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Organized Proposal Session

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

6 - Assisted migration: Perspectives on forest health, sustainability, and climate resilience Q&A

Thursday, October 26, 2023

11:45am - 12:00pm PST

Location: A2

Co-Author(s)

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Caterina Villari, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States

Speaker(s)

Geoffrey M. Williams, PhD

International Sentinel Network Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
SAF Working Group Officer
Eugene, Oregon, United States

Co-author(s)

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Richard Sniezko, PhD (he/him/his)

Forest Geneticist
USDA FS, Pacific Northwest Region's Dorena Genetic Resource Center

(Q&A) Assisted migration is the movement of genotypes, populations, species, or forests to minimize the expected negative impacts of climate change on the health, productivity, and ecosystem services of future forests. Varied studies, considerations, perspectives and opinions on assisted migration will be followed by Q&A and moderated discussion.