Ecological and social dynamics of North American forests: conversations in critical physical geography

Type: Paper
Theme:
Sponsor Groups: Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group, Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group
Poster #:
Day: 4/7/2019
Start / End Time: 8:00 AM / 9:40 AM (MDT)
Room: Diplomat Room, Omni, West
Organizers: Justine Law, Christine Biermann
Chairs: Christine Biermann

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Description

North American forests are ecologically and socially diverse, encompassing a variety of ecological zones, vegetation communities, disturbance regimes, ownership types, management strategies, cultural values, and industrial uses. Looking beneath the forest canopy, this session will focus on forest change across North America, including the overlapping social and ecological drivers of change, the distinct relationships between people and trees that constitute forests, and the challenges and conflicts that occur as forests are managed, exploited, and fostered for particular purposes. In the spirit of critical physical geography, we aim to bring together presenters from the natural and social sciences to facilitate productive, interdisciplinary conversations about North American forest change.

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Agenda

Type	Details	Minutes	Start Time
Presenter	Jeffrey Jenkins*, University of California - Merced, Management misalignments: environmental change, regulatory mandates, and divergent expectations in forest landscapes	20	8:00 AM
Presenter	Anne Short Gianotti*, Boston University, John P Casellas Connors, Texas A&M, Constituting Suburban Nature: The Ecologies and Politics of Forests, Deer, and People	20	8:20 AM
Presenter	Justine Law*, Sonoma State University, Ginseng decline in Appalachia? Bridging the science, history, and politics	20	8:40 AM
Presenter	Tony Marks-Block*, Stanford University, Indigenous burning in Northwest California: Transforming forests and livelihoods	20	9:00 AM
Presenter	Jonathan Hallemeier*, , Collaboration and shaping forest systems in the southern Appalachians	20	9:20 AM