This 12-part monthly webinar series will explore forest ecosystems and their composition and structure under a changing climate, and the influence on wildlife populations and carbon dynamics. The series will also share tools and management approaches to help facilitate forest and wildlife climate adaptation at both landscape and stand scales.
Series topics will be applicable to biologists, foresters, land managers and planners, and other natural resource practitioners working in Federal, State, Tribal, and local government agencies, and non-government and private organizations, with an interest in the intersection of climate change adaptation, forest ecology, and wildlife habitat management.
Webinars will take place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 1:00-2:00pm ET. Each month's presentation topic is intended to build upon the prior webinar in order to tell a cohesive story about climate change impacts on forest ecosystems and forest-depended wildlife and provide adaptation options and lessons learned. The series begins with a Special Webinar Presentation on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Climate Change Action Program and Nature-Based Solutions for Forest Adaptation to set the stage for the 12-part webinar series story.
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Special Webinar Presentation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Climate Change Action Program and Nature-Based Solutions for Forest Adaptation
March 15, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Kurt Johnson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Science Applications
Sara Ward, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services
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Webinar Schedule
Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystems
April 19, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Jim Vose, USDA Forest Service
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Forest Carbon Cycle
June 21, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Todd Ontl, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
Climate Change Impacts on Wildlife
June 28, 2022 at 1:00pm ET (Rescheduled from May 17)
Olivia LeDee, U.S. Geological Survey, Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Synergistic Effects of Multiple Stressors on Forest Resistance, Resilience and Response
July 19, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Sam Cushman, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Cancelled - check back for rescheduling
Effects of Climate Change and Shifting Disturbance Regimes on Wildlife Habitat in the Western U.S.
August 16, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Jessica Halofsky, USDA Forest Service, Northwest Climate Hub, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center
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Natural Disturbance-Based Silvicultural Strategies, Adaptation, and Wildlife Outcomes
September 20, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Tony D'Amato, University of Vermont
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Strategies for Forest Climate Adaptation Decisions Making
October 18, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Dawn Magness, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai NWR Alaska
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The Adaptation Workbook and Wildlife Adaptation Menu: Structured Flexibility for Management Decisions
November 15, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Stephen Handler, USDA Forest Service, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
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Persist in Place of Shift in Space? Applying Assessments of Species' Adaptive Capacity to Inform Climate Adaptation Actions
December 13, 2022 at 1:00pm ET
Lindsey Thurman, U.S. Geological Survey, Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
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Climate Adaptation Strategies for Longleaf Pine Ecosystems
January 17, 2023 at 1:00pm ET
Joshua Puhlick, The Jones Center
Forest Management for Culturally Significant Wildlife
February 21, 2023 at 1:00pm ET
Eric Clark, Sault Ste. Marie Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Keith Karnes, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Pathways for Climate-Informed Forest Management
March 14, 2023 at 1:00pm ET
Chris Swanston, USDA Forest Service
The webinar series is being sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Forest Ecology Working Group, Science Applications and Migratory Birds Programs, and the National Conservation Training Center in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service and the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science.
