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Husic, Diane: Working along the Kittatinny Ridge in Pennsylvania, we conduct bird surveys, habitat quality assessments, phenology work, and monitor for the impacts of environmental threats including climate change.

Campbell, Patrick: I oversee the Inventory and Monitoring Program for the National Capital Region of the National Park Service. This includes 11 NPS units in MD, VA, WV and DC.

Lee, Brian: Dr. Lee applies geospatially based analyses and visualization to community decision-making processes for land use planning primarily at the watershed/landscape scale in his research and his teaching. He is also interested in understanding how to connect people to decisions made at the site scale to water quality and watershed processes.

McNamee, Julie: Air Resource Division contact in the NPS Washington office. Also expertise in GHG accounting, facilitating meetings, planning Climate Friendly Parks workshops, working across NPS directorates.

Karriker, Kent: Kent Karriker is the Ecosystems Group Leader for the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. He supervises the program managers for wildlife, fisheries, botany, non-native invasive species, hydrology, soils, air, and GIS.

Richter, Stephen: Population genetics; land-use; amphibian evolutionary ecology; conservation; wetland ecology; management

Obama Administration dedicates nearly $10 million to help tribes prepare for climate change: As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and continued commitment to support Native American leaders in building strong, resilient communities, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn today announced the Administration has dedicated nearly $10 million this year to help tribes prepare for climate change through adaptation and mitigation.

Department of the Interior’s Activities Generate $360 Billion in Annual Economic Activity, Support 2 Million Jobs, New Report Reveals: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell capped off a weeklong series of events discussing the President’s vision for full, permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund by releasing a report today showing that the various activities of the Department of the Interior contributed $360 billion to the U.S. economy in 2013, supporting more than 2 million jobs in communities across the country.