A report released this fall by the U.S. Government Accountability Office states that the officials who manage U.S. public lands need to do more to identify and protect resources that might be threatened by climate change. Unless the agencies responsible for public land management significantly change their missions and approaches to land management, these lands will face an environmental catastrophe.
The National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, state fish and game departments, and private environmental organizations all need to redirect their efforts.
Instead of a hands-off approach to the affects of climate change, we need a proactive and aggressive approach.
