Northern California Climate Change Vulnerability & Adaptation Workshop
October 3-4, 2017 • Upper Lake, CA • Bachelor Valley Grange
Overview
This climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning workshop is one piece of a larger project entitled the Northern California Climate Adaptation Project, a collaborative effort between EcoAdapt, the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, and the Bureau of Land Management - California. The purpose of this project is to conduct a vulnerability assessment and develop climate-smart adaptation strategies for focal resources (habitats, species, species groups) of northwestern California, with a specific focus on the Six Rivers, Klamath, Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests and Arcata, Redding, and portions of the Ukiah BLM field office areas.
The goals of this workshop are to: (1) assess the vulnerability of a suite of focal resources (chosen at the previous Focal Resources Workshop) to climate change; (2) develop adaptation strategies and actions to reduce vulnerabilities and/or increase resilience of focal resources; and (3) provide vulnerability and adaptation training, resources, support, and tools to participants.
Agenda & Speakers
Upper Lake, CA: October 3-4, 2017
9am-4pm each day
Bachelor Valley Grange
9355 Government Street
Upper Lake, CA
Parking Information
Parking is limited at the Bachelor Valley Grange. Additional parking is available at the commercial center across from the Super 8 Motel, and is a short walk away.
PRESENTATIONS
Jessi Kershner (EcoAdapt): Workshop introduction
Lisa Micheli (Pepperwood Preserve): Please contact Jessi Kershner (jessi@ecoadapt.org) for a copy of this presentation (file is too large to post)
Jim Thorne (UC Davis): Exposure to climate change
Jessi Kershner (EcoAdapt): Introduction to adaptation planning
Jessi Kershner (EcoAdapt): Adaptation case studies
Projected vegetation model reports for the North Coast available at: http://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/tbc3/our-work/climate-ready/
Reading & Resources
Recommended Reading
- Northern California Climate Adaptation Project Overview
- Glick, P., B.A. Stein, N.A. Edelson, eds. 2011.Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.
- Heller, N.E. and E.S. Zavaleta. 2009. Biodiversity management in the face of climate change: A review of 22 years of recommendations. Biological Conservation 142: 14-32.
- Vulnerability assessment cheat sheet
Focal Resources
Other Resources (to give you an idea of project products and outcomes)
Additional Resources (for vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning)
- Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers. 2012. S. Swanston and M. Janowiak (eds). Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-87. Newton Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 138 p.
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Stein, B.A., P. Glick, N. Edelson, and A. Staudt (eds). 2014. Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.
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Millar, C.I., Stephenson, N.L., and S.L. Stephens. Re-Framing Forest and Resource Management Strategies for a Climate Change Context. 2008. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.