Our Climate and Ocean are Changing
The primary impact of climate/ocean change is to undermine ability of habitat to support fish and wildlife
Sea
leve
l ris
e Less Snow
Oce
an w
arm
ing
Stream warmingIncrease in fire intensity
HypoxiaLoss of estuarine habitat
Mo
re F
loo
din
g
Reduced summer flows
Increased stream drying
More Rain
Reduced fall flowsChanging Ocean Currents
THE MARINE IMPACTSINFRASTRUCTURE SHELL
FORMATION
FOOD WEBS
HABsACUTE
MORTALITY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVADERS RANGE SHIFTS
FRAGMENTATION ACUTE MORTALITY
The Inland Impacts
Good habitat is the foundation of healthy fish and wildlife populations
We need to ensure the use of the resource is scaled appropriately to avoid negative impacts to long term conservation
ODFW Actions• Research & Monitoring
• Conservation Planning
• Habitat Prioritization
• Fisheries Management
• Strategic plan-focal team
• Infrastructure improvement
• Interagency Coordination
Trask Hatchery
-
AP Photo/Andrew Selsky
“…agencies shall consider and
integrate climate change,
climate change impacts, and
the state’s GHG emissions
reduction goals into their
planning, budgets, investments,
and policy making decisions."
-ODFW’s response:
Draft Climate and Ocean Change policy lays out a consistent
framework by which the agency will integrate climate change,
climate change impacts, and ghg reduction in to planning,
budgets, investments, and policy making decisions.
The Draft Policy
Purpose
Key Expectations
Goals
Implementation
Statewide Coordination
Key Principles
Purpose
Statement of the Commission’s understanding about the changing climate and ocean
Ensure that the Department prepares for and responds appropriately to the impacts of a changing climate and ocean on fish, wildlife, and their use and enjoyment by current and future Oregonians.
Key Expectations
• Summarizes key information:
Oregon Climate Change Research Institute’s 4th Oregon Climate Assessment Report
National Climate Assessment
• Establishes connections from global climate system to impacts on fish and wildlife
Mote, P.W., J. Abatzoglou, K.D. Dello, K. Hegewisch, and D.E. Rupp, 2019: Fourth Oregon Climate Assessment Report. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. occri.net/ocar4.USGCRP, 2018: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 1515 pp. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.
Goals
1. Understand and act on risks and opportunities associated with changing climate and
ocean conditions
2. Provide leadership toward a coordinated statewide and regional response
3. Increase public awareness
4. Reduce the Department’s carbon footprint to the extent practicable, with the goal
reaching carbon neutrality.
Implementation
1. Coordinate a long term state-wide response
2. Incorporate Key Principles in Department science
3. Incorporate Key Principles in new or revised plans or policies
4. Apply Key Principles in consulting, regulatory, or advisory roles
5. Carbon reduction plan
6. Communications strategy
Statewide Coordination
• Coordinated inventories and vulnerability assessment
• Efficient research and monitoring
• Determine clear priorities within and across geographical areas
• Implement priorities
• Work with the public and landowners
Key Principles: Coordination
1. Collaborate widely
2. Collaborate with diverse organizations
Timeline to date
Public meetings
Commission Informational
Continued engagement
Commission Workshop
Commission consideration
Late 2019
January 17
Jan-now
June 12
Today
Staff Recommendation
Adopt the Climate and Ocean Change Policy as drafted in Attachment #3, Addendum #1.