U.S. Forest Service to Adapt Woodland Management to Climate Change

[Vince Taylor]

Dear Colleagues,

This news item (below) supports the idea of having Jackson Forest to showcase ecological restoration research in relation to climate change. One part of the Forest Service mandate is to consider:

the use of "model" watersheds or landscapes to create showcases for experimentation, collaboration and demonstration.

Here's the article (note that Mike A has a namesake in the Wilderness Society):

U.S. Forest Service to Adapt Woodland Management to Climate Change

You may already have heard about this, but . . .

By Noelle Straub
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has directed the agency's regions and research stations to jointly produce draft "landscape conservation action plans" by March 1

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=forest-management-conservation-climate-change&SID=mail&sc=emailfriend