Northern California Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Workshop
May 22-23, 2017 (Redding) and May 31-June 1, 2017 (Eureka) • Redding, CA and Eureka, CA • Western Shasta Resource Conservation District and Six Rivers National Forest Supervisors Office
Overview
This climate change vulnerability assessment workshop is one piece of a larger project entitled the Northern California Climate Adaptation Project, a collaborative effort between EcoAdapt, the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, and the Bureau of Land...
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This climate change vulnerability assessment workshop is one piece of a larger project entitled the Northern California Climate Adaptation Project, a collaborative effort between EcoAdapt, the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, and the Bureau of Land Management - California. The purpose of this project is to conduct a vulnerability assessment and develop climate-smart adaptation strategies for focal resources (habitats, species, species groups) of northwestern California, with a specific focus on the Six Rivers, Klamath, Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests and Arcata, Redding, and portions of the Ukiah BLM field office areas. The goal of this workshop is to assess the vulnerability of a suite of focal resources (chosen at the previous Focal Resources Workshop) to climate change. This 2-day workshop will include: (1) a review of climate trends (current, historic, projected future) for northwestern California; (2) vulnerability assessment application for a suite of species, habitats, and species groups that were selected prior to the workshop; and (3) examples of vulnerability assessment applications and case studies.
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Agenda & Speakers
Workshop Agendas & Locations
Redding, CA: May 22-23, 2017
Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
6270 Parallel Road
Anderson, CA
Eureka, CA: May 31-June 1, 2017
AGENDA
AGENDA
Six Rivers National Forest Supervisor’s Office
1330 Bayshore Way
Eureka, CA
Presentations
Jessi Kershner (EcoAdapt): Workshop introduction
Jessi Kershner (EcoAdapt): Introduction to vulnerability assessments
Peter Coombe (California DWR): An upside-down river
Phil van Mantgem (USGS): Changing forest conditions behind the redwood curtain?
Jessi Kershner (EcoAdapt): Adaptation case studies and next steps
Reading & Resources
Recommended Reading
- Northern California Climate Adaptation Project Overview
- Glick, P., B.A. Stein, N.A. Edelson, eds. 2011.Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.
- Vulnerability assessment cheat sheet
Focal Resources
Other Resources (to give you an idea of project products and outcomes)
Additional Resources (for vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning)
- Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers. 2012. S. Swanston and M. Janowiak (eds). Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-87. Newton Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 138 p.
