GLIN==> FW: Funding Available for Forest and Water Climate Adaptation Plans in Great Lakes Region

The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) in cooperation with Climate
Solutions University (CSU) is pleased to share this notice of funding for
developing community-based climate adaption plans in the Great Lakes. 

Please contact Jeff Morris, CSU Director of Communications at jeff at mfpp.org
with any questions. Thanks!

 

Call for Applications:

The Model Forest Policy Program has developed a Climate Adaptation program
called Climate Solutions University: Forest and Water Strategies (CSU) and
seeks applications from Great Lakes rural forested communities to
participate in 2012.  

 

To summarize, the Climate Solutions University (CSU) program works to
empower local, rural communities in the U.S. to become resilient in the face
of a changing climate by protecting their forest and water resources and
their resource-dependent livelihoods. The program invests in a multi-year
engagement with communities to assess their climate risks and develop a
climate readiness plan to be implemented over the next several years.  The
CSU training and coaching process begins with a 10-month rigorous curriculum
of distance learning with a monthly webinar, a monthly conference call, plus
individual coaching and assistance. This will be complemented by extensive
work by the local Great Lakes project leader and their local organization's
planning team. CSU offers a direct $10,000 scholarship to support local
staff time plus an estimated $50,000 in the value of the CSU educational and
coaching process.  The local community leader is expected to provide a
$10,000 in-kind match so as to assure at least a half-time person dedicated
to leading the project with the help of their local stakeholder team. 

 

By the end of 2011, 14 communities will have completed the CSU process with
excellent results in the climate adaptation plans they have developed and
some beginning to implement in 2011.  Their goals are location specific,
driven by local decision makers, and aimed at benefiting the social,
environmental and economic needs of the community.  

 

For additional details on this program visit  <http://www.mfpp.org/csu>
www.mfpp.org/csu. You may view examples of community adaptation plans at
<http://www.mfpp.org/?p=713> www.mfpp.org/?p=713.

  

Applications to participate in 2012 are now available at
<http://www.mfpp.org/> www.mfpp.org  with a deadline of Sept. 19th.   

 

 Please contact Jeff Morris, CSU Director of Communications at
<mailto:jeff at mfpp.org> jeff at mfpp.org  with any questions.

  

 

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