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Transcript of Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change Workshop
ADAPTIVE SILVICULTURE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP
SRS NRS RMRS Chippewa NF San Juan NF
The Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center January 12, 2016
Workshop Goals • To introduce natural resource
managers to conceptual tools and approaches that help integrate climate change into natural resource management and silvicultural decision making
Today’s Agenda 8:00-8:30 Welcome and overview (Nagel)
8:30-9:15 Climate science overview (Swanston)
9:30-10:15 Climate change in the southern coastal plain
(Vose)
10:15-11:00 Climate change impacts and vulnerabilities
(Brantley)
11:00-12:00 CC considerations & silviculture of the
coastal plains (Nagel & Jack)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Incorporating climate change adaptation
into silvicultural decision-making (Guldin &
Nagel)
2:30-4:45 Group activity: Developing adaptation
approaches and tactics (Nagel & Roske)
5:00 Wrap-up, adjourn
Forest managers need robust, operational examples of how to integrate climate change adaptation into silvicultural planning and on-the-ground actions that can…
• Foster resilience to the impacts of climate change and/or • Enable adaptation to uncertain futures
Original Core Team: • Linda Nagel – Lead University PI, CSU, NIACS • Jim Guldin – Lead Forest Service PI, SRS • Matt Powers – ASCC Project Coordinator, OSU, NIACS • Chris Swanston – Research Ecologist & Director of NIACS, NRS • Maria Janowiak – Deputy Director, NRS, NIACS
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)
SRS: Jim Guldin (PI)
NRS/NIACS: Chris Swanston Maria Janowiak
NRS: Brian Palik
RMRS: Linda Joyce
PSW: Connie Millar
PNW: Dave Peterson
OSU: Lisa Ganio
PI: Linda Nagel, CSU
SITE 2: San Juan NF
Collaborators
Study Sites
Ouachita or Kisatchie
SITE 1: Cutfoot Exp Forest on Chippewa NF
Northeast – N Hdwds
Northern Rockies
SITE 3: Jones Ecological Ctr Site Lead: Steve Jack
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) PIs
Mike Battaglia
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)
PROJECT GOALS (1) Populate a multi-region study design with ecosystem-specific climate change adaptation treatments using input from an expert panel of regional scientists and local managers
• Primary objectives: compare key variables among 4 adaptation treatments in 3-5 different forest types across the United States • Forest growth and productivity • Overstory and understory species composition • Forest health and/or tree vigor
Treatments Resistance Resilience Transition No Action Sensu Millar et al 2007
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)
PROJECT GOALS (2) Introduce natural resource managers to conceptual tools and approaches that help integrate climate change into natural resource management and silvicultural decision making
• Primary objectives: conduct training sessions at participating Forests for an audience of local managers and scientists • Discuss projected climate change impacts and vulnerabilities relevant to
local management goals • Introduce conceptual tools that help managers identify appropriate
adaptation approaches and tactics
Climate Change Considerations for Forest Management
Activity #1
What new or different considerations do we need to think about when managing forests in the face of a
changing climate?
Activity #1