Climate Resilience

We support counties as they explore new initiatives, and responding to the changing climate is the ultimate integration of our resources.

Climate Resilience Program

Through our new Climate Resilience Program, we are working with partners to identify mitigation and adaptation strategies, building a resource hub to help counties integrate climate into planning efforts, identifying federal climate funding opportunities for counties, and training on carbon and greenhouse gas offset potential modeling tools.

Mid-way through 2021, we transitioned away from our Source Water Protection program and launched our new Climate Resilience Program. We will continue to support counties working to implement source water protection efforts through our Health and Conservation work group. We had hoped to relaunch this work group in fall 2021, however new COVID variants and member staffing changes delayed this effort. We are hoping to get back together in 2022, as our public health partners’ COVID-related workloads ease.

108 people attended the Intro to Carbon Farm Planning webinar in November, hosted with our partners from Carbon Cycle Institute and supported by SARE to introduce members to planning conservation through a carbon lens.

We launched the Climate Resilience Hub on our website, featuring tools and resources to help counties identify vulnerabilities and consider adaptation strategies in their counties. Learn more at wisconsinlandwater.org/members-hub/ conservation-resources/climate-resilience