The National Parks are threatened by climate change – from contracting glaciers to flooded revered wetlands – management of our nation’s park lands will become increasingly difficult. After a significant panel found that the National Parks Service lacks the research capacity to develop a way to deal with the changes to our climate, a US Senate panel has decided to hold a hearing on the issue this week.
The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday afternoon at 2pm in the Dirksen Building. The President of the Wildlife Management Institute will testify focusing on the importance of national parks as a research lab where ecosystems are still intact and can be monitored for changes.
The House will also be considering the ravages of climate change – this time with an emphasis on water management. Climate change is expected to have a significant impact on water and those that manage the resource for us are trying to calculate how to address expected problems. A report by the US Geological Survey, Army Corps of Engineers, Reclamation and NOAA explored strategies to improve water management under the expected affects of climate change. This report is among the reasons why a US House panel will hold a hearing tomorrow morning in the Longworth Building.
The Water and Power Subcommittee wants to know if federal agencies are collecting the correct information on water resources. They want to ensure that the right data is making it into the hands of water managers and is available to the public.
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