climate change

18 04, 2018

NorthWoods Adapts to Climate Challenges

2018-04-19T11:46:57-04:00April 18th, 2018|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The USDA Forest Service has published a new report, New England and Northern New York Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A Report from the New England Climate Change Response Framework Project. This report describes how climate change is expected to affect the 40 million acres of forest in our region. Climate change is already having an impact on our forests, increasing damage from extreme precipitation events and insect pests. Future changes could dramatically alter the landscape that characterizes the region. The report, which has more than 30 authors, provides a foundation [Read More...]

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18 05, 2017

Climate-Adapted Forestry with the NIACS

2017-05-18T13:25:08-04:00May 18th, 2017|Highlights, News|

In March we shared our plans to build climate change resilience in the Spitzer Demonstration Forest. You can now read about this ongoing initiative on the Climate Change Response Framework website, a project of the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science. Along with other demonstration projects covering millions of acres in 19 U.S. states, we'll be designing our forestry practices with a different future climate in mind. New climate projections, research, forest pests and other factors are keeping land managers on our toes; there's a wealth of information from the various [Read More...]

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1 05, 2017

Pavel Cenkl – Climate Run 2017 | Arctic Trail

2017-05-01T14:04:05-04:00May 1st, 2017|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

Why run? For NorthWoods Trustee Pavel Cenkl, who will be undertaking a 12-day solo run across Arctic Scandinavia this summer, the answer has many elements. As the Associate Dean of Academics and Director of Athletics at Sterling College, Cenkl aims not only for athletic achievement but to teach, inspire, and help draw attention the effects of climate change as he travels along the 500-mile route which lies within the Arctic Circle. In 2015, Pavel ran a 3-day, 150-mile route south-to-north across Iceland, the first trek in his Climate Run series which aims [Read More...]

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23 03, 2017

Preparing for Climate Change in the Spitzer Forest

2017-03-23T09:18:30-04:00March 23rd, 2017|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

Think the weather's been a little funny lately? According to climate change predictions, we'd better get used to it! NorthWoods forestry staff took that to heart and recently completed the Forest Adaptation Planning and Practices training presented by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, US Forest Service, and USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub. During the seven-week program, we became well versed in the predicted climate impacts in northern Vermont and used the online NIACS Adaptation Workbook to create an action plan for the Lydia Spitzer Demonstration Forest at NorthWoods. Using [Read More...]

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