(NAFB.com) – The USDA joined 20 agencies in releasing an updated Climate Adaptation Plan to ensure federal operations are increasingly resilient to climate change impacts. The updated adaptation plans advance the National Climate Resilience Framework, which helps to align climate resilience investments across the public and private sectors through common principles and opportunities for action to build a climate-resilient nation. Communities from coast to coast are experiencing the impacts of climate change through crop yields depleted by drought and other impacts like flooding and wildfires that have washed away roads, businesses, and homes in many areas. “USDA has taken a department-wide approach to consider the impacts of climate change on our mission delivery and those we serve,” says Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack. “From USDA headquarters to field offices nationwide, these efforts enable USDA to support the agriculture and forestry sectors and diverse communities across the country as they face climate change.”