CARA's Mission:

The CARA website provides state-of-the-art information for people--as individuals, or in organizations or communities--to explore regional and local climate and land use. Its data and tools can help stakeholders and decision makers understand how changes in climate or land use could affect water quality and quantity, outdoor recreation and tourism, ecosystems, public health, food supply, electric power supply, storms and floods, transportation, and urban sprawl. Such understanding can help in developing and evaluating options for taking advantage of positive impacts and adapting to negative impacts.