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For communities and individuals thinking about yard trees what simple methods are available to understand vulnerability in the context of a single tree or a forest property? Considering a tree's tolerance to environmental stress can help to optimize tree plantings for success given climate change pressures over time. A more resilient landscape can provide long-term climate and human health outcomes for communities.
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The Northeast region of the United States is home to a tremendous array of edible crop production including all except sub-tropical species.
The region has a wide variety of climate zones, soil types, and accessible, large markets, and has a long history of terminal markets that connect our product to international buyers. Northeast farmers also tend to be early adopters in terms of new crops and new production techniques. The fact that our farms tend to be smaller allows the industry as a whole to be responsive to change. These attributes help compe
Natural resources practitioners working in Great Lakes coastal ecosystems face decisions about how to help coastal properties adapt to climate changes.
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Non-forested wetlands are important habitats that can also help reduce climate change impacts within watersheds.
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In the Northeast, climate trends include more rain and more frequent heavy rain events.
In addition, warming temperatures may increase insect growth rates, making the region more hospitable to existing pests and potentially to new pests. Altogether, these patterns will increase stressors that affect forest health.
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Stephanie Yelenik is a Rangeland Scientist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service, in Reno, NV. She is interested in plant-ecosystem interactions and how these alter the trajectory of plant communities that are under diverse anthropogenic threats, including invasive species, increased wildfire regimes, and climate change. She combines ecological theory with empirical, field-based experiments to address problems that have application to management and restoration.
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Steve is a native Californian from nearby Sacramento who earned his BS in ecology and MS in biological sciences from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Steve went on to earn his PhD in ecology and conservation biology from Utah State University where his research focused on the effects of invasive species on wildlife communities and resource-consumer interactions in an applied rangeland restoration context. Before joining the Hub, Steve worked for the US Forest Service where he was head of the ecosystem management department on the Sierra National Forest.
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The forestlands of the Southeast United States are some of them most productive in the world. However, there are several major threats that reduce productivity and economic return each year. Threats from extreme weather, invasive species, wildfire, and diseases have increased in severity due to climate change. Fortunately, there are adaptation practices that landowners can use to reduce or eliminate these threats, while increasing stand value.
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2023 Annual Accomplishments of the Northern Forests Climate Hub
The USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub has worked hard throughout Fiscal Year 2023 to provide more outreach and training opportunities to new and familiar audiences, to identify new collaborative opportunities that bring partners together, and to co-produce several products.
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