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Climate Climate Change and otherChange and other
Regional / NationalRegional / NationalPrioritiesPriorities
Marc KramerSenior Climate Change Scientist
Region 6Specialist Meeting
November 2011
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Climate Change Scorecard
What are the benefits to the Forest ?
-Forming a climate change team (with specialists, NRStaff, District CC coordinators)
-Developing a climate change plan in 2012 for end-to-endintegration of climate change by 2015
-Integrating climate change considerations into allaspect of operations and employees program of work.
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2012 Goals:
Communicate the linkages and benefits of CC activities to FLT and RLT.
-Forest Plan Revision-NEPA, EA’s and CC
-Integrate with otherRestoration/Conservation Priorities:-WCF-TCF-TRACS-Minimum Roads-Restoration-Travel Management
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-Provide leadership on addressing climate change on NF lands.
-Help to address this problem regionally, nationally and globally.
-Direction and priority from the Chief, Regional Forester, and the RO
-Serve as a model for others to follow
-Formulation of a plan will help:-Identify gaps and resource needs necessary to
address climate change.-Help see where and if the pieces ‘fit’ together.
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Some common themes in addressing climate change to other priority areas:
-Direction from the Chief, Regional Forester and the RO
-All Land Approach –Partnerships with state, private, and federal entities are key.
-Landscape-scale approach needed
-A natural ‘fit’ with on going restoration and fuels management activities.
-A necessary component of forest plan revision, NEPA and EA’s
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Thinning and Climate Change:
How many more years can we keep doing this ?
A Climate change response strategy synergistic with managing for:
-Increased landscape heterogeneity
-More early seral forest on the landscape Vital for landscape structure, function
-A more diverse response strategy to deal with uncertainty associated with climate change.