CLN Webinar Series June Update
Following successful webinars from Dr. Marshall Shepherd and Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode, archives of which can be found at climatewebinars.net, we continue our latest webinar series with presentations from the USDA AFRI Coordinated Agricultural Project: Regional Approaches to Climate Change – Pacific Northwest Agriculture (REACCH) and Clemson’s Wood Utilization and Design Institute.
The next CLN webinar “A changing climate for agriculture: tools for kick starting adaptation” will be delivered on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 2:00pm EDT. Dr. John Abatzoglou Associate Professor of Geography, University of Idaho and member of the REAACH CAP team. Dr. Abatzoglou will present their work on downscale climate data This is climate data at a local level that can have a real impact on decision making at the farm and forest level. Registration for this webinar is open now.
On July 14th, 2016 at 1:00pm EDT, Dustin Albright, Assistant Professor at the Clemson University School of Architecture and member of Clemson’s Wood Utilization and Design Institute will present “Wood and Timber Design: Trends and Outlook”. Dustin will discuss the use of new wood construction materials and methods and their suitability for sustainable building. The presentation will address the life cycle benefits of wood and will touch on evolving building codes, which are increasingly friendly to these new techniques. A variety of case studies will be presented, with special attention being given to prefabricated building systems, including Cross-Laminated Timber and other similar “Massive Timber” products. Register for this webinar now.
Stay tuned to climatelearningnetwork.com for more information.
New Extension and 4-H resources from PINEMAP and Southeastern Climate Consortium.
A new guidance factsheet will be published by North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension that summarizes great work done by the Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation project (PINEMAP). Healthy Forests:Managing for Resilience includes excellent recommendations on managing pine forests in a changing climate including this guide for silvicultural practices. The whole document will be available shortly. Stay tuned to the Climate Forests and Woodlands Community of Practice Facebook Page for availability.
The Southeastern Climate Consortium and Florida 4-H have released a Weather and Climate Toolkit for 4-H.While this 133 page document was created for Florida, much of the information is applicable to the Southeast in general and it provides a great background on climate for the 4-H community.
Northern Forests Climate Hub Holds Workshop on GHG Mitigaton and USDA Building Blocks
Climate Learning Network Spring Webinar Series
The CLN has partnered with The Pacific Northwest Climate Change Hub, The University of Georgia Department of Geography, and the USDA AFRI Coordinated Agricultural Project: Regional Approaches to Climate Change – Pacific Northwest Agriculture (REACCH) to deliver a series of webinars this spring.
The first webinar was delivered April 14th and featured Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode presenting on Climate Change and Insects in Wheat Systems. This webinar will be available as an archive on climatewebinars.net shortly.
The second webinar will in the series will feature Dr. J Marshall Shepherd from the Weather Channel’s Wx Geeks show. Dr. Shepherd will present: Climate Change Science 101 for Land Grant University Administrators: A Primer for Deans, Directors and Support Staff on May 19th, 2016 at 10:00 am EDT. Registration is open now.
The third webinar will be delivered on June 2, 2016 at 2:00pm EDT. Dr. John Abatzoglou Associate Professor of Geography, University of Idaho. Dr. Abatzoglou and his team will present their work on downscale climate data and show how this data can be used by an extension audience. Registration for this webinar will be available soon.
Stay tuned to climatelearningnetwork.com for more information.
Midwest Climate Hub Holds Workshop on Climate Change and Midwest Agriculture
CLN staff attended the Climate Change and Midwest Agriculture: Impacts, Challenges & Opportunities workshop held March 1st-2nd in Madison, WI. The Workshop provided an in-depth overview of climate change impacts in the Midwest and facilitated a working session using the beta version of the Adaptation Resources for Agriculture Workbook which is currently being adapted from the Northern Forestry Climate Hub’s Northern Forestry Adaptation Workbook.
The Workshop was attended by Midwest Climate Hub and Northern Forests Climate Hub staff and Leadership as well as Extension, ARS, NRCS and other USDA Agency Staff. Researchers from Universities throughout the Midwest were also in attendance. The working session using the new Workbook provided valuable feedback to the team adapting the document to fit agriculture. This feedback will be used to tailor the workbook for use in agriculture ultimately providing the Climate Hubs with a highly useful resource for Extension agents to use with producers in the region.