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Description
Forested Ecosystem Adaptation and Resiliency Project - LSR
Abstract
Future climate change threatens long-term forest sustainability while driving a new set of
complex management challenges. Managers need tools to make informed decisions to address
future threats and uncertainties. This requires the application and translation of the best
available science to anticipate forest vulnerabilities and outcomes of management decisions.
There is an immediate need to provide educational opportunities on management options
aimed at climate change. This project will address these challenges by offering three workshops
spanning different regions of Kentucky (west, central, east) to train foresters and natural
resource managers on topics such as climate vulnerabilities (increasing risk of drought, insect,
disease), adaptation options (resistance, resilience, and response approaches), and mitigation
opportunities through carbon capture and market education. Managers will gain insight into
adaptive and mitigative management strategies to incorporate into their own decision-making
processes. We will develop a regional adaptation workbook, recruit experts to aid in education,
and facilitate in-person workshops. Training opportunities will include a workbook to complete
prior to a one-day workshop. We will seek 25-40 participants at each workshop. Outcomes here
will enable us to create a Sustainable Forests Education framework to facilitate partnerships
across Kentucky natural resource agencies and organizations to provide ongoing educational
opportunities.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 6/1/22 → 9/30/24 |
Funding
- KY Division of Forestry: $55,000.00
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