A Protocol to Enhance Year-Round Stream Temperature Monitoring
March 19, 2012
In this online presentation and accompanying video tutorial, RMRS fisheries biologists Dan Isaak, Dona Horan, and Sherry Wollrab present “A Simple Method Using Underwater Epoxy to Install Temperature Sensors in Mountain Streams.” The presentation sets the context for why stream temperature monitoring is important, and what it can reveal in terms of habitat suitability for aquatic organisms, climate change impacts, and more. The video serves as a step-by-step “how to” guide for actually affixing the sensors.
View the presentations.Ecological Consequences of Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks for Habitats & Populations of Wildlife
March 6, 2012
Regional Wildlife Biologist for the Northern Region (Beth Hahn) and several researchers with the Rocky Mountain Research Station (Vicki Saab, Barbara Bentz, Rachel Loehman, and Bob Keane) presented on topics ranging from implications of the mountain pine beetle outbreak for avian habitat to approaches for modeling habitat suitability under different climate and bark beetle scenarios. They also explored questions such as “Which life history traits and strategies of wildlife species predict short-term (0-20 years) positive and negative responses to beetles and fire?” and “What are the appropriate spatial and temporal scales for evaluating wildlife responses to beetle outbreaks and wildfire?” This is the third in the Future Forests Webinar Series.
Vegetation Structure and Composition
January 10, 2012
The Vegetation Structure and Composition webinar features RMRS scientists and managers discussing future vegetation conditions following the mountain pine beetle outbreak. The webinar focuses on questions such as "what is going on with recruitment and advanced regeneration in lodgepole pine forests following the outbreak?"; "how might the structure and composition of these stands develop into the future?"; and "how can management help increase landscape heterogenity in the coming decades?" This is the second of the Future Forests Webinar Series.
Post-outbreak Fire Risk and Behavior
October 18, 2011
The Post-outbreak Fire Risk and Behavior webinar features presentations by Paul Langowski (Region 2 Branch Chief, Fuels and Fire Ecology), Russell Parsons (RMRS Fire Ecologist), and Matt Jolly (RMRS Fire Ecologist). This is the first of the Future Forests Webinar Series.
Climate Change in the Great Plains Webinar
August 30, 2011
The Climate Change in the Great Plains webinar, August 30, 2011, presented science findings on climate change for grassland and rangeland managers. Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Research Station and the US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region, speakers included researchers from USFS, ARS, Colorado State University, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Wildlife Federation.
Videos and slides of the presentations are available.
Natural Resources and Climate Change
April 29, 2011
The Natural Resources and Climate Change Workshop, April 29, 2011, focused on climate change, water resources, species and ecosystem modeling, and land use change in the west. View the presentations.
Western Watersheds and Climate Change: Water and Aquatic System Tools
November 17-19, 2009
The Western Watersheds and Climate Change: Water and Aquatic System Tools Workshop, November 17-19, 2009, brought together the management and research community to share knowledge and tools. View the presentations.