In the Media
Tony D’Amato and Bill Keeton were in the media for contributions to the Wildlands and Woodlands report published by Harvard Forest in September 2017.
VT Digger: https://vtdigger.org/2017/09/20/harvard-uvm-study-vermont-forests-shrinking-1500-acres-annually/
WCAX: http://www.wcax.com/content/news/UVM-researchers-study-loss-of-Vermont-forestland-446531483.html
Tony D’Amato was also second author on a USDA Forest Service northern forests climate change report published in January 2018.
VPR: Mild Winters In Our Near Future Will Threaten The Trees That Define Vermont Forests
WAMC : UVM Forestry Professor Discusses New Study On Climate Change Impact On Northeast Forests
WCAX: http://www.wcax.com/content/news/Warmer-temps-affecting-Vermont-trees-476530183.html
Katherine Elmer, alum and lecturer in the Rubenstein School, was recently on a podcast about herbal medicine: http://ericgarza.info/episode-62/
Marla Emery, of the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station in Vermont, worked with Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future on a study on Urban Foraging in Baltimore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUMq6Y-b0dU
Jon Erickson’s documentary film Waking the Sleeping Giant: the Making of a Political Revolution was part of the 32nd Vermont International Film Festival, which ran from October 20-29, 2017. The film was selected at ten festivals this past summer and fall and headlined progressive meetings such as the People’s Summit and Netroots Nation. The Vermont International Film Festival is the world’s longest running human rights film festival. Check out the Jay Craven review for Vermont Public Radio: http://digital.vpr.net/post/craven-waking-giant.
Matt Kolan and the Master’s program in Leadership for Sustainability were featured in a story called “Adaptation Done Right” in Diverse magazine’s November 2017 edition http://diverseeducation.com/ about the role that higher education can play to ensure that people of color and from marginalized backgrounds are part of climate change solutions.
Ellen Marsden and the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory were highlighted in The Boston Globe Sept. 29, 2017 for work on the resurgence of lake trout in Lake Champlain: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/09/29/wild-lake-trout-make-surprise-return-lake-champlain/GiAIbRZhzmFmutzmnaEywI/story.html
Ellen also interviewed about lake trout restoration on Vermont Edition with Jane Lindholm: http://digital.vpr.net/post/baby-lake-trout-surviving-lake-champlain-first-time-decades#stream/0
Her lake trout research was also highlighted on AXIOS Science: https://www.axios.com/lake-trout-comeback-champlain-great-lakes-lamprey-6c49645d-4dd6-4453-b8d4-d24029c1c38a.html
Students in Trish O’Kane’s media literacy course are publishing op-eds:
Jillian Scannell: https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/opinion/my-turn/2018/03/02/opinion-burlington-mayor-councilors-listen/110940790/
Amanda Duffy: http://hellonewsct.com/commentary-a-plea-for-increased-security-at-barlow-from-a-former-student/
David Raphael’s Sustainable Landscape Architecture class made the front page of the Burlington Free Press, December 26, 2017, as they presented their ideas on redesigning Burlington’s ‘lost spaces’ to city officials in what was a collaborative effort with the City’s Planning Office, Department of Public Works, and Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Department. David says, “It was a wonderful experience for the students to have the interaction with a ‘client’ group and to have real world experience in a planning and design project.” https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/life/2017/12/26/uvm-design-students-eye-upgrades-burlingtons-lost-spaces/930728001/
The USDA Forest Service highlighted the Spatial Analysis Lab’s Baltimore tree canopy change work: https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/news/release/Baltimore-tree-canopy
Publications
Tony D’Amato
D’Amato, A. W., E. J. Jokela, K. L. O’Hara, and J. N. Long. 2018. Silviculture in the United States: an amazing period of change over the past 30 years. Journal of Forestry 116:55-67.
Ontl, T. A., C. Swanston, L. A. Brandt, P. R. Butler, A. W. D’Amato, S. D. Handler, M. K. Janowiak, and P. D. Shannon. 2018. Adaptation pathways: ecoregion and land ownership influences on climate adaptation decision-making in forest management. Climatic Change 146:75-88.
*Scherer, S. S., C. C. Kern, A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, and M. R. Russell. 2018. Long-term pine regeneration, shrub layer dynamics, and understory community composition responses to repeated prescribed fire in Pinus resinosa forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48:117-129.
