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Climate Risk Management Practices: References

References for Climate Risk Management Practices prepared by: J.J. Ho; J.E. Halofsky; D.L. Peterson

 

References

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service [USDA FS]. 2008. Forest Service strategic framework for responding to climate change. Version 1.0. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Climate Change Advisor’s Office. [Accessed February 9, 2017].

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service [USDA FS]. 2010a. A performance scorecard for implementing the Forest Service climate change strategy. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Climate Change Advisor’s Office. [Accessed February 9, 2017].

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service [USDA FS]. 2010c. National roadmap for responding to climate change. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Climate Change Advisor’s Office. [Accessed June 6, 2015].

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service [USDA FS]. 2010d. Strategic plan 2010—2015 FY. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. [Accessed February 9, 2017].

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service [USDA FS]. 2012. 2012 planning rule. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Federal Register. 77(68). 115 p. [Accessed February 9, 2017].

 

Introduction

Furniss, M.J., C.I. Millar, D.L. Peterson, L.A. Joyce, R.P. Neilson, J.E. Halofsky, and B.K. Kerns. 2009. Adapting to climate change: a short course for land managers. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-789. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. DVD, and online at http://www.fs.fed.us/ccrc/hjar.

Halofsky, J.E., and D.L. Peterson. 2016. Climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options for forest vegetation management in the northwestern USA. Atmosphere 7(3): article 46. doi:10.3390/atmos7030046.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, editors. 2017. Climate change and Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Volume 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Halofsky, J.E., and D.L. Peterson, editors. 2017. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 331 p.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, S.K. Dante-Wood, L. Hoang, J.J. Ho, and L.A. Joyce, eds. 2017. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-xxx. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Xxx p. In press.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, M.J. Furniss, L.A. Joyce, C.I. Millar, and R.P. Neilson. 2011. A workshop approach to the development of climate change adaptation strategies and actions for natural resource management agencies in the U.S. Journal of Forestry 109: 219–225.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, J.J. Ho, N.J. Little, and L.A. Joyce, eds. 201X. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-xxx. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. xxx p. In press.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, L.A. Joyce, C.I. Millar, and J.M. Rice. 2016. Implementing climate change adaptation in forested regions of the western United States. In: Sample, V.A., R.P. Bixler, and C. Miller, eds. Forest conservation in the Anthropocene: science, policy, and practice. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado: 165–178.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, L.A. Joyce, C.I. Millar, J.M. Rice, and C.W. Swanston. 2014. Implementing climate change adaptation in forested regions of the United States. Pages 229-243 in V.A. Sample and R.P. Bixler (eds.), Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: conference proceedings. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-71. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, K.L. Metlen, M.G. Myer, and V.A. Sample. 2016. Developing and implementing climate change adaptation options in forest ecosystems: a case study in southwestern Oregon, USA. Forests 7: 268. doi:10.3390/f7110268.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, K. O’Halloran, and C. Hawkins Hoffman. 2011. Adapting to climate change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-844. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, and H.R. Prendeville. 2017. Assessing vulnerabilities and adapting to climate change in northwestern U.S. forests. Climatic Change. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1972-6.

Halofsky, J.E., T.W. Warziniack, D.L. Peterson, and J.J. Ho. 2017. Understanding and managing the effects of climate change on ecosystem services in the Rocky Mountains. Mountain Research and Development 37(3): 340–352. https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00087.1.

IPCC, 2012: Glossary of terms. In: Field, C.B.; Barros, V.; Stocker, T.F. [et al.], eds. Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA. pp. 555-564.

Littell, J.S., D.L. Peterson, C.I. Millar, and K. O’Halloran. 2012. U.S. national forests adapt to climate change through science-management partnerships. Climatic Change 110:269–296.

Peterson, D.L., and J.E. Halofsky. 2017. Adapting to the effects of climate change on natural resources in the Blue Mountains, USA. Climate Services. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2017.06.005.

Peterson, D.L., J.E. Halofsky, and M.C. Johnson. 2011. Managing and adapting to changing fire regimes in a warmer climate. In: McKenzie, D., C. Miller, and D. Falk, eds. The landscape ecology of fire. New York: Springer: 249–267.

