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:
Employee Education
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Designated Climate Change Coordinators
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Program Guidance
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Science and Management Partnerships
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Other Partnerships
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Assessing Vulnerability
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Adaptation Actions
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Monitoring
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Carbon Assessment and Stewardship
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Sustainable Operations
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Download the Performance Scorecard:
Sccorecard. PDF, 32 K, 32 pp
Guidance Document. PDF, 2.2 MB, 104 pp
Scorecard Summary Postcard. PDF, 2.8 MB, 2 p
We encourage you to download a copy of the National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change as well as information about the Agency’s scorecard process.