Climate Disruption § Feels § Shaping Change with the Forest Adaptation Network
Release Date: 12/29/2021
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info_outlineWhich tree species impacted by climate change are we getting nervous about? This is the episode where we talk about climate disruption, our anxiety & grief as witnesses to tree loss while also coming to terms with environmental change in discussion with a few members of the Forest Adaptation Network.
- Rowan Braybrook, Director of Programs for Northwest Natural Resource Group
- Jake Bentzen Biological Science Technician (Insects & Disease) Forest Service Northern & Intermountain Regions Forest Health Protection
- Joey Hulbert, Washington State University Ornamental Plant Pathology Program and Forest Health Watch
- Brandon Drucker, Restoration Ecologist with the City of Tacoma Passive Open Space Program
“Change is constant. You can’t stop change, control change, or perfectly plan change. You can ride the waves of change, partner with change, and shape change. Adaptation is long term or structural change in a creature or system to account for a need for survival. Adaptation is not about being reactionary, changing without intention, or being victimized, controlled and tossed around by the inevitable changes of life. It’s about shaping change and letting changes make us stronger as individual and collective bodies. How do we get relaxed and intentional in the face of change?"
- adrienne maree brown from Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
Forest Adaptation Network https://www.nnrg.org/climateadaptation/forest-adaptation-network
Forest Health Watch https://foresthealth.org
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Michelle Ma. (2021, September 30). Bigleaf maple decline tied to hotter, drier summers in Washington. UW News.
Lynda V. Mapes. (2021, July 11). Newly discovered fungus spores spurred by heat and drought are killing Seattle street trees. Seattle Times.
University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (2020, October 23). Culturally competent approaches in conservation biology: A case study presented by the Washington Cascade Fisher Reintroduction. Presented by Tara Chestnut. Streamed live and recorded on YouTube.
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