How Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA) modeling quantifies co-benefits and tradeoffs in Community Forest management | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

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HERO ID

7309807

Reference Type

Meetings & Symposia

Subtype

Presentation

Title

How Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA) modeling quantifies co-benefits and tradeoffs in Community Forest management

Author(s)

McKane, B; Halama, J; Pettus, P; Barnhart, B; Brookes, A; Djang, K; Blair, G; Hall, J; Kane, J; Swedeen, P; Benson, L

Year

2018

Language

English

Abstract

The Northwest Community Forest Coalition invited EPA-WED Research Scientist Bob McKane to present the Keynote Address for the 2018 Northwest Community Forest Forum on May 9‐11 in Astoria, OR. His address will describe "How Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA) modeling quantifies co‐benefits and tradeoffs in Community Forest management". He will also participate in the Forum's opening panel discussion and in breakout sessions during Forum. The Northwest Community Forest Coalition is a network of practitioners supporting the emergence, development, and management of community forests. This 4th biennial Community Forest Forum and Field Tour will bring together over 100 community‐based organizations, land trusts, private landowners, local government officials, and others to learn and network. Community‐owned forests are an innovative governance model that enables forestland to be managed for both conservation and economic development values. Members of the Coalition have a shared vision that community forests can play an important role in establishing sustainable rural working lands that supply an array of ecosystem services – clean drinking water, fuel, fiber, jobs, and recreation – for surrounding rural communities and more distant urban centers. VELMA is an eco‐hydrology model designed to help users assess green infrastructure options for controlling the fate and transport of water, nutrients, and toxics across multiple spatial and temporal scales for different ecoregions and present and future climates. It’s part of SHC Project 2.61, Community–based Ecosystem Goods and Services. Dr. McKane has worked previously with the Nisqually Community Forest team on developing salmon‐friendly timber management plans with VELMA.

Conference Name

Northwest Community Forest Forum

Conference Location

Astoria, OR

Conference Dates

May 10 - 11, 2018

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