Presentation by Dr. Linda Nagel to introduce the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) project at the Northern Rockies ASCC Workshop held June 28, 2016

1. ADAPTIVE SILVICULTURE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
WORKSHOP
SRS / NRS / RMRS
Chippewa NF
San Juan NF
Flathead NF
Flathead National Forest
June 28, 2016
Linda Nagel, Professor & Department Head
Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Colorado State University

2. 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
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3. Today’s Agenda
8:00-8:30 Welcome and overview (Nagel)
8:30-9:15 Climate science overview (Swanston)
9:30-10:00 Climate change for the Northern Rockies
(Halofsky)
10:00-10:30 CC considerations (Nagel)
10:45-11:15 Ecology & silviculture of Northern Rockies
forests (Jenkins)
11:15-12:00 CC impact & vulnerabilities (Keane)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 CC in the Forest Service, big-picture (Hoang)
1:45-2:15 Adaptation (Nagel)
2:30-4:45 Group activity: Developing adaptation
approaches and tactics (Nagel & Roske)
5:00 Wrap-up, adjourn
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4. 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
AdaptiveSilviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)
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5. 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 SitesSITE 1: Cutfoot EF
on Chippewa NF
SITE 5: Hubbard Brook
EF & Second College
Grant (Dartmouth)
SITE 4: Coram
EF on Flathead
NF
SITE 3: Jones Ecological Ctr
Site Lead: Steve Jack
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)
PIs
Mike Battaglia
3/27/16
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6. AdaptiveSilviculture 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
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7. AdaptiveSilviculture 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
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8. Climate Change Considerations for
Forest Management
Activity #1
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9. What new or different considerations
do we need to think about when
managing forests in the face of a
changing climate?
Activity #1
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