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National Leadership Roles
Climate Change and Natural Resource Management and Planning Briefing Papers
RMRS is a lead partner in the USFS National Leadership Team. The team acts as guide for global
change policy and strategies at the national level. View the
briefing papers
from the USFS National Leadership Team meeting (4/24/07) in New Orleans, LA.
Westwide Climate Change Initiative
RMRS is the lead partner in a current proposal with the two other western Forest Service Research Stations,
Pacific Southwest (PSW)
and Pacific Northwest (PNW)
to assess climates at scales relevant to national forest management, develop tools to quantify
effects of climate change on natural resources, and promote new strategies for national forest
planning and management. View the
research prospectus.
Adaptation of Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems
RMRS, PSW, and PNW scientists are making a contribution to
Federal Climate Change Science Program's National Assessment
by examining the sensitivity and adaptability of natural and managed ecosystem
to climate change and identifying management options for climate-sensitive ecosystems with emphasis
on FS National Forests. View the
assessment status.
Bringing Climate Change into Natural Resource Management
RMRS and PNW scientists brought together scientists managers, landowners, interested stakeholders
and the public for a dialogue on what was needed to incorporate climate change into natural resource
management. The proceedings
of this conference describes their recommendations.
Climate Change Assessment
In support of strategic planning at the national level, RMRS and PNW scientists
developed technology to assess the impact of climate change on forest productivity and the
forest sector for the
Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment.
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