Conclusions

Abstract

The Sierra Nevada Infrastructure and Recreation Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Partnership (hereafter Sierra Nevada Partnership) contributed to our understanding of climate change vulnerabilities and responses to potential climate change effects in national forests in the Sierra Nevada (Modoc National Forest [NF], Lassen NF, Plumas NF, Tahoe NF, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Eldorado NF, Stanislaus NF, Sierra NF, Inyo NF, Sequoia NF). The effort synthesized the best available scientific information to assess climate change vulnerability for recreation and infrastructure, developed recommendations for adaptation options, and catalyzed a collaboration among land managers, scientists, and stakeholders seeking to address climate change issues. Furthermore, the vulnerability assessment and corresponding adaptation options provided information to support national forests in implementing agency climate change objectives described in the National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change (USDA FS 2010a).

Parent Publication

• Climate change vulnerability and adaptation for infrastructure and recreation in the Sierra Nevada

Citation

Peterson, David L. 2021. Conclusions. In: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L.; Buluç, Lara Y.; Ko, Jason M., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation for infrastructure and recreation in the Sierra Nevada. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-272. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 267-274. Chapter 7.