Seven scientists from the Climate Impacts Group are named as contributing authors on a state-wide plan to make Washington more resilient to climate change. The state’s Department of Natural Resources announced their Plan for Climate Resilience — which details how the affects of climate change threaten our natural resources, and identifies priority responses — at a press conference Thursday, February 20.

Dr. Crystal Raymond, climate adaptation specialist for the Climate Impacts Group, spoke at the conference and was quoted in a press release about the plan.

“The potential impacts of climate change can seem dire,” Raymond said in the press release, “but the consequences for our natural systems, economies, and local communities don’t have to be. The sooner we collectively act to plan for and manage climate risks, the better prepared we will all be.”

Raymond, Amy Snover, Meade Krosby, Heidi Roop, Guillaume Mauger, Harriet Morgan and Jason Vogel, all CIG scientists, are named as contributing authors, researchers and reviewers on the plan.

Read an article from the Seattle Times that describes the plan, and references the Climate Impacts Group’s involvement.

The plan is available for download on the Department’s website.