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The Effects of Climate Change on California’s Working Forests and Rangelands

The Effects of Climate Change on California’s Working Forests and Rangelands. FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE. Meeting and Webinar January 10, 2013 NRCS – Davis, CA. Agenda. 9:00 – 9:30 : Introduction and Overview Climate Change in the 2010 Assessment

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The Effects of Climate Change on California’s Working Forests and Rangelands

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  1. The Effects of Climate Change on California’s Working Forests and Rangelands FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE Meeting and Webinar January 10, 2013 NRCS – Davis, CA

  2. Agenda • 9:00 – 9:30: Introduction and Overview • Climate Change in the 2010 Assessment • California Adaptation Strategy – Forestry • 9:30 – 10:40: Panel Speaker Presentations and Discussion • Ellie Cohen (President and CEO, PRBO Conservation Science) • Dave Graber (Chief Scientist, Pacific Western Region, National Park Service) • Chrissy Howell (Regional Wildlife Program Leader, US Forest Service R5) • Klaus Scott/TBD (California Air Resources Board, Forest Sector GHG inventory) 10:40 – 10:50: Break • 10:50 – 11:50: Group Discussion • Data Sources and Methods for Emissions Inventory • Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability Assessments. • Climate Adaptation Strategies for Forestry 11:45 – 12:00 : Recap and Next Steps Climate Change on Working Forests and Rangelands OREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  3. Introductions Fire and Resource Assessment Program (CAL FIRE) USFS Pacific Southwest Region State and Private Forestry Natural Resources Conservation Service Climate Change on Working Forests and Rangelands OREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  4. Introductions And our group… Climate Change on Working Forests and Rangelands OREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  5. Panel Speakers Armand Gonzales – Special Advisor, California Department Of Fish and Wildlife Dan Porter – North Coast Regional Ecologist with the Nature Conservancy Jim Weigand– State Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Enhancement FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  6. Panel Questions • What do you see as the most significant current problems and threats that adversely affect wildlife habitat conservation in the state (e.g. uncharacteristic wildfire? habitat fragmentation? planning budgets? climate change? other?) • What monitoring and/or performance measures are you using to judge the effectiveness of your organization’s efforts at wildlife habitat conservation? • How can we best identify wildlife conservation priority areas?  What efforts are underway in your organizations towards this end? • Do you have any suggestions for how CALFIRE addresses wildlife habitat issues in the Forest Action Plan and how we can better coordinate efforts with partners? Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Enhancement FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  7. BREAK Back in 15 minutes! Please send us your comments…. Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Enhancement FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  8. Group Discussion Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Enhancement FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  9. Webinar Attendees… For those of you on the webinar, we would like to get your response to these questions as well. Please take some time either now or in the near future to let us know what you think. You can use this link to fill in answers to the questions and submit them to us. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LHBZJ6X Thanks! This is the little bobcat kitten Chips. She almost got burned up by the Chips fire. Read more about her here: http://www.ltwc.org/?page_id=963 Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Enhancement FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  10. Recap and Next Steps • We need your help to: • Identify new data • Evaluate Priorities • Evaluate Methods • Provide on the ground information Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Enhancement FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

  11. FOREST AND RANGELANDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE • Thank You Our 2015 assessment will benefit greatly from your input. Thank you for taking the time to participate in this process! If you have any further comments, questions, or suggestions, please let us know. You can visit our website here: http://www.frap.cdf.ca.gov/FRASC.html Our next meeting will be January 10th, 2013 and we will be discussing climate change. See you there! Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Enhancement October 4, 2012 NRCS – Davis, CA

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