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Title:   Author  item
                                            Elias, Emileitem
                                            STEEL, CAITI - New Mexico State Universityitem
                                            Havstad, Krisitem
                                            Steenwerth, Kerriitem
                                            CHAMBERS, JEANNE - Us Forest Service (FS)item
                                            Deswood, Helenaitem
                                            Rango, Albertitem
                                            KERR, AMBER - University Of Californiaitem
                                            SCHWARTZ, MARK - University Of Californiaitem
                                            STINE, PETER - Forest Service (FS)item
                                            STEELE, RACHEL - Office Of The Chief Economist
  Submitted to: Government Publication/Report
                                    Publication Type: Government Publication
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 7/10/2015
                                    Publication  Date: 8/15/2015
                                    Citation: Elias, E.H., Steel, C., Havstad, K.M., Steenwerth, K.L., Chambers, J., Deswood, H., Rango, A., Kerr, A., Schwartz, M., Stine, P., Steele, R. 2015. Southwest regional climate hub and California subsidiary hub assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation and mitigation strategies. United States Department of Agriculture, 76 pp.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: This report describes the potential vulnerability of specialty crops, field crops, forests, and animal agriculture to climate-driven environmental changes. Here, vulnerability is defined as a function of exposure to climate change effects, sensitivity to these effects, and adaptive capacity. The exposure of specific sectors of the agricultural and forestry industries varies across the region because the Southwest is climatically and topographically diverse. There is also variability in the sensitivity of different systems to the impacts of climate change. Most significantly, there is potential within agricultural and forestry systems to adjust to climate-related impacts either through inherent resilience or through conservative management practices. The purpose of this analysis is to describe regional vulnerabilities to climate change and adaptive actions that can be employed to maintain productivity of working lands in the coming decades.


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