NEWS

Check out our 2025 Year in Review summary here!

NE RISCC Support for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers. Read the full statement here.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• NE RISCC webinar: Combining storm flood water level and topography to prioritize inter-basin transfer of non-native aquatic species in the United States on January 21, 2026 (TODAY!) from 11 am - 12 pm Eastern. Register Here

• Zoom Networking Event: Concrete to Canopy – Greening Cities with Native Species on February 12, 2026 from 10:00 - 11:15 am Eastern. Co-hosted by Mass ECAN and NE RISCC. Learn more and register here.

• Mark your calendars for the 2026 NE RISCC Symposium on March 24 & 25, 2026 from 10am - 3pm EST each day. Registration coming soon.

NEW RESOURCES

• Latest Research to Practice Paper: Seeds of change: Assisting gene flow for climate-smart restoration

• New syntheses of benefits and impacts of the Northeast RISCC and the National RISCCs

• New original research: Guidelines for Climate-Smart Invasive Species Management

• Check out our 2025 Year in Review summary here!

RECENT EVENTS

• 2nd International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference was held on December 9-10, 2025. Recording coming soon!

• Hydrilla manager-researcher team up webinar was held on October 9th, 2025. View the recording here.

• Seeds of change: Assisting gene flow for climate adaptation Coffee Talk was held on September 25th, 2025. This discussion focused on the newly released Research to Practice paper “Seeds of change: Assisting gene flow for climate smart restoration.” View the recording here.

• Climate-Smart Gardening 2.0 Coffee Talk was held on June 18th, 2025. This discussion focused on the newly published Research to Practice summary "Climate-Smart Gardening 2.0: Plants to Promote Climate Adaptation." View the recording here.

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We have migrated our listserv to Google Groups. This should have happened automatically. But please check your spam folder for listserv emails now coming from ne-riscc@groups.umass.edu. Sign up to hear about news and events from the RISCC leadership team, and post to the listserv to ask for help from experts across the Northeast U.S.