Draft National Action Plan for Freshwater Management Amidst Climate Change: Submit Comments

Earlier this month the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force released a draft report, National Action Plan: Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate and is accepting comment on the draft through July 15.

With the goal of bringing government agencies and citizens together to collaboratively manage freshwater resources in response to climate change for the assurance of adequate water supplies and to protect human health as well as water quality and aquatic ecosystems, this draft National Action Plan has established six key recommendations:

• Establish a Planning Process to Adapt Water Resources Management to a Changing Climate
• Improve Water Resources and Climate Change Information for Decision‐Making
• Strengthen Assessment of Vulnerability of Water Resources to Climate Change
• Expand Water Use Efficiency
• Support Integrated Water Resources Managemen
• Support Training and Outreach to Build Response Capability

Reports such as this - produced by federal agencies - will be crucial to the establishment of widespread support that is needed to effectively protect our nations waterways. Share this draft report with friends and colleagues and offer any comments, input or insight you might have on the action plan to it's authors here.
Public comment on the draft report will be accepted through July 15, 2011.