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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Climate Strategy: (September 27, 2010)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service climate change strategy, titled “Rising to the Urgent Challenge: Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change,” establishes a basic framework within which the Service will work as part of the larger conservation community to help ensure the sustainability of fish, wildlife, plants and habitats in the face of accelerating climate change. The plan is implemented through a dynamic action plan that details specific steps the Service will take during the next five years to implement the Strategic Plan.

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Conservation in Action

National FWS Climate Change Website

Midwest Region Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

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Stories From the Field

Morris Wetland Management District Going Green

November 3, 2009

Morris Wetland Management District (District) will be renovating their headquarters to a more effective and environmentally friendly heating and cooling system. The headquarters is one of first buildings in the Morris area to go “green” besides the University of Minnesota, Morris Campus. Geothermal heating and cooling, solar panels, and energy efficient windows are part of this renovation.

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and other Government Agency Climate Change Information Resources

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Climate Change Strategic Plan
(includes numerous fact sheets and related documents)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Climate Change Website

Department of the Interior Climate Change Website

U.S. Geological Survey Office of Global Change

Strategic Plan

External Information Sources

Seasons' End: Climate change impacts on hunting and fishing

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Last updated: April 27, 2011

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