Draft Agenda Adaptive Management In the Face of Climate Change

Draft AgendaAdaptive Management In the Face of Climate ChangeTuesday, February 21, 2012University of Minnesota, Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet, MNThe workshop is designed for the practicing forestry and natural resource land managers of Minnesotaand the Midwest and Canada. Leading applied scientists, university professors and practitioners willprovide on-the-ground perspectives of how climate change may be addressed within managed forests.The program will begin with a context for future management and then move on to potential desiredfuture conditions and adaptive management strategies to address these desired future conditions. Thiswill be a really interesting workshop for anyone interested and concerned about the ramifications ofclimate change and potential scenarios due to climate change.8:00 a.m. Registration8:30 a.m. Introductions: Mike Kroenke-SFEC Program Director8:35 a.m. Keynote Address: Mark Seeley, UMN Extension Climatologist, ‘Climate Change: Evidenceand Consequences ‘9:25 a.m. Speaker: Lee Frelich, Director, UMN Center for Forest Ecology, ‘Ecosystem Changes Due toClimate Change’10:10 a.m. Break:10:25 a.m. Speaker: Rebecca Montgomery, Associate Professor, UMN Dept. of Forest Ecology ‘TreePhysiology and Phenological in Response to Climate Change’10:55 a.m. Speaker: Carrie Pike, Research Fellow, UMN Dept. of Forest Resources, ‘Effects of WinterWarming On Growth of White Spruce’11:25 a.m. Speaker: Louis Iverson, PhD, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Delaware,OH, ‘Potential Tree and Bird Vulnerabilities to Climate Change in Northern Minnesota’12:10 a.m. Lunch:1:00 p.m. Speaker: Ann Pierce, Supervisor, Conservation Management and Rare Resources Unit, ’TheRole of State Natural Areas in Climate Change’1:45 p.m. Speaker: Stephen Handler, Climate Change Specialist, Northern Institute of Applied ClimateScience, USDA Forest Service, Houghton, MI, ‘Climate Change Adaptation in Forestry: Concepts, Toolsand Real World Examples ‘

2:15 p.m. Speaker: Mark White, Forest Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, Minnesota Chapter,‘Forest Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate ’3:00 Break3:15 p.m. Speaker: Brian Palik, PhD, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Grand Rapids,MN ‘Silivculture Approaches and Decision Making in the Face of Climate Change’4:00 p.m. Speaker: Tony D’Amato, Asst. Professor, UMN Dept. of Forest Resources, ‘Stand LevelAdaptive Management Strategies’4:45 p.m Program Evaluations/AdjournTo Register for the Adaptive Management In The Face of Climate Change, go tohttp://sfec.cfans.umn.edu and click on the ‘Featured Programs’ link on the Home Page. Then click on theregistration link for the February 21, 2012 program. We’ll look forward to seeing you at the program!Good for (approx.) 6.5 CEUs, Cat. 1.