Office of the Climate Change Advisor

Performance Scorecard for Implementing the Forest Service Climate Change Strategy

Starting in 2011, each National Forests and Grassland will use a 10-point scorecard to report accomplishments and plans for improvement on ten questions in four dimensions – organizational capacity, engagement, adaptation, and mitigation. By 2015, each is expected to answer yes to at least seven of the scorecard questions, with at least one yes in each dimension. The goal is to create a balanced approach to climate change that includes managing forests and grasslands to adapt to changing conditions, mitigating climate change, building partnerships across boundaries, and preparing our employees to understand and apply emerging science.

Each national forest and grassland is expected to do seven of the following by 2015: