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Resist, Accept, Direct: Climate Resilient Land Management Strategies in Homer, Alaska

Homer, Alaska, USA
Project Description

Climate change has posed a threat to what has been the status quo for people, plants, and animals in Homer, Alaska. Through desktop research and field tests, this project developed land use recommendations using the United States Fish and Wildlife’s Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework that can be implemented on private and public plots in Homer, AK to achieve desired environmental resilience based on projected changes in climatic variables and ecological baselines. We assessed the extent of climate-induced changes in plant life cycles and developed management strategies within the RAD framework. Our methodology included town hall events and surveys to encourage public engagement and community-based planning, a citizen science initiative for continued data collection, and remote sensing combined with statistical analysis to correlate phenology with climate variables. We created a community-informed recommendations “menu” for management strategies for local plant species. Deliverables include a climate report assessing Homer's climatic changes over 75 years, a white paper consolidating climate change effects and vulnerabilities in the South Central region of Alaska, and an adaptive ecosystem management plan detailing research findings and conservation strategies that can be implemented on both public and private lands.

Year
2025
Project Status
Past Project
Client Organization
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
Students Involved

Lucy Baker  
Po-An Hsieh 
Bradley Popovich 
Jamie Ranger 
Allison Smith  
Sam Talsma 
Longjiao Xie 

SEAS Faculty Advisor
Allen Burton
Final Report
Final Report
Specializations
Behavior, Education, and Communication
Environmental Policy and Planning
Ecosystem Science and Management
Geospatial Data Sciences
Landscape Architecture
Sustainable Systems

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(734) 764-6453
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