MCP Terrestrial (Land Based) Natural Systems Resources
(updated 01/31/2023)
Videos
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops – #2 Forests. Video (14:10)
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops – #3 Permafrost. Video (10:55)
Forest Scientist Paul Hessburg TED Talk on Megafires (2017) (14:02)
General
OCCRI 2019 Fourth Oregon Climate Assessment Report
Fifth Oregon Climate Assessment (2021) Dalton, M., and E. Fleishman, editors. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Project Drawdown Sector: Land Sinks
Connections to Project Regeneration
Afforestation, Boreal Forests, Degraded Land Restoration, Fire Ecology, Grasslands, Insect Extinction, Peatlands, Pollinators, Proforestation, Tropical Forests, Wildlife Corridors
Information related to Key Questions
Key Question 1 -How do organisms respond to variations in environmental climatic conditions (temperature & precipitation) and how might projected trends influence them?
The Rise of the Crazy Ants (Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American
Tiny Pikas Seem To Be On March Toward Extinction In Great Basin; Climate Change, Human Factors Likely Culprits (December 29, 2005) University of Washington, Science Daily
Latest Census Finds More American Pika Populations Disappear As Climate Warms (December 21, 2004) World Wildlife Fund, ScienceDaily
Key Question 2 – What are the critical interactions between forests and climate?
Is this the end of forests as we’ve known them? (March 10, 2021) Alastair Gee, Guardian News
A Restoration Framework for Federal Forests in the Pacific Northwest (Oct 15, 2012) Jerry F. Franklin and K. Norman Johnson, Society of American Foresters
Oregon Climate Assessment Report December 2010
Plant Species and Climate Profile Predictions (Last Modified: 03/13/2022) USDA Forest Service – RMRS – Moscow Forestry Sciences Laboratory
A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States (2011) Duncan C. McKinley, et al. Issues in Ecology: Technical Report
U.S. Forest Carbon and Climate Change Controversies and Win-Win Policy Approaches (2007) Ann Ingerson, The Wilderness Society
Carbon feedback from forest soils to accelerate global warming (October 5, 2017) Marine Biological Laboratory, Science Daily
Preparing for Climate Change in the Rogue River Basin of Southwest Oregon (2008) Prepared by The Resource Innovation Group, Geos Institute, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
Key Question 3 -What is carbon sequestration and how does it vary among natural systems?
A Restoration Framework for Federal Forests in the Pacific Northwest (2012) Franklin JF and Johnson KN, J of Forestry 110(8):429 – 439
Key Question 4 – What are the national and regional trends and projections for wildfire and why is this important?
Climate Change Set the Conditions for Oregon Fires. Did it Stoke the Flames, Too? (Sept 21, 2020) Jes Burns, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Rising Temps, Shrinking Snowpack Fuel Western Wildfires (July 11, 2013) Alyson Kenward, Climate Central
X-ray technology reveals California’s forests are in for a radical transformation (Oct 20, 2015) Thomas Curwen,
We won’t stop California’s wildfires if we don’t talk about climate change (August 8, 2018) Editorial Board, Washington Post
Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice. (2014) Stein, B.A., P. Glick, N. Edelson, and A. Staudt (eds.). National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C
Rogue Basic Cohesive Forest Management Strategy (June 2017) The Nature Conservancy and Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative
