In the News...

Interns Enhance Center Research and Partnerships

SGCP welcomed five summer interns to the staff. Funding support came from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Southern Research Station Multicultural Workforce Strategic Initiative, and a National Science Foundation Geographic Information Systems grant through the Department of Environmental, Earth, and Geospatial Sciences at North Carolina Central University.

EFETAC Welcomes New Member

Stephanie L. Worley Firley joined EFETAC as a biological science information specialist in May 2009. She is actively involved with the Center’s communication, outreach, and technology transfer efforts in addition to working closely with EFETAC scientists, partners, and customers. She holds a B.S. in environmental studies (policy and management) from the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Magazine Articles Highlight EFETAC Hydrology Research

SGCP cutting-edge hydrology research appears in two recent magazine articles. The May/June 2009 issue of Forest Landowner features Ge Sun, SGCP research hydrologist, in "Forests and Future Water Stress in the Southeast." The article by Stephanie Worley Firley addresses the impacts of climate change, population growth, and land use change on water supplies based on SGCP projections. Steve McNulty discusses the impacts of climate change and variability on water resources in "Rivers of Change" by Cathryn McCue, a Blue Ridge Country Web exclusive. Read the articles at http://www.forestthreats.org.

SGCP Scientist Featured on ForestEco Podcast

Steve McNulty lends his voice to the August 2009 edition of Forest Eco in a brief overview of climate change impacts on southern forests. Forest Eco is a two-minute podcast and radio module distributed monthly by the Service Southern Research Station. Listen to the podcast at http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/foresteco/archives.html.

Distribution of Forest Threats Now Viewable in Google Earth

EFETAC’s Forest Threat Summary Viewer offers maps that indicate the presence of specific forest threats by state. Now, these maps can also be downloaded for viewing in Google Earth. With this feature, the distribution of multiple forest threats can be viewed simultaneously and compared with landscape features. Check out the Forest Threat Summary Viewer at http://www.threatsummary.forestthreats.org.

New Publications and Products

For a complete list of new publications, please visit www.forestthreats.org or www.treesearch.fs.fed.us.

Threat Assessment
Fitzpatrick, M.C. and W.W. Hargrove. 2009. The projection of species distribution models and the problem of non-analog climate. Biodiversity and Conservation 18:2255-2261.

Guo, Q. 2009. Interactive effects of diversity and biomass on productivity: insights from succession. Pages 58-73 in Wu, J. and J. Yang (eds.), Lectures in Modern Ecology (IV): Theory and Applications. Higher Education Press and Springer, Beijing.

Southern Global Change Program
Blate, G.M., L.A. Joyce, J.S. Littell, S.G. McNulty, C.I. Millar, S.C. Moser, R.P. Neilson, K. O’Halloran, and D.L. Peterson. 2009. Adapting to climate change in United States national forests. Unasylva 60(231/232):57-62.

Forest Health Monitoring
Schulz, Bethany K; Bechtold, William A.; Zarnoch, Stanley J. 2009. Sampling and Estimation Procedures for the Vegetation Diversity and Structure Indicator. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-781. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 53 p.

New EFETAC Brochure, Fact Sheets
A newly published EFETAC brochure provides an overview of Center teams and research activities. Additionally, fact sheets describing SGCP research related to water supply stress, carbon flux, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen deposition are now available. Download from the EFETAC website or contact us to request printed copies.



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