Northeast

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2016 - 2017	Critical Thresholds and Ecosystem Services for Coastal Ecological and Human Climate Adaptation	Michelle D Staudinger (Northeast Climate Science Center) Andrew Milliken (North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative) Megan Tyrell (North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative)
2016 - 2019	Examining the Responses of Species to Climate Change: Will Wildlife Face Biological Thresholds?	Curt Griffin (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
2016	How and Why is the Timing and Occurrence of Seasonal Migrants in the Gulf of Maine Changing Due to Climate?	Michelle Staudinger (National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center) Adrian Jordaan (University of Massachusetts Amherst) Daniel Pendleton (John H Prescott Marine Laboratory, New England Aquarium)
2016 - 2019	Slowing the Flow for Climate Resilience (SFCR): Reducing Vulnerability to Extreme Flood and Drought Events	Richard Palmer (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2015 - 2017	An Integrated Assessment of Lake and Stream Thermal Habitat under Climate Change	Jordan Read (Center for Integrated Data Analytics)
2015 - 2017	Characterizing Local and Rangewide Variation in Demography and Adaptive Capacity of a Forest Indicator Species	Evan Grant (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)
2015 - 2017	Climate Effects on the Culture and Ecology of Sugar Maple	Kristina Stinson (University of Massachusetts) Toni L Morelli (National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and Climate Science Centers)
2015 - 2017	Does Variation in Life History and Evolutionary Response Affect Species Vulnerability to Climate Change? Implications for Management	Benjamin Letcher (Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, LSC)
2015 - 2017	Pilot Study to Evaluate Coastal Change Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)	Erika Lentz (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center)
2015 - 2017	Reconnecting Floodplains and Restoring Green Space as a Management Strategy to Minimize Risk and Increase Resilience in the Context of Climate and Landscape Change	Richard Palmer (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
2015 - 2017	Supporting Cooperation Between Tribes and Climate Scientists in the Northeast Region	Christopher Caldwell (College of Menominee Nation (CMN))

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2014 - 2015	Avian Indicators of Climate Change Based on the North American Breeding Bird Survey	James D Nichols (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)
2014 - 2016	Development of Dynamically-Based 21st Century Projections of Snow, Lake Ice, and Winter Severity for the Great Lakes Basin to Guide Wildlife-Based Adaptation Planning, with Emphasis on Deer and Waterfowl	Michael Notaro (Nelson Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
2015 - 2016	Early Career Climate Communications and Networking	Michelle D Staudinger (National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and Climate Science Centers) Ezra Markowitz (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
2014 - 2016	Ecological and Management Implications of Climate Change Induced Shifts in Phenology of Coastal Fish and Wildlife Species in the Northeast Climate Science Center Region	Adrian Jordaan (University of Massachusetts Amherst) Michelle D Staudinger (Northeast Climate Science Center)
2014 - 2016	Incorporating Social Drivers to Optimize Conservation Practices that Address Gulf Hypoxia and Declining Wildlife Populations Impacted by Extreme Climate Events (Funded Jointly by the Northeast CSC and South Central CSC)	Jack Waide (Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center)
2014 - 2016	Science to Inform Management of Floodplain Conservation Lands under Non-Stationary Conditions	Robert Jacobson (Columbia Environmental Research Center)

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2013 - 2016	A Decision Support Mapper for Conserving Stream Fish Habitats of the Northeast Climate Science Center (NE CSC) Region	Craig Paukert (USGS Missouri Cooperative Research Unit)
2013 - 2018	Assessing the Vulnerability of Grassland Bird Populations to Climate Change	Benjamin Zuckerberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Christine A Ribic (Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit)
2012 - 2013	Building Tribal Engagement Through the Shifting Seasons Summit	Chris Caldwell (College of Menominee Nation)
2013 - 2015	Changes in Forested Landscapes of the Northeastern U.S. Under Alternative Climate Scenarios	Frank Thompson (USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station)
2013 - 2016	Making Decisions in Complex Landscapes: Headwater Stream Management Across Multiple Agencies	Evan H Grant (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)
2013 - 2015	Modeling Effects of Climate Change on Spruce-Fir Forest Ecosystems and Associated Priority Bird Populations	Anthony D'Amato (University of Vermont)
2013 - 2014	Understanding Conservation Management Decisions in the Face of Sea-Level Rise Along the U.S. Atlantic Coast	Fred A Johnson (Southeast Ecological Science Center) Damian Shea (North Carolina State University) Rick Palmer (University of Massachusetts)

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2012 - 2013	A Research and Decision Support Framework to Evaluate Sea-level Rise Impacts in the Northeastern U.S.	E. Robert Thieler (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) Nathaniel G Plant (USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center) Dean B Gesch (USGS, Geographic Science Team, EROS Data Center) Radley Horton (Columbia University) Erika E.Lentz (USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) Sawyer R Stippa (USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center)
2012 - 2014	Bringing People, Data, and Models Together – Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Temperature	Austin S. Polebitski (University of Massachusetts (UMass))
2012 - 2017	Characterization of Spatial and Temporal Variability in Fishes in Response to Climate Change	Brian J Irwin (U.S. Geological Survey Georgia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit)
2011 - 2014	Critically Evaluating Existing Methods and Supporting a Standardization of Terrestrial and Wetland Habitat Classification and Mapping that Includes Characterization of Climate Sensitive Systems	David Diamond (University of Missouri)
2012 - 2016	Developing Fish Trophic Interaction Indicators of Climate Change for the Great Lakes	Richard T Kraus (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Erie Biological Station)
2011 - 2012	Environmental Effects of Agricultural Practices, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) and Upper Midwest and Great Lakes LCC – Literature search	Kasey J Hutchinson (Iowa Water Science Center)
2012 - 2015	Extending the Northeast Terrestrial Habitat Map to Atlantic Canada	Mark G Anderson (The Nature Conservancy)
2012 - 2015	NorEaST: A Stream Temperature Inventory Network and Decision Support Metadata Mapper	Jana S Stewart (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Wisconsin Water Science Center)

The Northeast Climate Science Center (NE CSC) funds numerous projects that are selected through a competitive process to address stakeholder-driven needs related to climate change impacts on fish, wildlife, ecosystems and communities. Please find these projects above. The NE CSC also supports a selection of projects through the NE CSC Academic Consortium led by their host university, The University of Massachusetts Amherst. To browse through these additional projects, please visit: https://necsc.umass.edu/projects.