National Workshop on Climate & Forests: Planning Tools and Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Options

Event Title: National Workshop on Climate & Forests

Date/Time: May 16, 2011, 8:00am - May 18, 2011, 5:00pm

Location: Northern Arizona University's DuBois Conference Center, Flagstaff, Arizona

Description: This conference is aimed at (a) extending greater understanding of the current adaptation and mitigation options for forest management, (b) makin state-of-the-art climatic and ecological planning tools accessible and useful for decision makers, forest resource managers and extension educators at all levels, (c) exploring how to make these options and tools better utilized by the various forest resource managers and extension educators across the country, and (d) fostering understanding of where scientific research and practitioners' expectations intersect to generate the best management decisions.

Sponsors:

• USDA Forest Service
• University of Arizona
  • Arizona Cooperative Extension
    • Including School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Institute of the Environment
• Society of American Foresters
• USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals (ANREP)
• Northern Arizona University

Keynote Speakers (selected list):

• Tom Swetnam (University of Arizona)
• Connie Millar (USDA-Forest Service)
• Linda Mearns (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
• Dominique Bachelet (USDA-Forest Service)
• Kathy Jacobs (Assistant Director for Climate Assessment and Adaptation at the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy)
• Mark Twery (USDA-Forest Service)
• David Cleaves (Climate Change Advisor to USDA-Forest Service Chief)
• Sam Foster (USDA-Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Lab)
• Jay Farrell (Executive Director of the National Association of
  State Foresters)

More information: http://www.safnet.org/natworkshop11/index.cfm