Vulnerability Assessment Workshop for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
September 10-11, 2013 • Grangeville, Idaho • Nez Perce National Forest Supervisor’s Office 104 Airport Road, Grangeville, ID
Overview
This climate change vulnerability assessment workshop for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests is one piece of a larger project intended to support the Forest Plan revision and the Climate Change Performance Scorecard. The goal of this workshop is to assess the vulnerability of a suite of resources (species, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and human populations and economic sectors) to climate change.
This 2-day workshop will include: (1) a review of climate trends (current, historic, projected future) for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests; (2) vulnerability assessment application for a suite of species and ecosystems that were selected prior to the workshop; and (3) discussion and evaluation of regional socio-economic vulnerabilities and vulnerabilities of relevant ecosystem services.
Workshop Objectives:
- Provide participants with baseline knowledge and understanding of climate trends (current, historic, projected future) for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and surrounding region.
- Assess vulnerabilities of ecosystems and species to climate change including sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity.
- Provide baseline socio-economic and ecosystem services knowledge and assess related vulnerabilities.
- Provide vulnerability assessment training, resources, support, and tools to participants to apply throughout the Forest Plan revision process and beyond.
Agenda & Speakers
Presentations
- Jessi Kershner, EcoAdapt: Welcome and Project Overview
- Healy Hamilton: Overview of Climate Trends in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
- Dan Isaak: Hydrologic and Stream Temperature Trends in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
- Barry Bollenbacher: Forested vegetation: Past, Present, and Future (please contact Jessi Kershner - jessi@ecoadapt.org - to receive a copy of this presentation as it is too large to post)
- Mary Manning: Non-forested and Riparian Vegetation: Past, Present, and Future
- Lara Hansen, EcoAdapt: Introduction to Vulnerability Assessments
- Mark Haggerty: Introduction to Human and Economic Sector Vulnerabilities
- Lara Hansen, EcoAdapt: Introduction to Workshop Day Two
- Jessi Kershner, EcoAdapt: Workshop Wrap Up
Handouts
- Ecosystem Vulnerability Worksheets
- Species Vulnerability Worksheets
- Ecosystem Services Worksheets
- Assessing Vulnerability Cheat Sheet - Ecosystems and Species
- Human Dimensions Resources
- Climate Impacts Table for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
Reading & Resources
Final Report
Recommended Readings
Bollenbacher, B., P. Kolb, and J. Morrison. 2013. DRAFT Vulnerability, Exposure, and Sensitivity in Restoring and Maintaining the Adaptive Capacity of Forest Landscapes in the Northern Region of the Northern Rocky Mountains. 101p.
Glick, P., B.A. Stein, and N.A. Edelson, editors. 2011. Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. National Wildlife Federation. Washington, D.C.
Isaak, D.J., C.C. Muhlfeld, A.S. Todd, R. Al-Chokhachy, J. Roberts, J.L. Kershner, K.D. Fausch, and S.W. Hostetler. 2012. The Past as Prelude to the Future for Understanding 21st-Century Climate Effects on Rocky Mountain Trout. Fisheries 37: 542-556.
Rieman, B.E. and D.J. Isaak. 2010. Climate change, aquatic ecosystems, and fishes in the Rocky Mountain West: implications and alternatives for management. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-250. Fort Collins, CO. U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 46p.
Scott, G., M.F. Mahalovich, S. Rinehart, and J. Krueger. 2013. Reforestation - Revegetation Climate Change Primer for the Northern Region: Incorporating Climate Change Impacts into Reforestation and Revegetation Prescription. U.S. Forest Service, Northern Region. 102p.
Other Resources - TACCIMO Literature Reports
Please contact Jessi Kershner for more information about this effort.