Given the business, recreation, and tourism sector's vulnerabilities, we have developed the following goals and strategies.
​Goals are presented in bold with their corresponding action items below it. 

Prepare tourism and recreational industries for changing climate.

• Increase agility of existing tourism and recreational businesses to adapt to changing conditions (timing and location of activities).
• Diversify tourism and recreational industries by identifying, investing in, and promoting new, sustainable-oriented opportunities.
  
• Develop and market flexible indoor recreation and tourism opportunities.
  
• Develop recreational resource plan, including a comprehensive map of resources, to adapt uses and types of recreation, as well as protect assets and promote access.
  

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Strengthen and diversify local economy (aside from tourism and recreation) in a changing climate. 

• Partner with economic development organizations and universities to develop a certification program and knowledge sharing for climate resilient businesses.
• Create economic innovation hub to identify new business opportunities given climate change. 
  
• Enhance energy efficiency and weatherization workforce and business opportunities.
• ​Expand and diversify value-added timber market, for example small diameter mass timber.

Do you prefer to think about strategies in terms of which climate impacts they respond to? 

You can sort all business, recreation, and tourism strategies by related climate impact below, as well as whether they have a mitigation benefit or strengthen resiliency in a different sector as well as business, recreation, and tourism.

• All Strategies
• Wildfires
• Wildfire Smoke
• Higher Temperatures
• Wetter Winters/Springs + Flooding
• Drier Summers + Drought
• Climate Variability
• Climate Migration + Population Change
  
• Mitigation Benefit
  
• Strengthen Resiliency in Other Sector (in addition to business, recreation, and tourism)

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full list of vulnerabilities addressed