Science X -Forest Service R&D- Next Week is Human Dimensions Week

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Some of you may remember the Patrick Brown and Nature kerfuffle.  I’ve got a whole future post that on “Patrick Brown didn’t go far enough” and one of the “emperor has no clothes” issues is that many climate modelers don’t, or can’t, incorporate actions of people on the landscape to adapt.  Often, they don’t involve or model the work of what we might call “adaptation communities” or specialists in hydrology, wildlife, botany, forests and so on.  As historically, in science world, physics (as in atmospheric modeling and vapor pressure deficits and so on) is cooler than.. all the other sciences.  And as I’ve said before, the models don’t include new and improved technologies that the US is spending megabucks on, either (think wildfire sensors and unpersonned helicopters). It looks like one of the talks is by a person studying ignitions.. which seems important.

So I wanted to give a shout-out to the sciences who always seem to be at the bottom of the scientific pecking order.. the social scientists. And these have continuing ed credits for the Society of American Foresters and the Wildlife Society.

Forest Service R&D has a week devoted to their work: ScienceX Human Dimensions week.  Here’s a link. Here’s the agenda:

Monday, Mar. 25

Recreating Equitably

  • Barriers and facilitators for accessing outdoor spaces among urban Hispanic recreationists | Lee Cerveny
  • Women hunters and the role of community in changing hunting representation | Lauren Redmore
  • ‘Anywhere outside my room:’ Urban BIPOC youth perceptions of the outdoors |​ David Flores

Tuesday, Mar. 26

Partnering with Communities

  • Strengthening understanding of and support for Indigenous agroforestry in Hawaiʻi |​ Zoe Hastings-Silao
  • Stewardship mapping: Connecting those who care for nature | Michelle Johnson
  • Community forests in the U.S.: Diverse approaches to collaboration in forest governance and management under different ownership regimes | Kathleen McGinley

Wednesday, Mar. 27

Valuing Benefits of Nature

  • Land use change and forest markets |​ Jesse Henderson
  • Managing urban forest pests: Using game theory to model cost share programs for pest treatments | Andrew Tilman
  • The value of information for spongy moth management | Matthew Sloggy

Thursday, Mar. 28

Managing Urban Forests

  • Management where homelessness and nature intersect | Monika Derrien
  • Selection and the city: A nursery supply chain analysis exploring domestic selection of urban trees | Nancy Falxa Sonti
  • Sustainability and resilience of social and ecological technology systems in the tropics | Tischa Muñoz

Friday, Mar. 29

Preparing for Wildland Fire

  • Are you set? California residents personal preparations for wildfire | Alyssa Thomas
  • Examining the influence of socioeconomic factors in human-caused wildfire ignitions | Jeff Kline
  • Systemic challenges for the federal wildland firefighting workforce | Erin Belval

2 thoughts on “Science X -Forest Service R&D- Next Week is Human Dimensions Week”

  1. I don’t know where this fits, but Dave Mertz had a great opinion piece on the Congressional grilling – read, witch-hunt, on the Black Hills (continuing) fiasco of industry driven management.

    Dave, you done good!

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