Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Southern

Pine Forests

Dr. Lisa Samuelson Alumni Professor, Dwain G. Luce Professor of ForestrySchool of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences

Developing Tools for Ecological Forestry and Carbon Management in Longleaf Pine

Dr. Lisa Samuelson (Lead PI), Auburn UniversityCo-PIs from University of Florida, USDA Forest Service

Total Funding for 5 years:$2.6 millionAU: $2.0 million

Developing Tools for Ecological Forestry and Carbon Management in Longleaf Pine

3% longleaf pine forest remains, majority on federal lands. Integrated natural resource management by DoD requires tools for ecological forestry and C management.

Project goals:1. Develop models to simulate growth and C sequestration of longleaf pine

forests on DoD forest lands. 2. Support model calibration and validation by quantifying ecosystem C pools

and developing biometric and allometric functions.3. Simulate the effects of land use practices and forest management on life-

cycle C balance, biodiversity, and sustained ecological yield.

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Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation Project

A NIFA-Funded Climate Change

Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP)

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The Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation Project (PINEMAP) is a Coordinated Agricultural Project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Award #2011-68002-30185. For more information, visit http://www.pinemap.org.

~126 team members, 11 southeastern universities plus the USDA Forest ServiceTotal Funding $20 million over 5 years, AU $580,000

Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation project (PINEMAP) is a Coordinated Agricultural Project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Award #2011-68002-30185

Goals

To create, synthesize, and disseminate the necessary knowledge to enable southern forest landowners to• harness loblolly pine forest productivity to mitigate atmospheric

CO2;

• more efficiently utilize nitrogen and other fertilizer inputs; and• adapt their forest management approaches to increase resilience

in the face of changing climate.

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PINEMAP Outcome Themes

Disciplinary Aims Contribute to Broader Integrated Project Goals

Aim 5Education

Aim 6Extension

Aim 4LCA/Pol/

Econ

Aim 3Genetics

Aim 2Models

Aim 1Field

Ecology

Mitigation AdaptationEducation

and Extension