Additional Resources U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...€¦ · Climate change impacts can be reduced U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s strategic plan is partnership-driven and science-based.
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Climate change is disrupting natural systems Naturalsystems—suchaslakes,rivers,oceans,coralreefs,forests,grasslands—produceouroxygen,ourwater,ourfood,andprovidejobssuchascommercialfishingandtimberharvesting.Theyalsosupportoutdooractivities,generatingjobsandmillionsofdollarsinrevenue.Forests,wetlandsandothernaturallandscapeshelpsoakupgreenhousegasesthattrapheatandhavebeenscientificallylinkedtoglobalwarming.
Climate change is harming wildlife and wild placesClimatechangeisthetransformationalconservationchallengeofourtime,notonlybecauseofitsdirecteffectsonspeciesandhabitatsbutbecauseofitsinfluenceonotherstressors.Theseincludehabitatlossandfragmentation,invasivespecies,andwaterscarcity:
Climate change impacts can be reducedTheU.S.FishandWildlifeService’sstrategicplanispartnership-drivenandscience-based.We’veincorporatedinputfromemployees,partnersandthepublictobuildafive-yearplanofaction:
You can take action now SmallchangesinoureverydaylivescanmakeabigdifferenceforcurrentandfuturegenerationsofAmericans.Hereareafewwaysyoucanhelpmitigatetheeffectsofclimatechangeandsupportwildlifeconservationwhereyoulive: