3 - Drought, Tree Mortality, and Regeneration in Northern California

Saturday, October 28, 2023

8:30am - 8:45am PST

Location: A3

Speaker(s)

Sophia Lemmo, MS, RPF (she/her/hers)

Forest Health and Fire Resilience Program Manager
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
Bayside, California, United States

Co-author(s)

Sophia Lemmo, MS, RPF (she/her/hers)

Forest Health and Fire Resilience Program Manager
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
Bayside, California, United States
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Lucy Kerhoulas, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Forest Ecophysiology
California State Polytechnic University
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rosemary sherriff, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.

Professor and department Chair - Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
California State Polytechnic University
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Jill Beckmann, B.S., M.S. (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Practice/ Centennial Forest Manager
School of forestry, Northern Arizona University

This proposal addresses recent tree mortality and regeneration trends in Northern California and how trends differed before, during, and after the 2012-2016 drought. We found these forests are not actively perpetuating as diversly. Targeted management aimed at generating disturbances to foster balanced and responsive regeneration, and resilient forests is needed.