From big ideas brainstorm at end of #SWClimateSummit - "Swim to work day for coastal agencies- a mitigation and adaptation measure"
Main mission of gov't agencies- to not be sued: need to be honest abt our risk/value calls counter to science. - D. Ackerly #swclimatesummit
Drought, fire causing tree death incl old growth, can we manage transition with thinning? - USGS ecologist Phil van Mantgem #swclimatesummit
Good land management includes doing ceremonies to remember massacres of CA tribes- Aaron Dixon, Susanville Rancheria #swclimatesummit
Getting the Yurok tribal climate adaptation plan update from Joe Hostler: need to take down Klamath River dams. #swclimatesummit
Hard to reduce high uncertainty about sea level rise; need to work to reduce risk instead. - UCLA geographer Glen MacDonald #swclimatesummit
At opening plenary for the Southwest Climate Summit in #Sacto. So many of my fave scientists here, a hopeful creative bunch #swclimatesummit