The Maurice K. Goddard Chair in Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation supports science-policy dialogue forums on a range of environmental challenges of relevance in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region. The objective of the Goddard Forum is to build shared vision among a range of stakeholders to better understanding opportunities for evidence-based policy engagement
[view summary report and individual presentations, linked in the program below]
Take-home messages
- Pennsylvania and climate-smart forestry – leading by example:
- We are a big timber state
- We do climate-smart forestry
- We have consulting foresters and extension that can help
- We don’t ignore our forest under climate change, we take care of our forests and the people that depend on them
- Climate-smart forestry and carbon don’t mean you don’t cut wood
2024 Goddard Forum: Visioning Climate-Smart Forestry in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Wednesday, October 16, 2024. The Penn Stater, Room 109, State College, Pennsylvania
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker/ Moderator |
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8:30 |
Registration and coffee |
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9:00 |
Welcome, intros, Goddard Chair overview view pdf |
Christopher Scott |
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9:10 |
Climate and forests view pdf |
Margarita Fernández |
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9:30 |
Climate-smart forestry: Overview of opportunities and challenges view pdf |
Melissa Kreye |
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9:50 |
Pennsylvania vision for climate-smart forestry view pdf |
Matt Keefer |
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10:10 |
Discussion |
Christopher Scott |
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10:20 |
Break |
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10:40 |
Adaptation strategies for forest carbon management view pdf |
Patricia Leopold |
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11:00 |
USDA Forest Service carbon stewardship: adaptation and mitigation approaches view pdf |
Todd Ontl |
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11:20 |
Hardwood products industry carbon management & efforts to promote climate benefits view pdf |
Matt Gabler |
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11:40 |
Assessment of carbon management alternatives on production of hardwood products view pdf |
Chad Papa |
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12:00 |
Economic tradeoffs of managing forest for carbon and harvested wood products view pdf |
Raju Pokharel |
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12:20 |
Discussion |
Melissa Kreye |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30 |
Public education on climate and forests view pdf |
Andrea Pfaff |
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1:50 |
American Forests initiatives to support forests under climate change view pdf |
Kendall DeLyser |
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2:10 |
Family Forest Carbon Program updates and activities view pdf |
Sarah Hall |
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2:30 |
Discussion |
Allyson Muth |
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2:40 |
Break |
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3:00 |
Breakout groups by topics view summary reports |
Margarita Fernández |
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Breakout topics |
Lead, Rapporteur |
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Carbon management challenges on private forest lands view summary reports |
Kenny Kane, Allyson Muth |
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Hardwoods tracking for long-term carbon sequestration view summary reports |
Amy Shields, Melissa Kreye |
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Non-timber carbon storage view summary reports |
Ryan Lee, Margarita Fernández |
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Stakeholder participation including non-forest owners view summary reports |
Susan Stout, Abriti Moktan |
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State and federal policy for forest carbo view summary reports |
Tom Gilbert, Chris Peters |
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3:40 |
Breakout report back |
Breakout leads, Christopher Scott |
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4:30 |
Plenary discussion, synthesis, next steps view summary |
Christopher Scott, org. committee |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
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