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Understanding and Managing the Effects of Climate Change on
Northwest Landscapes
Dave PetersonU.S. Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
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Step 1
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How will trees grow in a warmer climate?
Low elevation, westside forest
Moisture limited
Growth will decrease:- Douglas-fir- Western hemlock- Western redcedar- Sitka spruce
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How will trees grow in a warmer climate?
Eastside coniferous forest
Moisture limited
Growth will decrease:- Ponderosa pine- Douglas-fir- Western larch
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How will trees grow in a warmer climate?
High-elevation coniferous forest
Energy limited
Growth will increase: - Subalpine fir- Mountain hemlock - Lodgepole pine
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Extreme weather + increased disturbance: Our primary challenge
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Extremes matter
Standard deviation
1 in 40 yr high range
Frequency, extent, and severity of disturbances may be affected by climate change, altering the mean and variability of disturbance properties.
A shift in distributionof disturbance properties has a larger relative effect at the extremes than near the mean.
A shift of 1 standard deviation changes a 1 in 40 yr event to a 1 in 6 yr event
It’s all about the tail!
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Climate change affects insects
Mountain pine beetle
Warmer temperature has favored MPB by:• Increasing itsreproductive rate
• Allowing an expandedgeographic range
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Mountain pine beetle outbreak since 1990
50 million acres
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How will climate change affect wildfire?
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Wildfire area burned, 2050
From J. Littell
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Wildfire area burned, 2050
From J. Littell
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In the western United States, for a 2oF increase, annual area burned will be 2-3 times higher.
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Global warming
Higher temperatures & more severe and extended droughts
Bark beetles and defoliators
Lodgepole pine mortality
Fuel accumulation
Large severe fires
Changes in species composition (including exotics)
Warming affects stress complexesStand‐replacing
fire regime
Extensive mature cohorts (70‐80 yrs)
Salvage logging
McKenzie et al. (2009)
Lodgepole pine
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What is climate change adaptation?
An effort to reduce the potentially negative consequences of climate change
AND transition ecosystems and natural resources to a warmer climate.
“C’mon, c’mon – it’s either one or the other.”
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What is climate change adaptation?
Fine tuning and prioritizing current planning and management
Component of sustainable resource management
A form of risk management
“C’mon, c’mon – it’s either one or the other.”
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Adapting to climate change –Information & tools
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Adapting to climate change –Information & tools
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Tripod Fire – 2006 Okanogan Wenatchee NF175,000 acres
How do we manage for resilient landscapes in a warmer climate?
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Adaptation strategy
Increase landscape diversity
Diversify spatial distribution of forest age and structure
Implement thinning and fuel treatments across large landscapes.
Orient the location of treatments in large blocks to modify fire severity and spread.
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Adaptation strategy
Reduce non-climatic stressors
Detect and eradicate non-native plant species.
Encourage rapid tree establishment after wildfire.
Keep cattle out of riparian areas.
Manage roads to reduce erosion.
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Vulnerabilities and adaptationVEGETATION
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Vulnerabilities and adaptationVEGETATION
Vulnerability• Wildfire will burn more
area and over a longer fire season
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Vulnerabilities and adaptationVEGETATION
Vulnerability• Wildfire will burn more
area and over a longer fire season
Adaptation strategy• Increase resilience of
forest ecosystems to more frequent fire
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Vulnerabilities and adaptationVEGETATION
Vulnerability• Wildfire will burn more
area and over a longer fire season
Adaptation tactics• Reduce stand densities• Accelerate hazardous
fuel treatments• Manage for diversity of
stand ages
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MANAGING URBAN LANDSCAPES IN A WARMER CLIMATE
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Northwest landscaping2100?
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USDA plant hardiness
zones
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THE RIGHT PLANT
IN THE RIGHT PLACE
FOR THE RIGHT REASON
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The Disease Spiral
From Manion (1991)
Stress complexes, mediated by climate, lead to plant mortality and other changes.
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PROBLEMSummers will be hotter and drier
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SOLUTIONSelect plants from
mediterranean locations
Boxleaf azara
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SOLUTIONSelect plants from
mediterranean locations
Lavender
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PROBLEMHigh temperature variability
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SOLUTIONSelect plants that tolerate
temperature extremes
Rockrose
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PROBLEMLess winter chilling
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SOLUTIONSelect plants that require less
chilling for flowering and fruiting
Dwarf lilac‘Boomerang’
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PROBLEMThere will be surprises:
insects, fungi, non-natives,…
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SOLUTIONKeep vegetation healthy, remove stressors quickly
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GOOD PRACTICEMaximize plant species diversity
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GOOD PRACTICEDiversify landscape pattern:
partition beds by water needs
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GOOD PRACTICEMulch and water efficiently
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GOOD PRACTICEMulch and water efficiently
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Natives to the rescue?
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Natives to the rescue?
Shore pine
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Natives to the rescue?
Oregon grape
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Natives to the rescue?
Salal
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Natives to the rescue?
Mock orange
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Natives to the rescue?
Ninebark
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Natives to the rescue?
Kinnikinnick
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Natives to the rescue?
Prostrate ceanothus
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In summary…
• Manage for 30 years from now: warmer temperatures, higher extremes.
• Reduce non-climatic stress.• Consider future maintenance requirements.• Diversify plant species and patterns.• Partition vegetation by water needs.• Monitor, learn, and adjust as needed.
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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago
The second best time is today
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The best time to start planning for climate changewas 20 years ago
The second best time is today