Fraver, S., M. Tajvidi, A. W. D’Amato, D. L. Lindner, J. A. Forrester, and A. M. Milo. 2018. Woody material structural degradation through decomposition on the forest floor. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48:111-115.
Marina Golivets and Kimberly Wallin
Golivets, M. and K.F. Wallin. 2018. Neighbor tolerance, not suppression, provides competitive advantage to non-native plants. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12934
Editor’s comments: “Congratulations on an excellent contribution that I am confident will not only get a lot of attention now but be regarded as a long-lasting advance in our understanding of biological invasions.”
Stephanie Juice
S.M. Juice and B. Heinrich. 2017. Overwinter parasitism of Callosamia promethea (Drury) (Saturniidae) (Promethea Moth) in a Northern Hardwood Forest. Northeastern Naturalist 24(3):317-330.
Bill Keeton
Kruhlov, I., D. Thom, O. Chaskovskyy, W.S. Keeton and R. M. Scheller. 2018. Future forest landscapes of the Carpathians: vegetation and carbon dynamics under climate change. Regional Environmental Change doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1296-8
Fahey, R.T., B. C. Alvesherea, J.I. Burton, A.W. D'Amato, Y.L. Dickinson, W.S. Keeton, C.C. Kerne, A.J. Larson, B.J. Palik, K.J. Puettmann, M.R. Saunders, C.R. Webster, J.W. Atkins, C.M. Gough, and B.S. Hardimani. 2018. Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.011
Meigs, G.W. and W.S. Keeton. 2018. Intermediate-severity wind disturbance in mature temperate forests: effects on legacy structure, carbon storage, and stand dynamics. Ecological Applications.DOI: 10.1002/eap.1691
Gratzer, G. and W.S. Keeton. 2017. Mountain forests and sustainable development: the potential for achieving the United Nations' 2030 agenda. Mountain Research and Development 37:246-253.
Bölöni J., P. Ódor, R. Ádám, W.S. Keeton, and R. Aszalós. 2017. Dead wood in managed and unmanaged dry-mesic oak forests in the Hungarian Carpathians. Forest Ecology and Management 399: 120–131.
Urbano, A.R. and W.S. Keeton. 2017. Forest structural development, carbon dynamics, and co-varying habitat characteristics as influenced by land-use history and reforestation approach. Forest Ecology and Management. 392: 21–35.
Ford, S.E. and W.S. Keeton. 2017. Enhanced carbon storage through management for old-growth characteristics in northern hardwoods. Ecosphere 8:1-20.
Gottesman, A. and W.S. Keeton. 2017. Regeneration responses to management for old-growth characteristics in northern hardwood-conifer forests. Forests 8 (45): 1-21.
Keeton, W.S., E. M. Copeland, and M.C. Watzin. 2017. Towards flood resilience: exploring linkages between riparian forest structure and geomorphic condition in northeastern U.S. streams. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47: 476–487.
Egan, A., W.S. Keeton, C. Danks, I. Soloviy, and A. Zia. 2017. Forest carbon projects in the Ukrainian Carpathians: an assessment of potential community impacts and benefits. Annals of Forest Research 60:1-15.
Ellen Marsden
Marsden, J. E., C. L. Kozel*, and B. D. Chipman. 2017. Lake trout recruitment in Lake Champlain. J. Great Lakes Res. 44:166-173.
Euclide*, P. T., N. Flores, M. Wargo, C. W. Kilpatrick, J. E. Marsden. 2017. Lack of genetic population structure of slimy sculpin in a large, fragmented lake. Ecology of Freshwater Fish DOI: 10.1111/eff.12385
Buchinger, T.J., J. E. Marsden, T. R. Binder, M. Huertas, U. Bussy, K. Li, J. E. Hanson, C. C. Krueger, W. Li, and N. S. Johnson. 2017. Temporal constraints on the potential role of fry odors as cues of past reproductive success for spawning lake trout. Ecology and Evolution 7(23):10196-10206.
Kris Stepenuck
Stepenuck, K.F., and K. D. Genskow. 2018. Characterizing the Breadth and Depth of Volunteer Water Monitoring Programs in the United States. Environmental Management. 61(1): 46-57.
Lini Wollenberg and Meryl Richards
Richards MB, Wollenberg E, van Vuuren D. 2018. National contributions to climate change mitigation from agriculture: allocating a global target. Climate Policy.
