DOI Climate Change Task Force Draft Subcommittee Reports
"In March 2007, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne established the DOI Climate Change Task Force, chaired by Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett. Three subcommittees were formed to undertake this assignment:
1. Land & Water Management Subcommittee to identify potential issues and challenges facing the Department of the Interior (DOI) as a consequence of climate change and to suggest possible options for addressing them. The subcommittee was composed of 39 staff including economists, geologists, managers, and engineers;
2 a Law & Policy Subcommittee to identify the legal and policy issues facing the DOI and to suggest possible options for addressing them. That subcommittee had 36 staff, including diverse representation from among the career resource managers, representatives of the Solicitor’s office, and personnel from the DOI policy offices; and,
3. a Science Subcommittee to identify the science and information needed to assist the DOI in addressing the consequences of climate change and to suggest possible options for getting the needed science. There were 35 staff members on that subcommittee, including not only scientists from USGS but also multiple other professions from other parts of the Department.
Report of the Subcommittee on Land and Water Management
Report of the Subcommittee on Law and Policy
Report of the Subcommittee on Science