Climatic shifts are affecting forest habitats all across the U.S., challenging how we fulfill our mission of conserving, protecting, and enhancing wildlife habitat. Warming winters, extreme precipitation events, drought and catastrophic wildfire, and other elements affect pollinators, game species, bats, fish, birds, and the people that steward their habitats. Ecosystem management and community-building are part of the solution to addressing these challenges.
The U S Fish & Wildlife Service and the Northern Forests Climate Hub will hold a Forest Management for Pollinators webinar on June 17th from Noon to 1:30 pm EDT.
Some of America’s leading pollinator ecologists will take part in a panel discussion on forest management for pollinators. They will explore conservation challenges facing forest associated pollinators, discuss impacts of forest management, and highlight conservation opportunities to support pollinators in forests. The panelists will share experience from a range of forested ecosystems and management practices.
The Panelists are:
- Dr. Kass Urban-Mead, Pollinator Conservation Specialist & Forests and Forestry Lead, Xerces Society
- Dr. Jim Rivers, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Oregon State University
- Dr. John Mola, Assistant Professor of Forests and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University
- Dr. Kamal Gandhi, Professor of Forest Entomology, University of Georgia
- Dr. Michael Ulyshen, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
To take part in these webinars, register at Webinar Registration – Zoom