Climate Programs

There are a growing number of tribal programs, government and non-government agencies and programs addressing climate change across the United States. This page includes tribal, federal and NGO climate change programs.

Title	Organization	Description	Geography	Website
USDA Service Center Locator	USDA	USDA Service Centers are designed to be a single location where customers can access the services provided by the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Rural Development agencies. This web site will provide the address of a USDA Service Center and other Agency offices serving your area along with information on how to contact them. Categories: USDA, service centers	National	Link
EPA Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU)	EPA	EPA's CRWU initiative provides drinking water, wastewater and storm water utilities with practical tools, training and technical assistance needed to increase resilience to extreme weather events. Through a comprehensive planning process, CRWU assists water utilities by promoting a clear understanding of potential long-term adaptation options for decision-making related to water utility infrastructure financing. This site includes resources to plan for extreme weather and tools to assess risks of extreme weather. Categories: water management, training, technical assistance, extreme weather events, resilience	National	Link
Bureau of Reclamation (BR) Basin Studies Program	BR, DOI	Basin Studies addresses basin-wide efforts to evaluate and address the impacts of climate change. Funding is available for comprehensive water studies that define options for meeting future water demands in river basins in the western United States where imbalances in water supply and demand exist or are projected. Categories: Water Resources	National, Southwest, Southeast, Western US	Link
Village Safe Water Program/Alaska Native Village and Rural Communities Program	EPA, State-funded	The Village Safe Water Program provides technical and financial support to communities to design and construct water and wastewater systems. It is meant to assist Alaska Native Villages and Alaska rural communities with the construction of new or improved drinking water and wastewater systems. This funding can also be used to provide training and technical assistance in the operations and maintenance of these systems. Categories: Water, Natural Resources, Education	Northwest, Alaska	Link
Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW)	U.S. Forest Service, St. Cloud University	The Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW) was designed to help users determine which days are more likely to have adverse atmospheric conditions that make it more difficult to manage a wildland fire. It combines weather data from the surface and low levels of the atmosphere into a first-look product. Categories: wildfire management, weather conditions, prevention	National	Link
Washington Smoke Information		This site is an effort by county, state, and Federal agencies and Indian Tribes to coordinate and aggregate information for Washington communities affected by smoke from wildland fires. The information is posted here by the agencies themselves while volunteers built and maintain the page. Categories: wildfire, air quality, human health, policy, planning, information, outreach, education, data, curriculum, collaboration, climate change, risk, hazard,	Washington state, North America	Link
FuelCalc	USDA Forest Service	FuelCalc is a desktop software application for determining changes in surface and crown fuel loading after thinning, pruning, piling and/or prescribed fire. Categories: wildfire, prescribed burns, planned fires, fuels, prevention, mitigation, adaptation, climate change, extreme weather	National, United States	Link
Advanced Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer	The Oregon Department of Forestry	The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer is designed to increase wildfire awareness, give a comprehensive view of wildfire risk and local fire history, and educate users about wildfire prevention and mitigation resources. The site provides decision support for homeowners, communities, and professionals to identify and prioritize local fire prevention and mitigation efforts. Categories: wildfire, prevention, planning, mitigation, natural hazard	Oregon	Link
Fire Science Exchange Network		The goal of the Fire Science Exchange Network is to accelerate the awareness, understanding, adoption, and implementation of readily available wildland fire science information. Categories: wildfire, wildland, fire science, education, outreach, information, data, prevention	National, Untied States	Link

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.