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Promote regeneration of older trees to ensure adaptation of progeny to future conditions

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Approach

Promote regeneration of older trees to ensure adaptation of progeny to future conditions

Tactics

  • Thin older forests to reduce fire hazard, protect older trees, and support regeneration

Citation

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station., Halofsky, J.E.; Andrews-Key, S.A.; Edwards, J.E.; Johnston, M.H.; Nelson, H.W.; Peterson, D.L.; Schmitt, K.M.; Swanston, C.W.; Williamson, T.B. (2018). Adapting forest management to climate change: The state of science and applications in Canada and the United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 421: 84–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.02.037., Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Metlen, K.L.; Myer, M.G.; Sample, V.A. (2016). Developing and implementing climate change adaptation options in forest ecosystems: a case study in southwestern Oregon, USA. Forests. 7: 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/f7110268.