Peterson, D.L., C.I. Millar, L.A. Joyce, M.J. Furniss, J.E. Halofsky, R.P. Neilson, and T.L. Morelli. 2011. Responding to climate change in national forests: a guidebook for developing adaptation options. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report GTR-PNW-855.

Raymond, C.L., D.L. Peterson, and R.M. Rochefort. 2013. The North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership: a science-management collaboration for responding to climate change. Sustainability 5:136-159.

Raymond, C.L., D.L. Peterson, and R.M. Rochefort (eds.). 2014. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-892. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.

Sample, A., J.E. Halofsky, and D.L. Peterson. 2014. U.S. strategy for forest management adaptation to climate change: building a framework for decision making. Annals of Forest Science 71(2014): 125–130.

Wisner, B.; Blaikie, P.; Cannon, T.; Davis, I. 2004. At risk: Natural hazards, people’s vulnerability and disasters, 2nd ed. London: Routledge.

U.S. Global Change Research Program. Fourth National Climate Assessment. Glossary. https://www.globalchange.gov/climate-change/glossary (15 February 2018).

 

Water and Infrastructure

Crozier, M.J. 1986. Landslides: causes, consequences, and environment. Dover, NH: Croom Helm, Ltd. 252 p.

Hamlet, A.F.; Elsner, M.M., Mauger, G.S. [et al.]. 2013. An overview of the Columbia Basin climate change scenarios project: approach, methods, and summary of key results. Atmosphere-Ocean. 51: 392–415.

Hamlet A.F.; Lettenmaier, D.P. 2007. Effects of 20th century warming and climate variability on flood risk in the western U.S. Water Resources Research. 43: W06427

Hamlet, A.F.; Mote, P.W.; Clark, M.P.; Lettenmaier, D.P. 2005. Effects of temperature and precipitation variability on snowpack trends in the western U.S. Journal of Climate. 18: 4545–4561.

Luce, C.H.; Abatzoglou, J.T.; Holden, Z.A. 2013. The missing mountain water: slower westerlies decrease orographic enhancement in the Pacific Northwest USA. Science. 342: 1360–1364.

Luce, C.H.; Holden, Z.A. 2009. Declining annual streamflow distributions in the Pacific Northwest United States, 1948–2006. Geophysical Research Letters. 36: L16401.

Luce, C.; Morgan, P.; Dwire, K. [et al.]. 2012. Climate change, forests, fire, water, and fish: building resilient landscapes, streams, and managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-290. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 207 p.

Safeeq, M.; Grant, G.E.; Lewis, S.L.; Tague, C.L. 2013. Coupling snowpack and groundwater dynamics to interpret historical streamflow trends in the western United States. Hydrological Processes. 27: 655–668.

Salathé, E.P. 2014; Hamlet, A.F.; Mass, C.F. [et al.]. 2014. Estimates of twenty-first century flood risk in the Pacific Northwest based on regional climate model simulations. American Meteorological Society. 15: 1881–1899.

Stewart, I.T.; Cayan, D.R.; Dettinger, M.D. 2005. Changes toward earlier streamflow timing across western North America. Journal of Climate. 18: 1136–1155.

Strauch, R.L.; Raymond, C.L.; Rochefort, R.M.; Hamlet, A.F.; Lauver, C. 2015. Adapting transportation to climate change on federal lands in Washington State, USA. Climatic Change. 130: 185–199.

 

Fish

Goode, J.R.; Buffington, J.M.; Tonina, D. [et al.]. 2013. Potential effects of climate change on streambed scour and risks to salmonid survival in snow-dominated mountain basins. Hydrologic Processes. 27: 750–765.

Goode, J.R.; Luce, C.H.; Buffington, J.M. 2012. Enhanced sediment delivery in a changing climate in semi-arid mountain basins: implications for water resource management and aquatic habitat in the northern Rocky Mountains. Geomorphology. 139–140: 1–15.

Isaak, D.J.; Ramsey, K.; Chatel, J.C.; Konnoff, D.L.; Gecy, R.A.; Horan, D. 2017. Climate change, fish, and aquatic habitat in the Blue Mountains [Chapter 5]. In: Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 91–148.

