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Register by January 13:
Forest Adaptation Planning and Practices
The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and US Forest Service will be offering a 1.5-day hands-on training for forest managers. Managers will incorporate information from the Central Hardwoods Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis into their own real-world projects. Forest Adaptation Planning and Practices will be offered February 4 and 5 prior to the Missouri Natural Resources Conference. Participants will be eligible for 9.5 continuing education credits through the Missouri Society of American Foresters. More details can be found on the course webpage, and registration is offered through the Missouri Natural Resources Conference website. For more information or if you have questions, please contact Leslie Brandt. |
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Central Hardwoods Projects Win Competitive Grant Award
 The L-A-D Foundation (Missouri) and The Nature Conservancy, Indiana are recipients of The Wildlife Conservation Society's Climate Adaptation Fund 2013 grant awards. These projects incorporate information gained through the Central Hardwoods Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis to develop on-the-ground actions that will increase resilience of glade, woodland, and forest ecosystems to disturbances such as late-season droughts and extreme heat. The L-A-D Foundation is working with NIACS to develop an adaptation demonstration project that considers what adaptation actions could be used to facilitate shortleaf pine restoration on the Pioneer Forest. A summary of this demonstration project can be found here. The Nature Conservancy, Indiana project aims to reduce the dominance of mesic trees in the understory in favor of species more adapted to prolonged droughts. To learn more, contact Director of Conservation Science John Shuey. |
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Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC Announces 2013 Grant Awards
 The Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative recently announced its recipients of funding from its 2013 request for proposals. Nine projects in 5 topic areas were selected, which are described here. Among the recipients was a project by Hong He of the University of Missouri and Frank Thompson, Louis Iverson, and James Guldin of the US Forest Service to determine the effects of climate change and other factors on forest landscapes in the Gulf Coastal Plain and Ozarks Region. This project will build on landscape modeling conducted for the Central Hardwoods Region.
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Upcoming Webinars
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February 7, 11:00 EST: Richard Birdsey, USFS Northern Research Station program manager, "Research Support for National Forest System Carbon Assessments." More information here. -
March 26, 3:30 EDT: Maria Janowiak, USFS and Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, "Sustaining Forests in the Face of Uncertainty." More information here.
Upcoming Events
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February 4-5, 2014, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach, MO: Forest Adaptation Planning and Practices. More information here.
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Feel free to contact Leslie Brandt with any comments, questions, or suggestions for projects within the Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework.
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