Coordination support for adapting to climate change

Coordination support for adapting to climate change

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is currently working in partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to enhance the ability of agencies and local governments to enact new laws, policies, and outreach programs that will assist the State of Maryland and her citizens to adapt to a changing climate.

 

Key Personnel

Dave Nemazie
Chief of Staff
Marcus Griswold
Water Resources Scientist
Caroline Donovan
Program Manager

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2014

Money symbol (SYMBOL)

Next steps (SYMBOL)

Toolbox (SYMBOL)

2013

Forestry worker (SYMBOL)

Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora) closeup (PHOTO)

Diseased elm (PHOTO)

Elevated rain barrel (PHOTO)

Forest interior wetland (PHOTO)

Forester and landowner agree on healthly forest strategies (PHOTO)

Forester and landowner consult (PHOTO)

Forester and landowner consult during a survey of the forest (PHOTO)

Forester and landowner survey the forest (PHOTO)

Forester checks for disease or pests (PHOTO)

Forester planting a tree (PHOTO)

Girdling a Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) (PHOTO)

Girdling a Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) (PHOTO)

Girdling a Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) (PHOTO)

Healthy diverse forest (PHOTO)

Healthy forest (PHOTO)

Healthy forest (PHOTO)

Healthy forest (PHOTO)

Horse manure compost pile (PHOTO)

Landowner and Forester consult (PHOTO)

Landowner and Forester in agreement (PHOTO)

Landowner farming (PHOTO)

Landowners and forester working together (PHOTO)

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda) (PHOTO)

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda) being planted (PHOTO)

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda) being planted by Forester (PHOTO)

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda) dipped in rooting gel (PHOTO)

Meadow up to the forest edge (PHOTO)

Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum) in maple (PHOTO)

Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) (PHOTO)

Unhealthy tree (PHOTO)

Unhealthy tree (PHOTO)

Climate change: ghost forest (SYMBOL)

Climate change: wildfire (SYMBOL)

Dead tree 4 (SYMBOL)

Quercus spp. (Oak) seedling (SYMBOL)

Timeframe

  • Start: 2010-12-01
  • Finish: 2013-12-31
  • Duration: 3 years