Identify and map potential refugia for subalpine forests and identify threats to refugia (e.g., fire, beetle outbreaks) for various seral stages.

Approach

Tactics

Map refugia.
Conduct prescribed fire and exclude wildfire.
Thin.
Treat individual trees with pheromones.
Actively or passively promote growth.
Monitor.
Inform public and communicate changes.
Consider invasive species when prioritizing refugia and find resistant types in already-infested stands.
Recognize diversity in understory and control for invasive species.

Sensitivity

• Increased temperatures and reduced snowpack will result in significant loss of subalpine forest.

Strategy

Maintain or create refugia