State Wetland Climate Change Adaptation Summaries

In 2010, the National Association of Wetland Managers queried all 50 states for information on any wetland-related climate change adaptation efforts they had initiated. Many states have sought ways to reduce greenhouse gases, implementing things such as emissions standards, energy portfolios, and carbon reduction targets. For the 2010 report, click here.

State Summary Pages

Wetlands are a profoundly diverse category of ecosystems. Climate change impacts will be different from one state to another. In addition, states vary in the activities they have undertaken in response to climate change, to date. In order to help users find the most relevant data, NAWM has categorized state actions and perceived threats from climate change. These categories are symbolized at the top of each state’s summary page as in the legend below:

		Threats The top line of icons represents the threats from climate change identified by the state. Below is a list of states that face the same threat or are engaged in the same activity. Click on a state to view the state summary. Click on a symbol within a state summary to navigate to a list of state(s) facing that same threat. Threat from sea level rise Alabama Mississippi Alaska New Hampshire California New Jersey Connecticut New York Delaware North Carolina Florida Oregon Georgia Rhode Island Hawaii South Carolina Louisiana Texas Maine Virginia Maryland Washington Massachusetts Threat to water supply or water quality Alabama New Jersey Arizona Nevada California New Hampshire Colorado New Mexico Connecticut North Carolina Delaware North Dakota Florida Ohio Georgia Oklahoma Hawaii Oregon Idaho Pennsylvania Illinois Rhode Island Indiana South Carolina Iowa South Dakota Kansas Texas Maine Utah Michigan Vermont Minnesota West Virginia Mississippi Washington Missouri Wisconsin Montana Wyoming Nebraska Threat from storm surge/weather events Alabama Missouri Alaska Montana California New Hampshire Colorado New Jersey Connecticut New York Florida North Carolina Georgia North Dakota Hawaii Ohio Idaho Oklahoma Illinois Oregon Indiana Pennsylvania Iowa Rhode Island Kansas South Dakota Louisiana Tennessee Maine Vermont Maryland Virginia Massachusetts Wisconsin Mississippi Threat from drought Colorado North Carolina Connecticut Oklahoma Idaho Oregon Iowa South Dakota Kansas Tennessee Minnesota Texas Missouri Utah Montana Wisconsin Nebraska Wyoming Nevada Threat to wildlife or habitat Alabama Montana Alaska Nebraska Arizona New Hampshire Arkansas New Jersey California New Mexico Connecticut New York Delaware North Carolina Florida North Dakota Georgia Ohio Hawaii Oklahoma Idaho Oregon Illinois Pennsylvania Indiana Rhode Island Iowa South Dakota Kansas Tennessee Kentucky Texas Louisiana Utah Maine Vermont Maryland Virginia Massachusetts Washington Michigan West Virginia Minnesota Wisconsin Mississippi Wyoming Missouri							State Actions The bottom line of icons represents the types of actions taken by the state in response to those threats. Below is a list of states that face the same threat or are engaged in the same activity. Click on a state to view the state summary. Each state summary will include links to other states that also face the same threat or are engaged in the same activities. Adaptation planning in progress Arkansas New Jersey Idaho New York Iowa Oregon Massachusetts Pennsylvania New Hampshire Rhode Island Adaptation planning completed Kansas Adaptation planning includes wetlands Alaska Vermont Connecticut Washington Maine Wisconsin Minnesota Completed plan includes wetlands California Florida Colorado Maryland Studies in progress California Kansas Delaware Maryland Florida Minnesota Hawaii Montana Idaho Oklahoma Iowa Wisconsin Studies completed Delaware State is engaged in monitoring Arizona Minnesota Delaware Vermont Maine Wisconsin Massachusetts