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Organized Proposal Session

Assisted migration: Perspectives on forest health, sustainability, and climate resilience

1 - Operationalizing Forestry Assisted Migration to Safeguard Resiliency and Productivity of National Forests Under Changing Climates

Thursday, October 26, 2023

10:30am - 10:45am PST

Location: A2

Speaker(s)

Andy Bower, PhD (he/him/his)

Climate Adaptation Specialist
Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service, Washington D.C.
Olympia, Washington, United States

Co-author(s)

VE

Vicky Erickson, MS

Regional Geneticist, Pacific Northwest Region
USDA Forest Service
BS

Brad St. Clair, PhD

Research Geneticist, Emeritus, Pacific Northwest Research Station
USDA Forest Service
CE

Claire Ellwanger, MS

Zone Geneticist, Pacific Northwest Region
USDA Forest Service
SK

Scott Kolpak, PhD

Zone Geneticist
USDA Forest Service
EB

Erin Baumgart, MS

Zone Geneticist
USDA Forest Service
MH

Matt Horning, PhD

Zone Geneticist
USDA Forest Service

Maintaining healthy forests in the face of climate change requires use of novel management actions such as assisted migration (AM) to move seed and seedlings to areas where they will be better adapted. The presentation describes U.S. Forest Service efforts to integrate AM into climate-informed reforestation policy and management operations.

Learning Objectives:

Define and differentiate among different types of assisted migration
Evaluate national and regional level efforts to operationalize assisted migration
discuss the potential benefits and challenges of assisted migration