Collaborating across a watershed is an effective and impactful way to prepare for and respond to climate change impacts (climate adaptation). We are pleased to announce that we are developing a Watershed-Scale Climate Collaboration Toolkit, starting with this new resource: Advancing Climate Adaptation through Watershed-Scale Collaboration. This resource provides context for and highlights the benefits of these types of collaborations. For example, this collaborative watershed-scale approach allows a vast problem to be brought down to a manageable size across an ecologically meaningful area, while still maintaining a large enough scale to be actionable.
This resource was created through the collaboration of the Mass ECAN-affiliated Climate Communications Work Group and Slow the Flow Work Group, with support from the USDA and UMass Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. Check it out to learn more about watershed-scale climate collaboration and examples of collaboratives in our state!
We look forward to collaborating on the broader toolkit in the coming year to inspire and inform watershed-scale climate collaborations. We will continue to post updates here.
Neck Creek, Ipswich, MA. Photo credit: Neil Shea, courtesy of Ipswich River Watershed Association