About the Midwest
Climate Adaptation Science Center

Delivering science to help fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate.

A man and a woman stand next to each other laughing.

Mike Dockry, MW CASC Program Lead for Tribal Relations, with United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.

Our Mission

The mission of the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (MW CASC) is to deliver science to help wildlife, ecosystems, and people adapt to a changing climate. We conduct and support research to address regional climate issues including: heavy rainfall and drought, loss of winter, altered hydrological regimes, novel terrestrial landscapes, and opportunities for adaptation.

We engage the Department of Interior, states, Tribal governments, and other natural and cultural resource managers to ensure information and tools can be applied directly to adaptation decisions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

MW CASC Consortium Members

University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Host)
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michigan State University
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Indiana University
College of Menominee Nation
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
The Nature Conservancy

National Network

The CASC network is overseen by the United States Geological Survey. It is comprised of the National CASC (NCASC) and nine regional CASCs, covering the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawai'i, the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands, and the U.S. Caribbean.