Climate Change Adaptation Reclamation Climate Studies CEQ Climate Adaptation

1. Climate Change Adaptation • Reclamation Climate Studies • CEQ Climate Adaptation • Scientific Integrity Policy • Paul R. Houser • Managers’ Conference • September 7-8, 2011

2. Reclamation Climate Studies • Climate Change and Water Working Group (CCAWWG): NOAA, USGS, USACE, EPA, NASA, FEMA collaboration • Climate change is occurring; effects differ regionally. • Water resources management could be affected; hydroclimate conditions becoming non-stationary. • Climate change is one of many challenges facing water managers. From USGS Circular 1331 (Brekke et al. 2009) 2009 SECURE Water Act (PL 111-11) Secretarial Order 3289 and 3297 – WaterSMART • Federal agencies that conduct water management have a responsibility to take a lead role in assessing risks to the water resources and to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies • Establishes Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, Climate Science Centers, and Basin Studies http://www.usbr.gov/climate

3. West-Wide Climate Risk Assessments (WWCRA) - Hydrologic Projections (2011) SECURE Report to Congress, 2011 focus on median changes; future reports have broader scope 112 Transient Climate Projections… http://gdo-dcp.ucllnl.org/downscaled_cmip3_projections/dcpInterface.html 112 Transient Hydrologic Projections covering western U.S.… Analyses of Period-changes in climate and hydrology Peer Review 8 “big basin” VIC hydrology model-apps from Univ. of WA… Technical Report, data-development (TSC 86-68210, March 2011) Data-service, Reclamation and broader public use (Summer 2011) http://www.usbr.gov/WaterSMART/wwcra.html

4. Spatial Extent of Analyses SECURE Water WWCRA http://www.usbr.gov/WaterSMART/wwcra.html

5. Change Through Time Colorado River Annual Max Weekly Runoff 2020s 2070s 2050s Temp Precip • Flood Control Implications Annual Min Weekly Runoff Snow • Environmental Flow Implications HUGE CAVEAT – e.g. calibration, validation

6. annual Dec-Mar Apr-Jul SECURE Report: Westwide Impacts (e.g. annual and seasonal runoff) 2020s-1990s 2050s-1990s http://www.usbr.gov/climate 2070s-1990s

7. SECURE Water Future Work • Analyze demands utilizing legacy tools with climate projections • Put activities within broader context of scenario planning (similar to CO Basin Study Approach). • Include AR5 climate projections. • Next Secure Water report due in 2016 (every 5 years) Sector Impacts • Hydropower • Ecological Resiliency • Endangered Species • Recreation • Water Deliveries • Water Quality http://www.usbr.gov/climate

8. Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force • Co-Chaired: Council on Environmental Quality, (CEQ) Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) • October 2009: Executive Order calling on Adaptation Task Force to recommend how Federal agency policies and practices can reinforce a national climate change adaptation strategy • David Hayes represents DOI on the CEQ Adaptation Task Force • Strategic vision: a resilient, healthy and prosperous Nation in the face of a changing climate. Guiding principles: • Adopt integrated approaches • Prioritize the most vulnerable • Use best available science • Apply risk-management methods and tools • Apply ecosystem-based approaches http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/adaptation

9. Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force • Progress Report Recommendations: October 14, 2010 • make adaptation a standard part of Agency planning • ensure climate change information is easily accessible • align response efforts across jurisdictions and missions • strategy to support international adaptation • partnerships to support local, state, and tribal decision makers • Liz Klein coordinated Draft 2011 report DOI response. • Executive Order (“EO”) 13514 establishes an integrated strategy towards sustainability and requires agencies to evaluate climate change risks and vulnerabilities to manage effects of climate change on the agency’s mission and operations. • Establish agency climate change adaptation plan by June 2012. • Participate in CEQ climate change adaptation planning workshops • Agencies submit a draft high-level analysis of agency vulnerability and 3-5 adaptation actions by October 2011, final analysis by March 2012. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/adaptation

10. CEQ Draft National Action Plan: Priorities For Managing Freshwater Resources In A Changing Climate June 2, 2011 Mission: develop a national action plan to identify steps that Federal agencies can take to improve management of freshwater resources in a changing climate. RECOMENDATIONS Plan to Adapt Water Resources Management to a Changing Climate. Improve Information for Water Resource Decision‐Making. Strengthen Water Resources Vulnerability Assessments. Expand Water Use Efficiency. Support Integrated Water Resources Management. Support Training and Outreach to Build Response Capability. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/adaptation

11. Secure Report: BOR Adaptation Actions • Extending Water Supplies • Yuma Desalting Plant • Rural Water Supply • Lewiston Orchards Project • Water Planning • Bay Delta Conservation Program • River Restoration • Trinity River Restoration Program • Water Conservation • WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants • Hydropower • Hoover retrofitting to wide head turbines http://www.usbr.gov/climate

12. Scientific Integrity • March 2009: Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity • Sept 2010: Secretarial Order 3305: Ensuring Scientific Integrity within the Department of the Interior • Dec 2010: Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum on Scientific Integrity • Feb 2011: Salazar Announces New Scientific Integrity Policy and Departmental Science Integrity Officer • Feb 2011: Deputy Interior Secretary announces DOI Policy, asks Bureaus to incorporate into Bureau policies • July 2011: Reclamation policy RLT and Public Review, revisions underway. http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Announces-New-Scientific-Integrity-Policy-and-Designation-of-Departmental-Science-Integrity-Officer.cfm

13. Goals of the policy Decisions based on science and scholarship are respected as credible. Science is conducted with integrity and excellence. Sustain culture of scientific and scholarly integrity that is enduring. Employees are proud to uphold the high standards and lead by example. Establish scientific code of conduct. Policy applies to all employees and volunteers, contractors, cooperators, partners, permittees, leasees, and grantees. http://elips.doi.gov/app_dm/act_getfiles.cfm?relnum=3889

14. Reporting and Resolving Allegations of Loss of Integrity • Allegations submitted in writing • Bureau Scientific Integrity Officer (BSIO) reviews allegation • Allegation must be significant departure from accepted practices of scientific community • Misconduct is intentional fabrication, falsification or plagiarism • Review panel may be convened • Corrective action by human resources and the appropriate manager/supervisor http://elips.doi.gov/app_dm/act_getfiles.cfm?relnum=3889