Dr. Juniper Katz, along with co-authors Samantha Zuhlke and Emani Brinkman, explores the impactful role of nonprofits, specifically land trusts, in local climate policy through their recent study published in the Nonprofit Policy Forum. Their research, titled "Strike While the Iron is Hot: Land Trusts, Temperature Anomalies, and Agenda Setting for Local Open Space Referenda," explores how land trusts are pivotal in leveraging perceptions of climate change for local agenda setting for land conservation, a crucial aspect of climate change mitigation strategies. The study analyzes land votes in U.S. counties from 2009 to 2019, revealing that temperature anomalies and the presence of land trusts increase the likelihood of conservation measures reaching the local political agenda. This association highlights land trusts' strategic role in capitalizing on climate-induced opportunities to advocate for conservation policies.