Mantua, N.J., R. Metzger, P. Crain, S. Brenkman, and J.E. Halofsky. 2011. Climate change, fish, and fish habitat management at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park [Chapter 5]. In: Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, K.A. O’Halloran, and C. Hawkins Hoffman, eds. Adapting to climate change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-844. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 43–60.

Mantua, N.; Tohver, I.; Hamlet, A. 2010. Climate change impacts on streamflow extremes and summertime stream temperature and their possible consequences for freshwater salmon habitat in Washington State. Climatic Change. 102: 187–223.

 

Forest Vegetation

Chmura, D.J.; Anderson, P.D.; Howe, G.T. [et al.]. 2011. Forest responses to climate change in the northwestern United States: ecophysiological foundations for adaptive management. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 1121–1142.

Clark, J.S.; Iverson, L.; Woodall, C.W. [et al.]. 2016. The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States. Global Change Biology. 22: 2329–2352.

Halofsky, J.E., and D.L. Peterson. 2016. Climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options for forest vegetation management in the northwestern USA. Atmosphere 7(3): article 46. doi:10.3390/atmos7030046.

Hellmann, J.J.; Byers, J.E.; Bierwagen, B.G.; Dukes, J.S. 2008. Five potential consequences of climate change for invasive species. Conservation Biology. 22: 534–543.

Keane, R.E.; Tomback, D.F.; Aubry, C.A. [et al.]. 2012. A range-wide restoration strategy for whitebark pine forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-279. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 108 p.

McKenzie, D.; Gedalof, Z.; Peterson, D.L.; Mote, P. 2004. Climatic change, wildfire, and conservation. Conservation Biology. 18: 890–902.

Sturrock, R.N.; Frankel, S.J.; Brown, A.V. [et al.]. 2011. Climate change and forest diseases. Plant Pathology. 60: 133–149.

Weed, A.S.; Ayres, M.P.; Hicke, J.A. 2013. Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in North American forests. Ecological Monographs. 83: 441–470.

Westerling, A.L.; Hidalgo, H.G.; Cayan, D.R.; Swetnam, T.W. 2006. Warming and earlier spring increase western U.S. forest wildfire activity. Science. 313: 940–943.

 

Non-forest Vegetation

Clark, J.S.; Iverson, L.; Woodall, C.W. [et al.]. 2016. The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States. Global Change Biology. 22: 2329–2352.

Finch, D.M.; Pendleton, R.L.; Reeves, M.C. [et al.]. 2016. Rangeland drought: Effects, restoration, and adaptation [Chap. 8]. In: Vose, J.M.; Clark, J.S.; Luce, C.H.; Patel-Weynard, T., eds. Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: A comprehensive science synthesis. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-93b. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office: 155–194.

Hellmann, J.J.; Byers, J.E.; Bierwagen, B.G.; Dukes, J.S. 2008. Five potential consequences of climate change for invasive species. Conservation Biology. 22: 534–543.

Miller R.F.; Rose, J.A. 1999. Fire history and western juniper encroachment in sagebrush steppe. Journal of Range Management. 52: 550–559.

Weisberg, P.J.; Lingua, E.; Pillai, R.B. 2007. Spatial patterns of pinyon–juniper woodland expansion in central Nevada. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 60: 115–124.

 

Riparian Areas, Wetlands, and Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems

Dwire, K.A.; Mellmann-Brown, S. 2017. Climate change and special habitats in the Blue Mountains: Riparian areas, wetlands, and groundwater-dependent ecosystems [Chapter 7]. In: Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 251–323.

Hamlet A.F.; Lettenmaier, D.P. 2007. Effects of 20th century warming and climate variability on flood risk in the western U.S. Water Resources Research. 43: W06427.

Hamlet, A.F.; Mote, P.W.; Clark, M.P.; Lettenmaier, D.P. 2005. Effects of temperature and precipitation variability on snowpack trends in the western U.S. Journal of Climate. 18: 4545–4561.

