Purpose
During this active, hands-on workshop, urban forestry professionals will work to understand the impacts of climate change at local scales and ways they can adapt to those changes.

This workshop is designed for municipal foresters, planners, parks managers, consulting arborists, nursery professionals, and other urban forestry professionals in the Twin Cities area that are interested in actively enhancing the ability of their forests to cope with changing conditions.

​The training is divided into two days. The first day will provide a foundation of climate change impacts and adaptation tools, while the second day will allow participants to apply information and tools to their work.

Outcomes

• Provide information on the current and anticipated effects of climate change on the Twin Cities region and its urban forests and natural areas
• Describe resources and tools that can be used to integrate climate change into urban forest management
• Outline adaptation concepts and strategies in the context of sustainable forest management
• Highlight real-world examples of adaptation projects

Presentations from the Workshop

• Adapting urban forests to climate change: Approaches for action - Leslie Brandt
• Urban forest adaptation planning and practices - Leslie Brandt
• How the climate of Minnesota is and is not changing - Kenny Blumenfeld
• Urban forests and climate adaptation - David Thornton
• Urban forest resilience through gravel bed nurseries - Daniel Wattenhofer
• Hennepin County Forestry - Dustin Ellis
• Minnetonka City Hall resilient landscape - Fred Rozumalski
• Neighborhood-level urban forest master plans - Jen Kullgren
• State of the science using trees for stormwater management : Big trees for cleaner rivers, lakes, bays -Nicole Peterson
• Multigenerational opportuntiy & obligation: Urban Forestry - Philip Potyondy
• Urban heat islands in the Twin Cities - Tracy Twine

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More Information
Contact Leslie Brandt
Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science &
U.S. Forest Service
651-649-5016
lbrandt@fs.fed.us

Additional info and registration available at:
www.forestadaptation.org

​​These sessions were held November 15-16, 2016 and were organized by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, US Forest Service, the Minnesota Shade Tree Advisory Committee, the Minnesota Society of Arboriculture, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.