Aggarwal, PrK.; Jarvis, Andy; Campbell, Bruce M.; Zougmoré, Robert B.; Khatri-Chhetri, Arun; Vermeulen, Sonja J.; Loboguerrero, Ana Maria; Sebastian, Leocadio S.; Kinyangi, James; Bonilla-Findji, Osana; Radeny, Maren; Recha, John; Martinez-Baron, Deissy; Ramirez-Villegas, Julian; Huyer, Sophia; Thornton, Philip; Wollenberg, Eva; Hansen, James; Alvarez-Toro, Patricia; Aguilar-Ariza, Andrés; Arango-Londoño, David; Patiño-Bravo, Victor; Rivera, Ovidio; Ouedraogo, Mathieu; Yen, Bui Tan. 2018. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture. Ecology and Society 23(1): 14.
Griscom B, Adams J, Ellis P, Houghton RA, Lomax G, Miteva D, Schlesinger W, Shoch D, Siikamäki JV, Smith P, Woodbury P, Zganjar C, Blackman A, Campan J, Conant R, Delgado C, Elias P, Gopalakrishna T, Hamsik MR, Herrero M, Kiesecker J, Landis E, Laestadius L, Leavitt SM, Minnemeyer S, Polasky S, Potapov P, Putz F, Sanderman J, Silvius M, Wollenberg E, Fargione J. 2017. Natural climate solutions. PNAS, 114:11645-11650.
Presentations
Tony D’Amato
Northeast Climate Science Center webinar December 6, 2017, “Engaging managers in forest adaptation science and application in the northern forest region.”
https://necsc.umass.edu/webinars/engaging-managers-forest-adaptation-science-and-application-northern-forest-region.
Bill Keeton
Keeton, W.S. Forest carbon project feasibility in the Northeast: how to achieve multiple co-benefits. Managing Our Forests Webinar Series, UVM Extension and Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. Dec. 5, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow_WztLulMI
Keeton, W.S. and S.E. Ford. Enhanced carbon storage and co-benefits through management for structural complexity and old-growth characteristics in northern hardwood-conifer forests of North America. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), 125th Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, Germany. Sept. 18-22, 2017.
Keeton, W.S. and G. W. Meigs. Intermediate severity windthrow effects on forest structure and carbon dynamics in the eastern United States: implications for adaptive management. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), 125th Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, Germany. Sept. 18-22, 2017.
Sabatini, F. M., Burrascano, S., Keeton, W. S., Levers, C., Lindner, M., Pötzschner, F.; Verkerk, H., and Kuemmerle, T. The last primary forest remnants in Europe: their spatial distribution and determinants. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), 125th Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, Germany. Sept. 18-22, 2017.
Keeton, W.S. Forests, carbon and climate resilience: approaches for woodland management. Working Woodlands Series, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, VT. August 27, 2017.
Meigs, G.W. and W.S. Keeton. Intermediate-severity wind disturbance in mature temperate forests: Effects on legacy structure, carbon storage, and stand dynamics. Ecological Society of American Annual Conference. Portland, OR. August 6-11, 2017.
Keeton, W.S. Experimental tests of silvicultural strategies that promote stand structural complexity in northern hardwood forests. North American Forest Ecology Workshop. Edmunton, Alberta, Canada, June 19-22, 2017.
Ellen Marsden
Marsden, J. E. Development of acoustic telemetry coverage and collaborative fish monitoring in Lake Champlain. GLATOS workshop, Ann Arbor, Feb. 2018.
Griffin, J. and J. E. Marsden. Visual display of complex, multidimensional spatial data from acoustic telemetry. Poster, GLATOS workshop, Ann Arbor, Feb 2018.
Meryl Richards
Meryl hosted a workshop for PhD students from developing countries who are studying low emissions agriculture. The meeting for the Climate, Food and Farming (CLIFF) Network took place alongside COP323 in Bonn, Germany in November 2017. Read a blog about the workshop by the CLIFF students.
Meryl presented at a meeting of agriculture and climate change experts in Vietnam in August 2017. Read about the meeting in this blog, “Climate experts identify building blocks of Vietnam’s mitigation actions in rice”
Holden Sparacino
Lake Champlain Research Conference, January 9, 2018. “Winter Maintenance Best Practices: Identifying and Lowering Private Contractors' Barriers to Adoption.”
Kimberly Wallin
Presentation to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine panel on “The potential for biotechnology to address forest health” in Washington DC on Feb. 8, 2018.
