ENRTF ID: 175-E

Project Title: "Climate-Smart" Trees and Forests for Minnesota

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

Summary: We will fill a key knowledge gap by identifying tree species likely to be ‘winners’ under future climate, helping establish a strategy to make our trees and forests "Climate-Smart"

Total Project Budget: $ 494,000
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs)

Name: Peter Reich
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: Sponsored Projects Administration
Address: 450 McNamara Alumni Cente, 200 Oak St SE
Minneapolis MN 55455
Telephone Number: (612) 624-5599
Email preich@umn.edu

Location: Statewide

Alternate Text for Visual: Preliminary results from prior related research, plus maps of potential Field sites around Minnesota and a photo with accompanying illustrations of the open-air climate change experimental facility