Forests & Woodlands Topics from the California Hub Region
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California Forestry Resource Repository
This webpage compiles datasets and decision-support tools available for land managers and natural resource professionals that help with assessing the conditions of a landscape for planning purposes.…
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NRCS California Climate Conversations Resources
This page supplements the USDA California Climate Hub’s “Climate Conversations” workshop series, which aims to enhance climate literacy among USDA-NRCS and RCD field staff to support programs under…
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What the Fifth National Climate Assessment Means for California's Land Managers
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is a comprehensive report of the effects of climate change on the United States, including its people, landscapes, and natural resources.
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California Southern Sierra Reforestation Symposium 2022
In the past decade alone, the Southern Sierra region has experienced extensive tree mortality, severe drought, a bark beetle epidemic, and large and severe wildfires. This new era of fire and climate…
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Vulnerability Assessments of U.S. Agriculture and Forests (2018)
Two special issues in the journal Climatic Change feature vulnerability assessments of agriculture and forestry across the Nation.
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Forest Management Handbook for Small-Parcel Landowners (Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades Region)
This Forest Management Handbook is written specifically for small-parcel (10-100 acre) landowners in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades Regions. It takes landowners through a step-by-step guide…
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Keeping California Forests and Woodlands Healthy
The Healthy Forests briefs series, authored by the Science Advisory Panel of the California Governor’s Forest Management Task Force in collaboration with the USDA California Climate Hub and the USGS…
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Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for California Forest Ecosystems
California’s forests are experiencing unprecedented stress and disturbances driven by multiple factors, including the effects of climate change. The Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for…
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Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies
A report describing the potential vulnerability of crops, forests and animal agriculture to climate-driven environmental changes (Sw and CA Hub regions)
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California Reforestation Dialogues and Symposium
Within the past decade, the state’s forests have experienced drastic changes due to destructive and severe wildfires, a 1,000-year drought, and the associated stressors that come with a changing…
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Focus on Forestlands in California
California has 33 million acres of forest land, one-third of the state’s total land area. Sixty percent of this forest is publicly owned - for example, by the USDA Forest Service and the National…