Climate Change and National Park Wildlife

A Survival Guide for a Warming World

View Full Report (PDF, 2.7 MB, 60 pages) Introduction Five Steps to Safeguard America's Wildlife and Ourselves from Climate Change Or download wildlife profiles: Coral Reefs of Southern Florida & Caribbean Salmon of the Pacific Northwest Grizzly Bear and other wildlife among the Rocky Mountain pine forests Loon and other birds of the Great Lakes Oysters icon of the Chesapeake Yellow-Legged Frogs of the Sierra Nevada Mountains Flying Squirrel and other threatened mammals of the Appalachian Mountains Bighorn Sheep in the Southwest Caribou in Alaska’s parks and preserves Wolverines of the Northern Rockies Red Knots and other migratory birds in the Northeast Text-Only Version (Includes full citation of authorities)

Climate change has arrived in America’s National Parks. Native trees and animals are losing ground because changing temperature and weather patterns are making the availability of food, water, and shelter less certain. Fish and wildlife are being driven from their national park homes by changes that are unfolding faster than the animals’ ability to adapt. If we fail to act, some wildlife may even go extinct.

Fortunately there’s still time to protect the parks’ living legacy. If we stop contributing to global warming pollution, ensure that the parks have clean air and water, give wildlife freedom to move to new homes as the climate warms, and take other steps, America’s national parks will continue to support abundant, healthy wildlife populations.

Read NPCA’s new “climate change survival guide” and discover:

• Five steps for safeguarding wildlife from climate change
• Eleven wildlife profiles, from migratory birds to grizzly bears
• Dozens of national park stories, from the Arctic to the Caribbean