On November 18 - 22, 2024, scientists and staff from the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) attended the CASC Futures Forum in San Diego, California. This meeting brought together representatives from non-Federal Consortium Institutions and the US Geological Survey (USGS) from the National CASC and all 9 regional centers to discuss successes over the last 15 years and the outlook for the next 15 years. Specific objectives included identifying priorities for future climate adaptation knowledge generation and practice for the CASC network; fostering new collaborations among national and regional CASC programs to best serve resource managers and local communities; and increasing the capacity of CASC staff, fellows and students to conduct actionable research.

NC CASC attendees and presenters include:

• Molly Cross, Regional Administrator (USGS): co-led a session on evaluating the efficacy of adaptation actions
• Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Assistant Regional Administrator (USGS): co-convened a discussion of the cross-CASC evaluation working group
• Jane Wolken, University Deputy Director (CU Boulder): presented on NC CASC’s Rapid Climate Assessment Program (RCAP)
• Christy Miller Hesed, actionable science lead (CU Boulder): presented on co-production and science synthesis
• Imtiaz Rangwala, lead climate scientist (CU): presented on climate adaptation science support
• Ulyana Peña, communications lead (CU Boulder): presented a poster for the NC CASC; attended a communications workshop to brainstorm new ideas for content creation and dissemination
• Tony Ciocco, climate adaptation scientist (USGS): presented a poster on integrating Indigenous knowledge for bio-cultural climate adaptation. 
• Brian Miller (USGS research ecologist): presented on scenario-based adaptation planning during a session on how CASCs can facilitate actionable science into the future and during a session on CASC-led frameworks for climate adaptation.
• Other attendees from the North Central region included Sarah Burton (USGS data steward), Seamus Land (ORISE participatory science fellow), Megan Moore (ORISE stakeholder engagement specialist), and Katherine Hegewisch (NC CASC project scientist and web developer).