Newsletter: May & June 2025
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EmailHappy end of the semester to those in school or teaching and enjoy the wonderful nature and weather that summer often brings. Please find the latest updates from the Forest Carbon and Climate Program below.
Hello FCCP Community,
We hope this email finds you well! We'd like to share a few updates regarding Forest Carbon and Climate Program activities. Please find these announcements below.
- Professional Online Courses
- News + Events
- Career Opportunities
- Research + Resources
—The Forest Carbon and Climate Program Team
A note from the Director
Dear members of the FCCP community,
Many of you may have heard about the significant ice storm that occurred late March in northern Michigan resulting in significant damage to power infrastructure and forest ecosystems. Moments like these are a good reminder that increasing severity of extreme weather events can have dramatic impacts on both forests and the communities that rely upon forests. This also highlights an opportunity to remind us that sustainable forest management incorporating climate change considerations can serve as a viable solution to climate induced challenges.
We’re excited to ramp up our summer activities with lots of exciting things planned including landowner workshops across the eastern US to increase access and remove barriers to voluntary carbon markets through resource sharing and knowledge transfer. We’ll be launching a new series of learning modules titled “Carbon Stewardship of National Forests and Grasslands” in collaboration with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science. A team of researchers will head to Colombia to implement a co-designed research approach involving stakeholders to inform new carbon mitigation standards and engagement strategies as apart of the Augmenting Climate Transition across the Atlantic Transect of which FCCP is a member of a diverse team of researchers and practitioners across four countries.
Happy end of the semester to those in school or teaching and enjoy the wonderful nature and weather that summer often brings.
All my best,
Chad
Professional Online Courses
Our online short course, Understanding Forest Carbon Management, and our online intensives, Wildland Fire and Forest Carbon Management, Urban Forests & Climate Change, Forest Certification and Climate Change and FCCP Intensive: US Regions, are live now! Our next session begins September 9th, lock in your spot for the upcoming session before prices increase on July 9th.
For more information, visit our Professional Courses page. This page includes registration instructions, course pricing information, and an onboarding video that outlines what to expect after registration.
News + Events
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Social and Ecological Impacts of Forest Carbon Offsets
Join us on June 24th, 2-3 PM ET for the final presentation in our 2025 Learning Exchange Series, in which Tatyana Ruseva, Stephanie Chizmar, and Jake Stanton will discuss "Social and Ecological Impacts of Forest Carbon Offsets", moderated by Melissa Kreye.
Register here: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g2R6q7xpTfW0jglQdqPLSA#/registration
Student view: A path to Forestry and Climate Policy
Jake Fitzharris, a master’s student in forestry discusses how the FCCP Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Management, and Policy is helping build technical skills and a deeper knowledge of climate-related issues that will carry over into a future career. Learn more HERE
New manuscript on biochar feasibility in Michigan
Dr. Raju Pokharel, assistant professor Department of Forestry and FCCP affiliated faculty, recently published a manuscript in the Journal GCB-Bioenergy assessing feedstock availability and economic feasibility of utilizing forest biomass for biochar in Michigan.
Join us at the 9th American Forest Congress Reforestation Pathway Workshop
Make your voice heard and help build consensus about the future of forestry in American by participating in the Reforestation Pathway Workshop on May 21, 2025, 11:30-4:30 ET. This workshop is free and completed online.
Learn more here: https://forestcongress.org/webinar-and-workshops/
Climate Adaptation Menu for North American Grasslands
Our friends and colleagues at the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and the USDA Forest Service co-authored a new climate adaptation menu for North American grasslands designed to help managers translate concepts in actions.
This paper is freely available here:
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.70017
International Conference on Forest Carbon & Resilience Call for Abstracts
The International Conference on Forest Carbon and Resilience (ICFCR) is presented by the Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment is now accepting Abstracts. The conference will take place September 29 – October 1, 2025. Learn more here: https://cfwe.auburn.edu/icfcr/
New report on climate change considerations for forest operations in northern forests
USDA Forest Service and Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science researchers publish a report on how climate change is impacting operations in northern forests and implications for planning and practice. Find the report here: https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-223
Biomass satellite launched!
The European Space Agency recently launched their groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide vital information about the state of our planet’s forests and how they are changing. Learn more about the satellite and successful launch here.
Career Opportunities
Beaumont Nursery Manager / Greenhouse Manager
Michigan State University is hiring a nursery manager responsible for overseeing all aspects of the nursery operations, including the research, purchase, care, documentation, and inventory of plant materials for campus plantings and academic use.
Lecturer – University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota is hiring a lecture to develop and teach forestry / natural resources courses, advise students with regard to academic concerns and school-related organizations, and provide service-related teaching duties including mentoring teaching assistants.
Research + Resources
Landowner resources for forest carbon and carbon markets in Wisconsin
Learn more about incorporating climate change considerations into your land management planning and how to participate in carbon markets with these help University of Wisconsin-Madison Forestry Extension resources:
https://woodlandinfo.org/learn/climate/carbon/
Climate Change Atlas user guide version 1.0:
The Climate Change Atlas provides users with data and model inputs about species habitat suitability, migration potential, and adaptability scores. This user guide provides new descriptions and definitions to help users interpret and understand key concepts. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/69187
Field Note: Learning from early application of a transition forest climate adaptation planting strategy incorporating assisted migration in southern New England
This field note presents an early example of forest climate adaptation tree planting project incorporating assisted migration in southern New England illustrating some of the opportunities and challenges associated with implementing assisted migration as an operational-scale. Access the field note here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44392-025-00019-y
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and colleagues.
Happy start of summer!
Sincerely,
MSU FCCP
