590 Main Street
Burlington
VT
The 2019 Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Conference will be held at the Davis Center at the University of Vermont in Burlington on December 13th from 9 am to 5:30 pm.
As our understanding of climate change and its impacts on forested ecosystems in the Northeast grows, many innovative efforts are being initiated to track, mitigate, and adapt to changing climate patterns. Following on the theme of the previous FEMC conference, this year’s conference will focus in on the ways in which we can monitor and assess how impacts from climate change are being felt, and how we can evaluate the success of efforts to manage or mitigate these impacts.
The plenary session will center on what we can learn from climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, as well as efforts to assess climate change impacts on forested ecosystems.
Presenters will address two key questions: 1) How are we monitoring the effects of climate change on our forested ecosystems? and 2) How do we monitor the effectiveness of our management efforts designed to prepare forested ecosystems for climate change?
These conversations will continue throughout the day in our tracks of contributed talks and working sessions. As in past years, we offer opportunities for attendees to present their latest monitoring and research findings on the health, function and management of northeastern forest ecosystems, learn from others, and network through sessions of contributed talks, cooperator-proposed working sessions and a lively poster session and social hour.
Cost of the conference is $26 per person. To register, go to https://www.uvm.edu/femc/cooperative/conference/2019