Water and Climate Change
Forests provide 39 percent of the nation’s water supply. This research studies impacts to that water supply due to climate and socioeconomic change and the role of forests in providing water-related ecosystem services.
Resource Planning Act Assessments
RPA 2020
2020 Resource Planning Act Assessment (Chapter 9 - Water Resources)
RPA 2010
2010 Resource Planning Act Assessment.
RPA 2000
2000 Resource Planning Act Assessment.
RPA 1989
1989 Resource Planning Act Assessment.
Publications / Supporting Documents
Forested watersheds provide the highest water quality among all land cover types, but the benefit of this ecosystem service depends on landscape context (2023) Peter V Caldwell, Katherine L. Martin, James M. Vose, Justin S. Baker, Travis W. Warziniack, Jennifer K. Costanza, Gregory E. Frey, Arpita Nehra, Christopher M. Mihiar
Projections of freshwater use in the United States under climate change (2022) Travis Warziniack, Mazdak Arabi, Thomas C. Brown, Pamela Froemke, Rohini Ghosh, Shaunie Rasmussen, Ryan Swartzentruber
Vulnerability to water shortage under current and future water supply-demand conditions across U.S. river basins (2021) Hadi Heidari, Mazdak Arabi, Travis Warziniack
The importance of municipal and agricultural demands in future water shortages in the United States (2019) Travis Warziniack, Thomas C. Brown
Current Projects
While the RPAs are ongoing work, there are other focal projects related to Water from Forests