The Pacific Northwest has millions of acres of unlogged mature and old-growth forests. We have learned much about their ecology and conservation after more than four decades of research and efforts to conserve them. Thomas will highlight some of the distinctive features of the structure, composition, functions and dynamics of these ecologically diverse, centuries-old forests.
Speaker Biography
Thomas Spies is Emeritus Scientist with the USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station. He is also courtesy professor in the College of Forestry, Oregon State University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has over 45 years of research experience in forests of the Pacific Northwest, Australia, the Lake States, and New England. His areas of expertise include forest ecology, wildfire, effects of forest management on wildfire and wildlife habitat, conservation of old-growth forests, and socio-ecological systems.
Conserving Mature and Old-Growth Forests in a Changing Climate Speaker Series
There is broad agreement that protecting and managing forests is critical for meeting global climate mitigation and sustainable development goals. However, there is less agreement on how to determine what is ‘best’ management to reach these goals in the context of mature and old-growth forests (MOG). This webinar series invites a variety of speakers representing the United States Forest Service, Tribal nations, private forest owners, forest industry, academia, and forest advocacy organizations to share how they are responding to and shaping the discussion on mature and old-growth forests, including as mandated by Executive Order 140752 and the National Old-Growth Amendment.
Join us every Thursday from August 29 to December 5 from 12:00 -12:55 pm U.S. ET. Note that there will not be webinars on September 19 and November 28.
The series is free and open to the public. Each session will be recorded. We will offer CEUs for foresters in attendance. Please email
yff@yale.edu(link sends e-mail) for further information.
Series Hosts
Series Facilitators
The series is facilitated by Mark Ashton (The Forest School at YSE), Gary Dunning (The Forest School at YSE), Sara Kuebbing (Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program and Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture), and Terry Baker (Society of American Foresters).
To learn more and register, visit: https://yff.yale.edu/speaker-series/conserving-mature-and-old-growth-forests-changing-climate
