Improving restorations: Forests restorations and climate adaptation

In this video, learn how climate adaptation plays a role in forest restorations and hear examples of what are land managers doing to support adaptation and restoration goals.
Presenters
As an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Windmuller-Campione explores topics of silviculture, forest restoration, adaptive management, forest ecology, stand and plant community dynamics, and forest regeneration dynamics. Specifically, she explores how conventional and alternative forest management approaches can be used to increase forest resistance and resilience to current and future threats. Marcella received her BS and MS in forestry from Michigan Technological University and a PhD in Ecology from Utah State University. Marcella mentors graduate students in the Natural Resources Science and Management and Conservation Sciences programs and teaches silviculture at the University of Minnesota.
Neil Slifka is an Area Resource Specialist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Parks and Trails Division in southeastern Minnesota. Neil's work focuses primarily on habitat management and restoration/reconstruction as well as environmental review. Prior to working for the Minnesota DNR, Neil attended graduate school and spent over a decade in the Pacific Northwest working as a field biologist in both managed and unmanaged landscapes. He has been involved in various research project related to fisheries and wildlife management as well as forest management.
This webinar was hosted through a partnership of the University of Minnesota Extension's Ecological Restoration Training Cooperative and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Legacy Fund Restoration Evaluation Program.
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