Posting Number: req27353
Department: AZ Inst for Resilience
Location: Tucson Campus
Address: Tucson, AZ USA
Position Highlights
The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC), an applied research collaboration between the United States Geological Survey and a consortium of universities led by the University of Arizona, seeks a Tribal Research Lead to lead its research and outreach programs with Tribal communities in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. The mission of the SW CASC is to develop actionable science and implementable climate adaptation solutions in partnership with natural and cultural resource managers, policy makers, Native Nations, and researchers across the Southwest.
This position will guide the development and implementation of a research program to identify Tribal needs for weather and climate monitoring infrastructure, and will respond to other climate adaptation science needs of Tribal communities as they arise. Climate impacts like changes in water availability, altered fire regimes, extreme weather events, and changes in soil and ecosystem health are making the environment more unpredictable. With increasing likelihood of drought, wildfire, flooding, heat stress, and other natural hazards, Tribal Nations need increased access to climate data to inform their land management practices, to be able to apply for funding that requires climate data, and to be better positioned to be able to assert their sovereignty in policy-making spaces.
Specifically, this position will:
Department: AZ Inst for Resilience
Location: Tucson Campus
Address: Tucson, AZ USA
Position Highlights
The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC), an applied research collaboration between the United States Geological Survey and a consortium of universities led by the University of Arizona, seeks a Tribal Research Lead to lead its research and outreach programs with Tribal communities in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. The mission of the SW CASC is to develop actionable science and implementable climate adaptation solutions in partnership with natural and cultural resource managers, policy makers, Native Nations, and researchers across the Southwest.
This position will guide the development and implementation of a research program to identify Tribal needs for weather and climate monitoring infrastructure, and will respond to other climate adaptation science needs of Tribal communities as they arise. Climate impacts like changes in water availability, altered fire regimes, extreme weather events, and changes in soil and ecosystem health are making the environment more unpredictable. With increasing likelihood of drought, wildfire, flooding, heat stress, and other natural hazards, Tribal Nations need increased access to climate data to inform their land management practices, to be able to apply for funding that requires climate data, and to be better positioned to be able to assert their sovereignty in policy-making spaces.
Specifically, this position will:
- Work with Tribes throughout the Southwest (CA, AZ, UT, NV) to assess gaps in weather and climate monitoring and co-develop solutions to address these gaps.