As the amount of environmental data continues to grow, efforts to coalesce existing data and integrate associated modeling products are increasingly necessary for effective application of modeling tools to land, water, and species management. Identifying existing data increases transferability, decreases redundancies, and helps establish protocols for future data collection efforts. Further, without focused efforts to integrate modeling products, we have limited ability to provide managers with tools to assess challenging issues of water availability and species conservation. This project informs climate adaptation efforts in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) by 1) developing a catalog of existing, non-USGS measurements of streamflow and 2) assessing the vulnerability of rare fish species based on their ability to cope with changes in streamflow and water temperature expected under climate change.
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