DuBois Conference Center
Northern Arizona University Campus, Flagstaff Arizona
Tuesday: Morning – Climate and Ecology Science Sessions
8:25 – 8:55 Dr. Thomas Swetnam, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Director, University of Arizona, Tucson
Climate, Forests and the Big Picture – An overview of our understanding of climate processes and their impacts on forests and woodlands in the United States, inferred by paleorecords, historic events, instrumental records, and oceanic oscillations. Talk includes the “big picture” and why the need for concern for today’s resource management decisions.
8:55 – 9:25 Dr. Linda Mearns, Institute for the Study of Society and Environment Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Climate Modeling, Projections (decadal and beyond), and Statistical Validity – A presentation on the current state of climate modeling and latest short- and long-term projections for temperature and moisture scenarios affecting the nation’s forests and woodlands. Talk includes frank discussion on base assumptions and statistics, including the certainties and uncertainties, and the importance of these for natural resource managers.
9:25 – 9:55 Dr. Louis Iverson, Research Landscape Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Delaware, Ohio
Ecological Response to Climate Change: Recent Observations and Projections – A look at climate and vegetation change modeling, crucial factors and variables, likely threshold points, and which ecological responses are probable and projected for the nation’s forests and woodlands. Presentation sets the stage to discuss adaptation and mitigation strategies.
10:40 – 11:10 Dr. Danny C. Lee, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDAFS, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina
Responding to Threats to Forest Health – Presentation discusses understanding environmental threats to forest ecosystems, including stress, disturbance and degradation, use of silvicultural treatments to reduce vulnerability, and decision-support tools for prioritizing management options.
11:10 – 11:40 Dr. Robert Malmsheimer, Associate Professor of Forest and Natural Resources Management, State University of New York, Syracuse
Mitigation Strategies and Actions – Overview discussion of mitigation strategies as laid out in the SAF Position Statement and the Forest Management Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change in the United States.
1:20 – 2:00 Dr. Constance Millar, Research Paleoecologist, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California
Managing in the Face of Uncertainty: Adaptation Strategies and Actions – The “5-Rs” founder puts forth the “call to action” and presents the conceptual framework for managing forested ecosystems, based on the integration of adaptation and mitigation strategies. Covers Resistance, Resilience, Response (including assisted transition, anticipated risk, experimentation, diversity, and connected landscapes), Realignment, and Reduce options and the latest on their practical application.
2:20 – 2:25 Kristen Schmitt, USDA Forest Service Climate Change Resources Center, Houghton, Michigan
A Brief Introduction to the Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center
2:25 – 2:45 Dr. Mark Twery, Project Director, Northern Research Station program for Science, Technology, and Applied Results, USDA Forest Service, South Burlington, Vermont
Climate Science and Forest Management: Online Tools for Resource Managers An overview of the online tools and observations on what makes them successful resources for forest and natural resource managers; lead into the afternoon breakout sessions.
Mid-Afternoon – Forest/Online Planning Tools Session
Room #333: Climate Change Tree and Bird Atlases – Dr. Louis Iverson, USDAFS, Northeastern Research Station, Delaware, Ohio Room #334: Comparative Risk Assessment Framework and Tools (CRAFT) – Dr. Danny C. Lee, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDAFS, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina Room #344: Template for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Management Options (TACCIMO) – Emrys Treasure, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDAFS, Southern Research Station, Raleigh, North Carolina Room #345: Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System Study (MAPSS) – John Wells and Bear Pitts, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Room #444: Carbon Online Estimator (COLE v.2) - Dr. Coeli Hoover, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Durham, NH Room #436: Data Basin - Dr. Dominique Bachelet, Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Room #437: eXtension Community of Practice: Forest, Woodlands and Climate - Dr. Craig Wood, eXtension Initiative, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Dr. Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Flagstaff, AZ Room #445: Water Supply Stress Index-Carbon and Biodiversity (WaSSI-CB) - Dr. Peter Caldwell, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, US Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Raleigh, NC Evening Poster Session and Banquet 5:15 – 6:30pm Poster Session and hors d'œuvres 6:30 – 7:30pm Evening Banquet 7:45 – 8:30pm Featured Guest Speaker: Dr. George Hopper, College of Forest Resources, Dean and Director, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Interim Dean and Director, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State University The Extension-Scientist-Practitioner Collaboration: A Win-Win-Win Proposition. Dr. Hopper’s presentation will address how collaborations among scientists, practitioners, and Extension have been and continue to be the ideal model for science application. His talk will also include current obstacles to overcome and the leadership needed to address the future of forestry. For more on the National Workshop on Climate and Forests:
