Southern Great Plains [Chapter 26]

Philip A. Fay; Renee A. McPherson; Susan G. Alvarez; Darrian Bertrand; Taylor L. Broadbent; Tianna Bruno; Ali Fares; Brian McCullough; Georgianne W. Moore; Bee Moorhead; Laura Patino; Alexander “Sascha” Petersen; Nicholas G. Smith; Jean L. Steiner; April Taylor; Travis Warziniack; Juan Pablo Carvallo; Mark Junker; Gary McManus; Lauren E. Mullenbach; John W. Nielsen-Gammon; John A. Quinlan; Adrienne M. Wootten

doi:10.7930/NCA5.2023.CH26

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Southern Great Plains [Chapter 26]

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Authors:

Philip A. Fay, Renee A. McPherson, Susan G. Alvarez, Darrian Bertrand, Taylor L. Broadbent, Tianna Bruno, Ali Fares, Brian McCullough, Georgianne W. Moore, Bee Moorhead, Laura Patino, Alexander “Sascha” Petersen, Nicholas G. Smith, Jean L. Steiner, April Taylor, Travis Warziniack, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Mark Junker, Gary McManus, Lauren E. Mullenbach, John W. Nielsen-Gammon, John A. Quinlan, Adrienne M. Wootten

Year:

2024

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.CH26

Source:

In: Crimmins, A. R.; Avery, C. W.; Easterling, D. R.; Kunkel, K. E.; Stewart, B. C.; Maycock, T. K., eds. Fifth National Climate Assessment. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program. p. 26-1-26-62. Online: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/.

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Abstract

Residents and visitors in the Southern Great Plains - Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas - benefit from the region’s working coasts, sandy beaches, southern forests, grasslands, urban areas, rural towns, scrublands, rangelands, and croplands. The region spans 20 ecoregions, each with distinct and diverse species of plants and animals. Those ecosystems provide clean air and water, healthy soils, landscapes for recreation and tourism, habitats for wild plants and animals, and other benefits. The region’s 47 Federally Recognized Tribes were forcibly relocated to the region from elsewhere or constricted to fragments of their traditional homelands (circa 1830-1890). Contemporary immigrants from many countries have joined generations of Indigenous Peoples and those who trace their roots to Mexico, Europe, and Africa. The region’s distinct peoples and ecosystems experience the impacts of climate change differently, requiring unique responses to climate risk and resources for resilience.

Keywords

Southern Great Plains, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, ecoregions, ecosystems, climate change

Citation

Fay, Philip A.; McPherson, Renee A.; Alvarez, Susan G.; Bertrand, Darrian; Broadbent, Taylor L.; Bruno, Tianna; Fares, Ali; McCullough, Brian; Moore, Georgianne W.; Moorhead, Bee; Patino, Laura; Petersen, Alexander “Sascha”; Smith, Nicholas G.; Steiner, Jean L.; Taylor, April; Warziniack, Travis; Carvallo, Juan Pablo; Junker, Mark; McManus, Gary; Mullenbach, Lauren E.; Nielsen-Gammon, John W.; Quinlan, John A.; Wootten, Adrienne M. 2024. Southern Great Plains [Chapter 26]. In: Crimmins, A. R.; Avery, C. W.; Easterling, D. R.; Kunkel, K. E.; Stewart, B. C.; Maycock, T. K., eds. Fifth National Climate Assessment. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program. p. 26-1-26-62. Online: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/.