WyACT is pushing the boundaries of how science is use-inspired and co-produced through the lens of climate impacts on the water cycle of Wyoming.
The project develops nationally competitive capacity for research on social-environmental systems responses to climate-driven shifts in water availability. Work focuses on the headwaters of three major river drainages in the Greater Yellowstone Area of Wyoming: Snake, Green, and Wind River.
WyACT research is organized into four major thematic areas presented as broad research questions:
Observation and Modeling
What climate-related risks threaten interacting and heterogeneous hydrological, ecological
and social systems at regional scales in coming decades?
Social and Economic Research
How do individuals, communities and organizations best respond to climate-induced
risks (including mitigation, adaptation and transformation)?
Knowledge Co-production
How can the process of co-production build trust and adaptive capacity for key stakeholders
and communities?
Integrated Modeling
How might societal responses interact with biophysical processes and feedbacks to
alter future risks and vulnerabilities?
Alpine lakes as sentinels of climate change – updates from the 2024 season February 11, 2025
Snowpack, particular in the Wind River range, is very important to the water supply in Wyoming. The source of the Upper Green River, for example, is an Alpine lake in the Wind River range.
