Climate Implementation Tools for Recreation Planning
September 6, 2016 • Butte, MT • Butte Ranger District Office
Overview
Workshop Objectives
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- Review climate vulnerability and adaptation implementation tools for recreation planning.
- Finalize list of recreation categories to be used in application of climate implementation tools.
- Provide an overview of climate and non-climate GIS layers and how they can inform recreation planning.
- Present examples of how recreation forest plan components can be written using a climate lens.
- Apply climate implementation tools in the development of recreation forest plan components (e.g., desired conditions, objectives, approaches/strategies).
- Explore the application of climate implementation tools in the development of program level recreation strategies.
Workshop
Goal
For participants to walk away
with ideas on different approaches and wording for integrating climate
vulnerability and adaptation information into recreation forest plan components
and/or program strategies.
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Agenda & Speakers
Presentations
Andrea Woodward, USGS: Implementing Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Planning for USFS Region 1
Alicia Torregrosa, USGS: GIS Layers for Implementing Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Planning for USFS Region 1
Reading & Resources
Workshop Activities
Activity 1: Selecting recreation categories
Activity 2: Developing climate-informed recreation forest plan components
