ENRTF ID: 174-E

Project Title: Making Red Pine Forest Resilient to Climate Change

Category: E. Air Quality, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy

Summary: To increase resilience of red pine forests to climate change, we will conduct a statewide vulnerability assessment, develop approaches to adapt forest management, and create a Forest Adaptation Learning Network.

Total Project Budget: $ 628,737
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs)
 
Name: Rebecca Montgomery
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: Department of Forest Resources
Address: 1530 Cleveland Ave N
St. Paul MN 55108
Telephone Number: (612) 624-7249
Email rebeccam@umn.edu

Location: Statewide

Alternate Text for Visual: Map of pine forest in Minnesota; image of thinned forest; image of tree rings from low and high growth years; image of shelter to reduce rainfall received by juvenile trees