The Climate Change Response Framework and this assessment are local examples of information provided by the new USDA Climate Hubs and the Forestry Sub-Hub located in Houghton, Mich. <a href="http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/regional_hubs.htmProvided">http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/regional_hubs.htmProvided</a> by USDA Forest Service Iconic Minnesota conifers may give way to a more broad-leafed forest in the next century.