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From page 55... ... "We are potentially putting together a master strategy for how to communicate about climate change to family forest owners, individual owners, community owners, but the missing piece is: What do we actually tell the landowners to do differently than they're doing now," another commented. "If we can identify those actions, those critical steps, those basic steps that landowners can take and train our extension special 55 Read the entire page →
From page 56... ... The reality of climate change also "ties many different threads together, especially in terms of mitigation," one person noted. It may be a tougher sell to argue for forest-related policies without a larger narrative of climate change benefits and risks. Read the entire page →
From page 57... ... While it might be prudent to leave climate change out of any one forest management discussion, in order to be more effective with a skeptical audience, the issue itself cannot be avoided altogether, the participant said. LISTENING TO LANDOWNERS Discussion returned frequently to the importance of engaging landowners, understanding their own goals for their land, and getting a sense of what they already know and what their needs are before pushing recommendations on them. Read the entire page →
From page 58... ... "If you engage with a landowner, nine times out of ten it's at their invitation," one noted, adding that "whatever they're interested in doing, whether it's watching wildlife, whether it's hunting, almost in every case the things we would do for them as service providers or technical assistance specialists or natural resource professionals in some way, shape, or form is going to have a positive outcome for carbon, for climate." Various participants noted the potential for conflict when the goals and objectives that forestland owners and those who want to guide forest management have diverged. They emphasized how important it is that service providers utilize the whole range of tools education and social science research can suggest to align agendas for the long-term benefit of owners, society, and the forest ecosystems themselves. Read the entire page →
From page 59... ... A language of trust that is based on mutual respect and appreciation might be at odds with strategies for encouraging individuals or groups to behave or act in ways others prefer, as one participant noted; the challenge lies in establishing bridges between different interests and goals in ways that feel genuine and honest. COLLABORATION A participant noted that "getting the scientists and the practitioners in the room together is the only way to do this….The goals for preserving, protecting, and increasing forestland cannot be accomplished by foresters, forest ecologists, forest entomologists, forest economists, forest anything," Read the entire page →
From page 60... ... Discussion highlighted the importance of better preparing future foresters for these challenges through postsecondary education and in other ways during their university education. Several participants also suggested embedding appropriate elements into a system of professional development and learning for the intermediaries between the science of climate change and the application through sound forestry practices across the nation. Read the entire page →

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... "We are potentially putting together a master strategy for how to communicate about climate change to family forest owners, individual owners, community owners, but the missing piece is: What do we actually tell the landowners to do differently than they're doing now," another commented. "If we can identify those actions, those critical steps, those basic steps that landowners can take and train our extension special 55

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From page 56...

... The reality of climate change also "ties many different threads together, especially in terms of mitigation," one person noted. It may be a tougher sell to argue for forest-related policies without a larger narrative of climate change benefits and risks.

Read the entire page →

From page 57...

... While it might be prudent to leave climate change out of any one forest management discussion, in order to be more effective with a skeptical audience, the issue itself cannot be avoided altogether, the participant said. LISTENING TO LANDOWNERS Discussion returned frequently to the importance of engaging landowners, understanding their own goals for their land, and getting a sense of what they already know and what their needs are before pushing recommendations on them.

Read the entire page →

From page 58...

... "If you engage with a landowner, nine times out of ten it's at their invitation," one noted, adding that "whatever they're interested in doing, whether it's watching wildlife, whether it's hunting, almost in every case the things we would do for them as service providers or technical assistance specialists or natural resource professionals in some way, shape, or form is going to have a positive outcome for carbon, for climate." Various participants noted the potential for conflict when the goals and objectives that forestland owners and those who want to guide forest management have diverged. They emphasized how important it is that service providers utilize the whole range of tools education and social science research can suggest to align agendas for the long-term benefit of owners, society, and the forest ecosystems themselves.

Read the entire page →

From page 59...

... A language of trust that is based on mutual respect and appreciation might be at odds with strategies for encouraging individuals or groups to behave or act in ways others prefer, as one participant noted; the challenge lies in establishing bridges between different interests and goals in ways that feel genuine and honest. COLLABORATION A participant noted that "getting the scientists and the practitioners in the room together is the only way to do this….The goals for preserving, protecting, and increasing forestland cannot be accomplished by foresters, forest ecologists, forest entomologists, forest economists, forest anything,"

Read the entire page →

From page 60...

... Discussion highlighted the importance of better preparing future foresters for these challenges through postsecondary education and in other ways during their university education. Several participants also suggested embedding appropriate elements into a system of professional development and learning for the intermediaries between the science of climate change and the application through sound forestry practices across the nation.

Read the entire page →

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5 Recurring Themes and Questions Pages 55-60

5 Recurring Themes and Questions
Pages 55-60