Priority actions for 2010-2011: climate change strategic plan

Actions specified in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan build on the Service’s commitment to implement partnership driven, results oriented landscape conservation to address the unprecedented challenges posed by accelerating climate change. The Service is focusing on the following priority areas: Building regional and field technical capacity for climate change adaptation; Developing a National Fish and Wildlife Climate Adaptation Strategy; Building climate change leadership and management capacities; Reviewing legal, regulatory and policy issues; Identifying, prioritizing, and adjusting Service activities to consider the effects of climate change.