The Puget Sound area was selected as a priority location by the National Park Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service in the Pacific Northwest region. Current site partners within the Puget Sound area are Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, Mount Rainer National Park, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, North Cascades National Park, and Olympic National Park. Each of these partners is concerned about currently observed changes within their management areas that can be attributed to climate change, and interested in refining their approaches to interpreting climate change.