Bringing climate change into natural resource management: proceedings.

“…Rigorous scientific review of syntheses and assessments further enrich the value of that scientific information. (Haynes et al 2007, Joyce andBirdsey 2000). These national assessments synthesize current understanding about climate change and forest and rangelands and provide information to Forest Service strategic planning (Joyce 2007).…”

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“…Awareness of the need to incorporate climate change into resource management and planning increased globally in association with the Fourth Assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Solomon et al 2007), and in western North America in association with well-publicized reports on regional climate and hydrologic trends (e.g., Hayhoe et al 2004, Knowles et al 2006, Mote et al 2005). Most efforts on adaptation to climate change have focused primarily on conceptual issues addressed through general scientific discussion (Easterling et al 2004, FAO 2007, Hansen et al 2003, MacIver and Dallmeier 2000, Wilkinson et al 2002, social and economic adaptation (Kane and Yohe 2000), proposed actions by governmental institutions (Joyce et al 2007, Ligeti et al 2007, Rojas Blanco 2006, Snover et al 2007, individual adaptation strategies (Sadowski 2008, Slaughter andWiener 2007), and adaptation recommendations for biological diversity (Heller and Zavaleta 2009). Recent information on climate change adaptation for natural resources provides general adaptation strategies (Innes et al 2009, Millar et al 2007.…”

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Responding to climate change in national forests: a guidebook for developing adaptation options

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Millar²,

Joyce³

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This guidebook contains science-based principles, processes, and tools necessary to assist with developing adaptation options for national forest lands. The adaptation process is based on partnerships between local resource managers and scientists who work collaboratively to understand potential climate change effects, identify important resource issues, and develop management options that can capitalize on new opportunities and reduce deleterious effects. Because management objectives and sensitivity of resources to climate change differ among national forests, appropriate processes and tools for developing adaptation options may also differ. Regardless of specific processes and tools, the following steps are recommended: (1) become aware of basic climate change science and integrate that understanding with knowledge of local resource conditions and issues (review), (2) evaluate sensitivity of specific natural resources to climate change (rank), (3) develop and implement strategic and tactical options for adapting resources to climate change (resolve), and (4) monitor the effectiveness of adaptation options (observe) and adjust management as needed. Results of recent case studies on adaptation in national forests and national parks can facilitate integration of climate change in resource management and planning and make the adaptation process more efficient. Adaptation to climate change will be successful only if it can be fully implemented in established planning processes and other operational aspects of national forest management.

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“…Recent efforts on adaptation to climate change have focused primarily on conceptual issues addressed through general scientific discussion (MacIver and Dallmeier 2000; Wilkinson et al 2002;Hansen et al 2003;Easterling et al 2004;FAO 2007), social and economic adaptation (Kane and Yohe 2000;Smith et al 2003), and proposed actions by governmental institutions (Rojas Blanco 2006;Joyce et al 2007;Ligeti et al 2007;Snover et al 2007). …”

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U.S. National Forests adapt to climate change through Science–Management partnerships

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Developing appropriate management options for adapting to climate change is a new challenge for land managers, and integration of climate change concepts into operational management and planning on United States national forests is just starting. We established science-management partnerships on the Olympic National Forest (Washington) and Tahoe National Forest (California) in the first effort to develop adaptation options for specific national forests. We employed a focus group process in order to establish the scientific context necessary for understanding climate change and its anticipated effects, and to develop specific options for adapting to a warmer climate. Climate change scientists provided the scientific knowledge base on which adaptations could be based, and resource managers developed adaptation options based on their understanding of ecosystem structure, function, and management. General adaptation strategies developed by national forest managers include: (1) reduce vulnerability to anticipated climateinduced stress by increasing resilience at large spatial scales, (2) consider tradeoffs and conflicts that may affect adaptation success, (3) manage for realistic outcomes and prioritize treatments that facilitate adaptation to a warmer climate, (4) manage Climatic Change (2012) 110:269-296 dynamically and experimentally, and (5) manage for structure and composition. Specific adaptation options include: (1) increase landscape diversity, (2) maintain biological diversity, (3) implement early detection/rapid response for exotic species and undesirable resource conditions, (4) treat large-scale disturbance as a management opportunity and integrate it in planning, (5) implement treatments that confer resilience at large spatial scales, (6) match engineering of infrastructure to expected future conditions, (7) promote education and awareness about climate change among resource staff and local publics, and (8) collaborate with a variety of partners on adaptation strategies and to promote ecoregional management. The process described here can quickly elicit a large amount of information relevant for adaptation to climate change, and can be emulated for other national forests, groups of national forests with similar resources, and other public lands. As adaptation options are iteratively generated for additional administrative units on public lands, management options can be compared, tested, and integrated into adaptive management. Sciencebased adaptation is imperative because increasing certainty about climate impacts and management outcomes may take decades.

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