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Wild Ways: Assessing How Climate Change May Affect Certain Wildlife

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Identifying which species may be the most vulnerable to a changing climate is important. This information can help people make decisions about how to best manage the land. It can also help make better decisions to support wildlife. In this study, the scientists wanted to learn more about species living in and around the Coronado National Forest.

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• Coronado National Forest

  For more information visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/coronado/home

• Information about the Mexican Frog or Tarahumara Frog

  For more information visit http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/edits/documents/Ranatara.fi.pdf

• Teachers Guide for "Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Tool Kit"

  For more information visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/climate/activities/casestudies/westmountforeststudent.pdf

• Dr. Sharon Coe
• Dr. Deborah Finch
• Dr. Megan Friggens

• Earth Science
• People and Science

• The Value of Forests and Grasslands (Educators)
• Wildlife and Endangered Species (Educators)

• Southwestern

• Scientific Topics
• Uses and Benefits of Science

• Climate Change

• Rocky Mountain Research Station

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
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• Populations and ecosystems (C)
• Regulation and behavior (C)
• Science and technology in society (F)
• Science as a human endeavor (G)
• Structure and function in living systems (C)
• Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)