Topic: Monitor for long-term changes in forest health, species distributions, phenology, and disturbance processes to better understand how climate change is affecting forest ecosystems. (View All Topics in the Plan)

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Stillaquamish Tribe

Identify and focus monitoring on sensitive habitats and species in priority regions.

Ecosystems
Stillaquamish Tribe

Monitor important phenological changes in forest plant and animal species.

Ecosystems
Stillaquamish Tribe

Identify long-term monitoring programs to increase knowledge of patterns, characteristics, and rates of change in species distributions.

Ecosystems
Stillaquamish Tribe

Use Forest Inventory and Analysis plot information to determine trends in forests, including changes in seedling survival, species composition, and...

Ecosystems
Stillaquamish Tribe

Where relevant, consider establishing permanent monitoring plots in communities with vulnerable species and share data with partners.

Ecosystems
Stillaquamish Tribe

Identify the range of invasive species and pathogens that may affect the Stillaguamish Watershed as a result of climate change,...

Ecosystems
Stillaquamish Tribe

Monitor post-fire regeneration to determine what can be expected after large fires.

Ecosystems