Colorado State University, the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, and the Ohio Division of Forestry will be hosting a climate change adaptation workshop for partners working on the ecology and management of oak-hickory forests in Ohio. This workshop is part of the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) project which is a collaborative effort between managers and scientists working to establish experimental trials across a network of diverse forest ecosystem types throughout North America. Each trial is focused on understanding and evaluating management options designed to enable forests to respond to a changing climate. Site-specific treatments are developed according to local conditions and tailored to meet site-specific management objectives, while at the same time aligning under a common framework for addressing questions about how different forest types will respond to future climate.
Workshop Goals:
Our workshop focusing on oak-hickory forests in Ohio will serve two primary purposes:
- Engage managers and scientists in the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) co-development framework to create a suite of adaptive experimental silvicultural treatments in oak-hickory sites in Ohio that will be part of the ASCC Network.
- Begin defining research and monitoring questions as part of the Ohio ASCC installation.
