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What is TerrAdapt:Cascadia?
Regional-scale monitoring and assessment of environmental conditions as well as habitat and connectivity for species and ecosystems of interest annually from 1984 to present.
Projecting future risks of climate change to regional species and ecosystems each decade out to the year 2100.
Prioritizing landscapes to identify critical areas for implementation of conservation actions that increase resilience to emerging threats (e.g., restoring habitat post-disturbance, protecting habitat, and mitigating movement barriers via wildlife crossing structures)
Informing a data-driven, climate-smart adaptive management process, including using our map and dashboard portals to monitor the impacts of environmental change, assess drivers of change, and update plans accordingly to address current threats and future risks
Generate reports and tell compelling stories about our changing landscape and the need to take action now to ensure resilience to threats.
All TerrAdapt:Cascadia products are provided seamlessly across our modeling extent:
How do I access TerrAdapt:Cascadia and learn to use it?
You can access our data products and platform functionality via the following main elements of TerrAdapt:Cascadia:
Map
Dashboard
How often is TerrAdapt:Cascadia updated?
Our automated, cloud-based workflow updates all of our products automatically every year, available publicly on December 15th . The timing of our updates is driven primarily by the seasonality of vegetation growth in the region and the summer 'window' of opportunity to collect cloud-free satellite imagery. To produce most of our data products each year requires multi-spectral imagery collected by satellites over the entire growing season from spring through fall. The growing season also coincides with the window to collect cloud-free images before the onset of our cloudy late fall and winter season. After all of the input data is processed, the updated outputs take about a week to produce, followed by a review period where our staff performs quality checks prior to final release on December 15th.
How can I learn more about the data and methods used to develop and validate TerrAdapt:Cascadia products?
Who developed TerrAdapt:Cascadia?
TerrAdapt:Cascadia is being developed as a partnership between TerrAdapt, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2022, and many environmental organizations in Washington and British Columbia, including federal agencies, state and provincial agencies, local governments, tribes, First Nations, and environmental NGOs. Early development of TerrAdapt:Cascadia was led by a collaboration between the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and the Cascadia Partner Forum.
How do I contact the developers?
If you have questions not answered by this documentation or would like to explore ideas for improving or expanding TerrAdapt:Cascadia, please email us at info@terradapt.org.
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