NOMINATION PERIOD FOR THE 2017 CLIMATE ADAPTATION LEADERSHIP AWARD IS NOW OPEN.
NOMINATE TODAY
The Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources (Award) was established to recognize exemplary leadership by federal, state, tribal, local, and non-governmental entities to reduce climate-related threats and enhance the resilience of the nation's living natural resources (fish, wildlife and plants) and the communities that depend on them.
The Award recognizes outstanding leadership by organizations and/or individuals to advance the resilience of living natural resources in a changing climate by helping address the goals of the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy.
Awards
In 2016 there were seven Award recipients and seven honorable mentions. In 2017, a similar number of recipients and honorable mentions are expected in the categories listed below. The final number of Award recipients and honorable mentions will depend on the nominations received. Each recipient will receive a personalized plaque and be invited to participate in a special session to highlight their work at the National Adaptation Forum, May 9-11, 2017 in St. Paul, MN.
Categories
Each nomination must identify which of the following categories best describes the individual or organization being nominated. Awards and honorable mentions are expected in each of these categories depending on the nominations received.
- Federal government
- State or Local government
- Tribal government
- Other organizations (e.g., industry, environmental, academic, NGO etc)
- Broad Partnership Organizations (co-led efforts)
- Individual Leadership
- Student Leadership
Criteria
The Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources is designed to recognize efforts that demonstrate outstanding leadership for advancing the resilience of the nation's living natural resources. Projects must address one or more of the goals identified in the Strategy.
- Goal 1: Conserve habitat to support healthy fish, wildlife, and plant populations and ecosystem functions;
- Goal 2: Manage species and habitats to protect ecosystem functions and provide sustainable commercial, subsistence, recreational and cultural use;
- Goal 3: Enhance capacity for effective management;
- Goal 4: Support adaptive management through integrated observation and monitoring and use of decision support tools;
- Goal 5 Increase knowledge and information on impacts and responses of fish, wildlife, and plants;
- Goal 6: Increase awareness and motivate action to safeguard fish, wildlife, and plants; and
- Goal 7: Reduce non-climate stressors to help fish, wildlife, plants, and ecosystems.
Nominations will be reviewed and ranked based on the following criteria:
- PROACTIVE: Promotes preparation and response in ways that advance the resilience of natural resources in a changing climate.
- INNOVATIVE/TRANSFORMATIVE: Develops and/or applies innovative tools/approaches to advance the resilience of natural resources in a changing climate.
- RESULTS/EFFECTIVENESS: Employs highly effective proven strategies and/or obtains results in improving resilience of natural resources and/or resource-dependent communities to a changing climate.
- REPLICATION: The effort is being replicated elsewhere or has high potential for replication (e.g., across regions, sectors or nation-wide).
- COLLABORATIVE: Demonstrates outstanding collaboration to advance the resilience of natural resources in a changing climate.
Nomination Instructions
Please submit your nomination by 8:00 pm EST on Friday, December 9, 2016 using this online form. Applications sent after this date will not be considered.
The nomination form can be previewed as a PDF, but must be completed using the online form.
Contact: dpalmeri@fishwildlife.org with questions.
Sponsorship
The Climate Adaptation Leadership Award is sponsored by the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Climate Adaptation Strategy's Joint Implementation Working Group.
