Lisa Graumlich’s position as Director of the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona allows her to pursue her career-long goal of understanding of the impacts of climate change on mountains of world. She is currently collaborating with resource managers around the Western US to develop science-informed adaptation strategies for climate change. She is particularly interested in adaptation strategies that speak to the issue of how parks, protected areas and protected species might adapt to rapid climate change. Dr. Graumlich was recipient of the W. J. Cooper Award from the Ecological Society of America in 1988 and was elected as a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science in 2004.