Will climate change reshape California's natural and working landscapes?

California is home to some of the worlds most visited and iconic natural places. After all it was Sierra Nevada of California that sparked the modern environmental movement through the influence of John Muir and Ansel Adams leading to widespread land protection. And due to the abundant water resources and our Mediterranean climate the state is the among the most productive agricultural regions on the globe. But climate change, replete with heat waves, flooding, reductions in snowpack and wildfires are just a few of the impacts that put our forests and agriculture fields at risk. Steven Ostoja will discuss how these impacts are expected to force change on these sectors and what we are doing today to help prepare for California’s changing climate.

Steven Ostoja is director of the USDA California Regional Climate Hub at the Agricultural Research Service and Fellow at the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis. The Climate Hubs were designed to develop and deliver science-based, region-specific information and technologies to enable climate-informed decision-making. The California Hub program was established to provide solutions to these challenges for the states forestry and agriculture sectors. 

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