Useful Resources

On this page you can download various Climate Change Response Program documents and find links to other sites to learn more about how parks and agencies are dealing with climate change. Use the links below to navigate down the page to the section of your choosing.

Downloads: Guidance Documents | Newsletters | Program Briefs
Links: Park-specific Climate Change Pages | Climate Science Links

Click the image above to download the NPS Climate Change social media pocket card (250 KB PDF)

Guidance Documents

- Climate Change Action Plan (4.8 MB PDF)
- Climate Change Response Strategy (5.1 MB PDF)
- Scenario Planning Handbook (10.9 MB PDF)
- Green Parks Plan (and 2016 update)

Climate Change Response Program Newsletters

Newsletter issues are listed below in reverse chronological order. All newsletters are PDF files and range in size from 500 KB to 5 MB.

• Q1 2017
• Q4 2016 | Q3 2016 | Q2 2016 | Q1 2016
• Q4 2015 | Q3 2015 | Q2 2015 | Q1 2015
• Fall 2014 | Summer 2014
• Winter 2013/2014 | July/August/September 2013 | April/May/June 2013 | January/February/March 2013
• September/October 2012 | Summer 2012 | March/April 2012 | January/February 2012
• November/December 2011 | September/October 2011 | July/August 2011 | May/June 2011 | March/April 2011 | February 2011 | January 2011
• December 2010 | November 2010 | October 2010 | September 2010 | August 2010 | July 2010 | June 2010 | May 2010 | April 2010 | February 2010 | January 2010
• December 2009 | November 2009 | October 2009 | September 2009 | August 2009

Climate Change Briefs

Learn about the Climate Change Response program from the briefs available for download below.

- Climate Change Response Program (806 KB PDF)
- Adaptation (213 KB PDF)
- Coastal Adaptation (322 KB PDF)
- Communication (351 KB PDF)
- Cultural Resources (491 KB PDF)
- Mitigation (769 KB PDF)
- Planning (963 KB PDF)
- Science (749 KB PDF)
- Sea Level Change Project (212 KB PDF)
- Training (288 KB PDF)
- Vulnerability Assessment (125 KB PDF)
- Future Park Leaders of Emerging Change(718 KB PDF)

Check out the Adaptation Resources page to access hundreds more park-specific briefs on current climate change research.

National Park Climate Change Webpages

- Acadia National Park

- Apostle Island National Lakeshore

- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

- Cape Cod National Seashore

- Catoctin Mountain Park

- Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

- Death Valley National Park

- Denali National Park

- Everglades National Park

- Fire Island National Seashore

- Gateway National Recreation Area

- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

- Golden Gate National Recreation Area

- Great Basin National Park

- Great Smoky Mountains National Park

- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

- Harpers Ferry - Flooding and Climate Change

- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

- Kenai Fjords National Park

- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

- Lassen Volcanic National Park

- Mount Rainier National Park

- North Cascades National Park

- Olympic National Park

- Pictured Rocks National Seashore

- Point Reyes National Seashore

- Rocky Mountain National Park

- Rocky Mountain - Pine Beetle

- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

- Sitka National Historical Park

- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

- Wind Cave National Park

- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

- Yellowstone National Park

Climate Science Links

- Climate Friendly Parks

- Department of Interior Climate Change Website

- Fish and Wildlife Service Climate Change Website

- U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Website

- National Parks Conservation Association

- National Park Foundation

- NASA Climate Change Website

- Environmental Protection Agency and Climate Change

- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

- National Academy of Sciences

- NASA's Climate Kids