposures, sensitivities, and adaptation opportunities. As such, local rangeland advisers who aid in climate adaptation are pivotal to these resources’ development. We hosted a virtual workshop with rangeland advisors to share results from our climate vulnerability assessment, gain their insight on finding usability, and discuss visions for resource creation. Not only will regions experience climate change differently, but the decision-space that ranchers navigate is complex. Climate adaptation resources, therefore, should not follow a one-size-fits-all approach. |