Yale Forest Forum Fall Speaker Series
Co-sponsored by Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture
Understanding Climate Smart Forestry in Practice
Mondays, 12:00–12:50pm ET ~ September 11th –November 27th, 2023
Climate-smart forestry has become a buzzword across the forestry sector and beyond. In this webinar series, we will learn from practitioners and researchers about how they put climate-smart forestry into practice. We will also learn how forests can be managed to enhance their carbon storage capabilities and/or increase their resilience to the impacts of climate. We will hear from speakers from public sector organizations, nonprofits, researchers, and academics from across the U.S., as well as practitioners “on-the-ground.”
The series is jointly hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, the USDA Northeast Climate Hub, and the USDA Southeast Climate Hub, and co-sponsored by the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture.
The speaker series is free and open to all. The webinars will be recorded and captioned, and recording links will be emailed to registrants after the live event.
Themes and Speakers Include:
9/11: What Is Climate-Smart Forestry?
Steve McNulty, USDA Forest Service
9/18: Climate-Smart Forestry and Carbon
Sara Kuebbing, Yale School of the Environment
9/25: What Does Adaptive Silviculture Look Like?
Maria Janowiak, USDA Forest Service
10/2: Fire and Climate-Smart Forestry
Scott Stephens, UC Berkeley
10/9: The Experience of Smallholders and Climate-Smart Forestry
TBC
10/23: Climate-Smart Forest Management from the U.S. Forest Service’s Perspective: Definitions, Policy, and Incentives
Stephanie Chizmar, USDA Forest Service
10/30: Climate-Smart Forestry in an Urban Context
Clara Pregitzer, Natural Areas Conservancy
11/6: Management of Novel Ecosystems and Ecosystem Change
TBC
11/13: How Carbon Credits Influence Commercial Forest Management
Kyle Burdick, Baskahegan Company
11/27: Climate-Smart Forestry on Private Lands
Andrea Colnes, New England Forest Foundation