Assessing Vulnerability in the Tongass National Forest
January 14-15, 2014 • Juneau, AK
Overview
The
primary focus of the two-day workshop will be on assessing ice, snow,
salmon, riparian vegetation and water management in the Tongass National Forest. The workshop will involve expert panel members to discuss management issues focused on climate change impacts on harvest (salmon, timber), permits (dams,
roads, water quality, mining), and restoration.
Agenda & Speakers
Presentations
- Lara Hansen: Overview of Vulnerability and Adaptation: What it means, how it works and how you can do it
- Jeremy Littell (Alaska Climate Science Center): Snowpack and climate into the Future
- Michael Goldstein (USFS): Precipitation, Water Temperature and Discharge From Yakutat to Haida Gwaii
- Gordon Reeves (USFS): What does it all mean for fish Presentation Part 1 and Presentation Part 2.
Materials
Reading & Resources
Final Report
Webinar: Understanding and Using "A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Aquatic Resources in the Tongass National Forest"
Other Resources
- Word Cloud from Past Tongass Climate Workshop
- Tongass Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Summary Report
- Chapter 13- Regulating Harvest in a Changing World- Hansen, L.J. and J.R. Hoffman. 2010. Climate Savvy: Adapting Conservation and Resource Management to a Changing World. Island Press, Washington DC.