Climate Change Policy and Business Practices within

ODF Divisions4 September 2019

Board of Forestry Public Meeting

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Background

• Climate change included in the current FPFO (2011)

• Adopted a set of recommendations regardingclimate change in 2015

• When updating or adopting policy: expand, modify orleave as is.

• Explicitly consider available climate change science inregular business.

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• Landscape Scale Assessment ofForest Health:• Collaborative data collection• Forest health assessment• Technical advice and training

• Seed Orchard and Seed Bank• Climate and condition adapted

tree species• Adaptive evaluation and species

development• Rapid response to changing

conditions• Operate in a collaborative network

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• Greatest Permanent Value• Operations:

• Inventory and stocking relative tospecies adaptability and resilience

• Reforestation planning forcomposition and landscapediversity

• Directed fuels reduction in climatestressed regions

• Monitoring to identify stressors,inform management, and evaluateoperational hypotheses

• Assess waterway sensitivity

• Policy and planning work:• FMP process and elements• Guiding Principle: Climate change

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• Adapting to environmentalchange is a guiding mission ofProtection.

• Planning and BudgetingAdaptation

• Monitoring of fire risk,severity, and duration

• Coordination across agencies,universities, and federalpartners

• Mitigation and managementto restore landscapes

• Sustainable organization

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• Cooperation and Collaborationwith Research Partners

• Forest Carbon Ecosystem Report

• Harvested Wood ProductsReport

• Track legislative actions andparticipate in interagencyplanning efforts

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Next Steps

• Further information sharing and discussion at the:

• October 9th BoF Planning Retreat

• November 7th BoF Workshop

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