Providing farmers, ranchers, and foresters in California with actionable climate information: opportunities and obstacles for California’s USDA Regional Climate Sub Hub

Amber Catherine Kerr1, Kerri L Steenwerth2, Peter Stine3, Jeanne Chambers4, Chris Fischer5, Luana Kiger6, Thomas Hedt6, Oscar Gonzales7, Robert Tse8, Allison Tse8, Amrith Gunasekara9, Russ Henly10, JR DeLaRosa10, Mark Battany11, Tapan B Pathak12, Doug Parker13, Mark Schwartz1, Ronald Tjeerdema1, Julie Kalansky14, Emily Kehmeier7, Alexandros Xides7, Adrienne Marshall15 and Kripa Akila Jagannathan16, (1)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (2)USDA Agricultural Research Service, Davis, CA, United States, (3)US Forest Service Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (4)US Forest Service Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (5)US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Vallejo, Vallejo, CA, United States, (6)Natural Resources Conservation Service Davis - NRCS, Davis, CA, United States, (7)USDA Farm Service Agency, Davis, CA, United States, (8)USDA Rural Development, Davis, CA, United States, (9)California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, United States, (10)California Natural Resources Agency, Sacramento, CA, United States, (11)University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (12)University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Davis, United States, (13)University of California Office of the President, Oakland, CA, United States, (14)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, United States, (15)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (16)Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States