Climate Change and California’s Wildlife Action Plan Update

Text: At the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, we are working to fully integrate climate change into the current update of our State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). To that end, the Climate Science Program has developed a SWAP climate working group to pull together resources and expertise that will inform the update process. This page provides materials that will be useful to CDFW staff and partners during the revision as they address climate change issues in their respective ecoregions and across California. If you wish to submit suggestions or would like more information on the working group please email climatechange@dfg.ca.gov.

SWAP Climate Resources

• Unity, Integration, and Action: CDFW’s Vision for Confronting Climate Change in California (PDF)
• Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Change into SWAP (PDF)
• CDFW’s Climate Science Program website
• CDFW Adaptation Case Studies
• CDFW Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Resource Center
• CDFW Climate Stakeholders Working Groups
• California Bird Species of Special Concern-climate vulnerability
• Regional climate change resources for California (PDF)