Hamlet, A.F.; Elsner, M.M., Mauger, G.S. [et al.]. 2013. An overview of the Columbia Basin climate change scenarios project: approach, methods, and summary of key results. Atmosphere-Ocean. 51: 392–415.

Luce, C.H.; Holden, Z.A. 2009. Declining annual streamflow distributions in the Pacific Northwest United States, 1948–2006. Geophysical Research Letters. 36: L16401.

Safeeq, M.; Grant, G.E.; Lewis, S.L.; Tague, C.L. 2013. Coupling snowpack and groundwater dynamics to interpret historical streamflow trends in the western United States. Hydrological Processes. 27: 655–668.

Stewart, I.T.; Cayan, D.R.; Dettinger, M.D. 2005. Changes toward earlier streamflow timing across western North America. Journal of Climate. 18: 1136–1155.

 

Wildlife

Cansler, C.A.; McKenzie, D.; Halpern, C.B. 2017. Area burned in alpine treeline ecotones reflects region-wide trends. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25: 1209–1220.

Chmura, D.J.; Anderson, P.D.; Howe, G.T. [et al.]. 2011. Forest responses to climate change in the northwestern United States: ecophysiological foundations for adaptive management. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 1121–1142.

Creutzburg, M.K.; Halofsky, J.E.; Halofsky, J.S.; Christopher, T.A. 2015. Climate change and land management in the rangelands of central Oregon. Environmental Management 55: 43–55.

Dwire, K.A.; Mellmann-Brown, S. 2017. Climate change and special habitats in the Blue Mountains: Riparian areas, wetlands, and groundwater-dependent ecosystems [Chapter 7]. In: Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 251–323.

Halofsky, J.S., J.E. Halofsky, D. Conklin, D. Bachelet, M. Hemstrom, B. Kerns, A. Morzillo. 2015. Using a dynamic global vegetation model to help inform management decisions. In: Bachelet, D., and D. Turner, eds. Global vegetation dynamics: concepts and applications in the MC1 Model. Wiley: 153–170.

Hand M.S.; Lawson M. 2017. Effects of climate change on recreation in the Northern Rockies. In: Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L., editors. Climate Change and Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Volume 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing: 169–188.

Hellmann, J.J.; Byers, J.E.; Bierwagen, B.G.; Dukes, J.S. 2008. Five potential consequences of climate change for invasive species. Conservation Biology. 22: 534–543.

Lee, S.Y.; Ryan, M.E.; Hamlet, A.F. [et al.]. 2015. Projecting the hydrologic impacts of climate change on montane wetlands. Plos One. 10: e0136385.

Parmesan, C. 2006. Ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 37: 637–669.

Root, T.L.; Hughes, L. 2005. Present and future phenological changes in wild plants and animals. In: Lovejoy, T.E.; Hannah, L.J., editors. Climate change and biodiversity, New Haven CT: Yale University Press: 61–69.

 

Recreation

Hamlet A.F.; Lettenmaier, D.P. 2007. Effects of 20th century warming and climate variability on flood risk in the western U.S. Water Resources Research. 43: W06427.

Hamlet, A.F.; Mote, P.W.; Clark, M.P.; Lettenmaier, D.P. 2005. Effects of temperature and precipitation variability on snowpack trends in the western U.S. Journal of Climate. 18: 4545–4561.

Hand M.S.; Lawson M. 2017. Effects of climate change on recreation in the Northern Rockies. In: Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L., editors. Climate Change and Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Volume 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing: 169–188.

Littell, J.S.; Peterson, D.L.; Riley, K.L. [et al.]. 2016. A review of the relationships between drought and forest fire in the United States. Global Change Biology. 22: 2353–2369.

Strauch, R.L.; Raymond, C.L.; Rochefort, R.M.; Hamlet, A.F.; Lauver, C. 2015. Adapting transportation to climate change on federal lands in Washington State, USA. Climatic Change. 130: 185–199.

 

Introduction     Hydrology, Water Uses, and Infrastructure     Forest Vegetation     Non-Forest Vegetation     
Riparian Areas, Wetlands, and Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems      Fish Habitat and Fisheries        Wildlife     Recreation     References