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Climate-Informed Urban Forest Management
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Project Personnel
LUFA Personnel: Jess Vogt, Cecilia Shoopmann, Nora Westman
Past students who worked on this project: Sam Conrad, Erik Espeland, Nick Olson
Additional Collaborators: Tenley Conway (University of Toronto), Adrina Bardekjian (University of British Columbia), Lydia Scott & Beth Corrigan (with the Community Trees Program at The Morton Arboretum); Leslie Brandt (U.S. Forest Service Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science)
Past students who worked on this project: Sam Conrad, Erik Espeland, Nick Olson
Additional Collaborators: Tenley Conway (University of Toronto), Adrina Bardekjian (University of British Columbia), Lydia Scott & Beth Corrigan (with the Community Trees Program at The Morton Arboretum); Leslie Brandt (U.S. Forest Service Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science)
Project Description
Climate change is posing complex challenges for managers of urban forests, trees, greenspaces, and natural areas in cities. Conversations with stakeholders have suggested that at least some urban foresters may be changing their decision making/management in response to climate change: Some plant tree species adapted for more southern forests in anticipation of a northern range shift under climate change. Some avoid planting in the spring so as to not subject recently planted trees to hotter, dryer summers. However, the knowledge transfer agents who develop the tools that aim to encourage climate-informed management of urban ecosystems do not know the extent to which urban foresters are responding to climate change and/or using the various tools and guidebooks developed for this purpose.
We have been examining urban foresters' responses to climate change in the Chicagoland area through a survey and document analysis, and in all of Canada using a survey similar to that piloted in Chicago. Complete copies of survey instruments, as well as presentations based on this research to date, can be found below.
We have been examining urban foresters' responses to climate change in the Chicagoland area through a survey and document analysis, and in all of Canada using a survey similar to that piloted in Chicago. Complete copies of survey instruments, as well as presentations based on this research to date, can be found below.
Presentations
Vogt J (2018) Urban foresters’ response to climate change. College of Forestry seminar, given while in residence as a Visiting Foreign Expert at Henan Agricultural University, August 23, 2018, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Shoopmann C, Vogt J (2018) Urban foresters’ response to climate change in Canada. International Society of Arboriculture 2018 International Conference & Trade Show, August 5-8, 2018, Columbus, Ohio.
Espeland E, Vogt J (2017) Response of Chicagoland urban foresters to climate change drought and flooding. Environmental Science & Studies Annual Showcase, June 2, 2017, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Poster presentation by E Espeland; Undergraduate thesis final product)
Conrad S, Vogt J (2016) A model of urban forest sustainability under climate change and application to the Village of Glenview, Illinois. DePaul University 14th Annual Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology Undergraduate Research Showcase, November 4, 2016, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Poster presentation by S Conrad; Undergraduate thesis progress update)
Espeland E, Vogt J (2016) Chicagoland urban foresters' response to climate change, drought, and flooding. DePaul University 14th Annual Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology Undergraduate Research Showcase, November 4, 2016, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Poster presentation by E Espeland; Undergraduate thesis progress update)
Funding & Support
Internal Funding:
- DePaul University Research Council Competitive Research Grant (CRG) - P.I.: Jess Vogt: $3,487 (2016-2017)
