Climate Change: Implications for Olympic Peninsula Forest Ecosystems Forum

Climate Change: Implications for Olympic Peninsula Forest Ecosystems Forum

University of Washington Olympic Natural Resources Center , Forks, WA
February 23, 2007

This forum was designed to combine science with opportunities for forest managers and regulatory agencies who work on the Peninsula to discuss how they are evaluating science as it relates to proposed changes in management.

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Streaming Video Presentations	Time
Welcome – Origins of the Event Bonnie Phillips, Executive Director, Olympic Forest Coalition	4:50
Welcome - From the City of Forks Rod Fleck, City Attorney⁄Planner, Forks	2:23
Welcome - From the City of Forks Nedra Reed, Mayor of Forks	2:03
Global Warming: Why is This Such a Difficult Policy Problem? Edward L. Miles, Co-Director , University of Washington Center for Science in the Earth System	46:30
Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation and Fire Dr. Dominique Bachelet, Senior Researcher , Biological & Ecological Engineering Department, Oregon State University	26:27
Changes and Risks to Salmon and their Habitat Dr. Nathan Mantua, Assistant Director, University of Washington Center for Science in the Earth System	30:15
Projecting the Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity: identifying hotspots of change and climate refugia Dr. Joshua Lawler, Assistant Professor, University of Washington College of Forest Resources	23:36
Projecting the Effect of Future Climate Change on Biodiversity and Protected Areas in the Pacific Northwest Dr. Elizabeth Gray, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy	18:13
Focus on the Olympic Peninsula: Olympic National Park Bill Laitner, Superintendent, Olympic National Park	3:27
Climate Change: Implications, and NPS Actions Cat Hawkins Hoffman, Chief of Natural Resource Management, Olympic National Park	23:28
Adaptation to Climatic Change in Olympic National Forest: A Case Study Jeremy Littell, Research Scientist, University of Washington Center for Science in the Earth System	29:04
Maintaining Healthy Forests in the Face of Climate Change Jeff DeBell, Silviculturist/Geneticist,Land Management, WA Department of Natural Resources	28:41
Tribal Forest Management on the Olympic Peninsula: Makah Tribe Jonni Trettevick, Forest Manager, Forestry Department, Makah Indian Tribe	7:31
Climate Change: Implications for Olympic Peninsula Forest Ecosystems Harry Bell, Chief Forester, Green Crow Management Services	12:25
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Addressing Climate Change Shelley Spaulding, Fish & Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	20:48