Approach
Protect existing and future infrastructure by examining present and future hazards on dam infrastructure.
Tactics
- Evaluate existing inventory for capacity and structural integrity using projected climate models for extreme storm events
- Incorporate projected changes in extreme storm events in structure design and bridge location.
- Facilitate partnering efforts between private
- local
- state
- and federal jurisdictions.
Citation
Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J.; Little, N.J.; Joyce, L.A., eds. (2018). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.