TerrAdapt

TerrAdapt: Cascadia was a 2020 finalist in the Connectivity Challenge sponsored by the Salazar Center for North American Conservation at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The Challenge aims to generate innovative ideas that catalyze change, ultimately leading to landscapes that connect habitats, build resilience, and improve the health of our natural systems.

In May, 2021, we completed a report for the Washington Department of Natural Resources outlining how TerrAdapt technology can support the implementation and monitoring of Washington State’s Forest Action Plan.  These include annual updates on statewide forest cover metrics including forest biome habitat connectivity, summary of statewide forest change from 1990-present, zones of permanent forest loss (e.g. urbanization), and areas that appear at-risk to development or permanent conversion, as well as areas that may warrant investment to increase resiliency, should also be identified.

In October 2021, the TerrAdapt.org team was invited to present at the NAFWS annual conference in Spokane, WA. The presentation highlighted how TerrAdapt's monitoring of the broad Cascadia region and climate projections can support local biodiversity stewardship actions and adaptation planning. The large geographies of Indigenous ancestral lands include a range of ownership and physical barriers for monitoring access and trends. The seamless and current information in TerrAdapt's data and maps support Indigenous land managers' actions.