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 Riparian Habitat Preservation and Management webinar on July 17th from Noon to 1:30 pm EDT.
In this webinar, a well-rounded panel of enthusiastic researchers and program leaders will discuss riparian management and conservation.
They will explore challenges facing shifting hydrologic regimes, discuss impacts of forest management on riparian systems, and how to best manage our riparian forests for wildlife and water quality.
The panelists come from a range of disciplines, agencies, and eco-regions to collectively represent America’s riparian forests.
The Panelists are:
Beth A Middleton, Ph.D., Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA
Eli Sagor, Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Extension Professor, and Natural Resources Program Leader, Cloquet Forestry Center, University of Minnesota
Jonas Parker, Program Manager & Analyst – Hydrology and Soils, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, Salem, OR
Ben Vandermyde, Lead Forester, Mississippi River Project, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, IL
To take part in these webinars, register at Webinar Registration – Zoom