Developing process-based mechanistic models for evaluating the impacts of a variable climate Restoration of riparian range and forest lands to improve integrity and resilience thereby improving fish and wildlife values Development of methods to measure quantify and model ecosystem health Forest and fire ecology including predicting changes in fire risks Soil ecology Plant physiology Hydrodynamics Impacts of global climate change on ecosystem services Evaluating the impacts of future climates given the built environment e.g. infrastructure impermeability Developing Environmental Atlases to guide the building of new structures and the adaptation of existing structures to increase climate resilience; this information is particularly valuable to engineers