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FY 2015 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2015 - 2017	Climate Change Adaptation in the Northern Great Plains Using Model-Based Scenario Planning	Amy Symstad (Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center)
2015 - 2018	Forecasting Changes in Sagebrush Distribution and Abundance under Climate Change: Integration of Spatial, Temporal, and Mechanistic Models	Benjamin Poulter (Montana State University)
2015 - 2016	Informing Adaptation Strategies for Maintaining Landscape Connectivity for Northern Rockies Wildlife in the Face of Climate Change	Steven Hostetler (Branch of Regional Research, Western Region)
2015 - 2017	The Wind River Indian Reservation’s Vulnerability to the Impacts of Drought and the Development of Decision Tools to Support Drought Preparedness	Cody Knutson (National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
2015 - 2017	Understanding Dynamics of Land Use Switching with Satellite and Field Level Data in Context of Climate Variability	David A. Hennessy (Iowa State University) Christopher Anderson (Iowa State University) Hongli Feng (Iowa State University) Peter Wolter (Iowa State University)

FY 2014 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2014 - 2017	Building our Foundational Understanding on How Climate Change is Impacting Fish, Wildlife, and Habitats of Concern (2014-2016)	Andrew Hansen (Montana State University)
2014 - 2017	Building our Foundational Understanding on Primary Climate Drivers (2014-2016)	Imtiaz Rangwala (University of Colorado, Boulder)
2014 - 2017	Building our Foundational Understanding: Helping Land Managers Adapt to Climate Change (2014-2016)	Dennis Ojima (Colorado State University)
2015 - 2019	Continued Capacity Building in the North-Central U.S.: Tribal Engagement and PhenoCam Analysis	Dennis Ojima (Colorado State University) Brian Miller (Colorado State University)

FY 2013 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2013 - 2018	Building Social and Ecological Resilience to Climate Change in southwestern Colorado	Nina Burkardt (Fort Collins Science Center)
2013 - 2014	Capacity Building in the North-Central U.S.: Tribal Engagement, Climate Training, and PhenoCam Deployment	Dennis Ojima (Colorado State University (CSU) Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL))
2013 - 2014	Developing a VisTrails Platform for Modeling Streamflow Hydrology and Projecting Climate Change Effects on Streamflow	Lauren Hay (USGS National Research Program) Patrick Shafroth (Fort Collins Science Center)
2013 - 2016	Foundational Science Area FY’13 activities	Dennis Ojima (Colorado State University (CSU) Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL))
2013 - 2016	Informing Implementation of the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee’s (GYCC) Whitebark Pine (WBP) Strategy Based on Climate Sciences, Ecological Forecasting, and Valuation of WBP-Related Ecosystem Services	Andrew Hansen (Montana State University)
2013 - 2017	Surrogate Species for Wetland-Dependent Birds in the Prairie Pothole Region: Selection, Evaluation, and Management Application in the Face of Climate Change	Susan K Skagen (Fort Collins Science Center) Barry Noon (Colorado State University)

FY 2012 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2012 - 2016	Adaptive Capacity and Decision Making Framework	Dennis S Ojima (Colorado State University)
2012 - 2014	Integrating Climate and Biological Data into Land Management Decision Models to Assess Species and Habitat Vulnerability: A Collaboration for Greater Sage-‐Grouse and their Habitats	Richard S Sojda (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center) Erik A Beever (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center) Kathryn M Irvine (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center) Gregory T Pederson (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center)
2012 - 2014	Projecting Climate Change Effects on Cottonwood and Willow Seed Dispersal Phenology, Flood Timing, and Seedling Recruitment in Western Riparian Forests	Dr. Patrick Shafroth (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Fort Collins Science Center)
2012 - 2014	Projecting Future Effects of Land Management, Natural Disturbance, and CO2 on Woody Encroachment in the Northern Great Plains in a Changing Climate	Amy Symstad (U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center)
2012 - 2016	Regional Extreme Climate Events: Gaining Understanding through Past and Present Observations and Modeling	Christopher Anderson (Iowa State University)
2011	Regional Short- and Long-term Climate Impacts on Northern Rocky Mountain’s and Great Plain’s Ecosystems: NASA DEVELOP Program Central US Node
2012 - 2013	The Value of Climate Information for Supporting Management Decisions within the Plains and Prairie Potholes LCC	Max Post van der Burg (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center) Cathy Cullinane Thomas (USGS Fort Collins Science Center) Tracy R Holcombe (USGS Fort Collins Science Center)
2012 - 2016	Vulnerability Assessment of Ecological Systems and Species to Climate and Land Use Change within the North Central Climate Change Center and Partner Land Conservation Cooperatives	Andrew Hansen (Montana State University)
2012 - 2017	Wyoming Rapid Ecoregional Assessment

FY 2011 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2011 - 2012	Collaborative Modeling Approaches for Climate and Landscape Planning in the Northern Rockies: Exploring FRAME-SIMPPLLE	Cathy Whitlock (Montana State University) Kathryn M Irvine (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center) Erik A Beever (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center) Natasha B Carr (Fort Collins Science Center) Carl D Shapiro (Science and Decisions Center) Jimmie Chew (U.S. Forest Service) Richard S Sojda (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center)
2011 - 2014	North Central Climate Impacts and Response Research and Assessment Assessment of Data Integration Capacity Assessment of Potential Climate Impacts and Adaptation Strategies Data Integration for Landscape Conservation Workshop	Dennis Ojima (Colorado State University)