Kimberly helped to lead a UVM Workshop – “Mentoring Writing in the Lab” on February 20, 2018. Mentoring students' writing happens not just in the classroom but in the lab and field. Leaders shared labs that feature approaches to scaffolding and supporting writing instruction for undergraduates, graduate students, and post-docs. Co-sponsored by the UVM Graduate Writing Center. http://www.uvm.edu/president/?Page=news&&storyID=25573&category=adminall
Lini Wollenberg
Lini facilitated an official side event at the COP23 climate change negotiations in November 2017. CCAFS, the Climate Policy Initiative, and the Climate-Smart Lending Platform, co-sponsored the event, “Climate finance: Emerging instruments for mitigation in agriculture.” Read about the event and access the presentations in the blog, “Climate finance: Emerging instruments for mitigation in agriculture.”
Eric Zencey
Eric gave a presentation to the faculty of the Environmental Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis in February 2018: “Malthus, Money, and Debt, and the Zombie Financial Crisis of the World Industrial Economy,” based on an essay he wrote published May 2016 in Aspenia, the journal of the Italian affiliate of the Aspen Institute. The point of departure is the congruence between the food-and-population theorizing of Malthus and the wealth-and-debt theorizing of Frederick Soddy.
Awards and Accomplishments
Robert Bartlett, professor and Gund Chair of the Liberal Arts in the UVM political science department with a secondary appointment in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, has been named a Fulbright Scholar at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Robert will serve as Fulbright-Diplomatic Academy Visiting Professor of International Studies from early 2019 until June 30, 2019 and will teach a pair of nine-week graduate courses in international environmental governance and comparative environmental politics. His project, “Democratic Global Environment Governance under Circumstances of the Anthropocene” will advance his current research that includes a book-length analysis of a rights foundation for institutions of global democratic governance.
Tony D’Amato completed the inaugural offering of the Northeast Silviculture Institute for Foresters in collaboration with Karen Bennett from the University of New Hampshire Extension. The Institute is a graduate-level training for practicing foresters in silviculture that serves as the local Northeast module for the USDA Forest Service National Advanced Silviculture Program. Tony and Karen co-developed and delivered the program for the first time in 2017 and will offer it again in 2018. The program consists of 5, two-day training workshops on the ecology and silviculture of regionally important forest types ranging from northern hardwoods to mixed oak hickory forests. The initial offering had over 250 participants from across the northeast.
Forestry students Diana Gurvich, Jonah Salzman-Cohen, Ben Church, and Matt Hamor won the student quiz bowl at the New England Society of American Foresters (NESAF) annual meeting held March 27-29, 2018 in Nashua, NH. This is the second time Diana, Jonah, and Matt have been on the winning quiz bowl team and the third time in four years that UVM has won the NESAF quiz bowl. Congratulations, Team and Tony D'Amato their coach!
Tony also received an award for a project that he and recently completed graduate student Molly Heuss were involved with related to examining management options for addressing impacts of southern pine beetle on forests on Long Island, NY. They were part of the team that received a 2017 Honor Award through the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region/Northeastern Area. The award was associated with the Sustaining our Nation's Forests and Grasslands category: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r9/home/?cid=FSEPRD571497
PhD student Charlie Nicholson was a visiting PhD student at Lund University, Sweden September 2017 – February 2018. The trip was funded in full by the National Science Foundation GROW grant. As a visiting student at Lund University's Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, he worked closely with Henrik Smith and Ola Olsson, ecologists who have developed a pollinator foraging model that is being applied to his PhD research.
Part-time lecturer and PhD student Bess Perry (who will graduate in May 2018) has received the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center's 2018 Research Fellowship to study park ecotourism development in Oman. Parks, recreation, and tourism are poised to be vital components of the Sultanate's economic diversification plans. Specifically, Bess will be examining how Omani park ecotourism can be developed in ways relevant to local communities, destination tourists, and public-private partnerships alike.
Alum Nathan Reigner (PhD '14) has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship by the National Science Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iceland. His work will take place from January – August 2019.
PhD student Nicole Rogers just accepted a position as a forestry faculty member at the University of Maine Fort Kent. Read more: https://www.umfk.edu/valleyvision/umfk-new-professor-of-forestry/
Nathan Sanders, director of the UVM Environmental Program, has been elected a fellow in The Ecological Society of America (ESA), one of the highest honors awarded to ecological researchers and scholars.
Lecturer Eric Zencey was named a Sustainability Fellow of the Sam Fox School’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design in February 2018.