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Webinar

Forest Management and Water Yield: Tool Development and Synthesis of Outcomes for Embedded Wetlands

Event Date
May 11, 2023
Time
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. eastern
Location
Virtual
A forested wetland, with standing water and trees.

On May 11 at 1:00 p.m. eastern, Dr. Katie Glodzik and Dr. Esther Lee from the University of Florida will present recent findings on the influence of upland forest management on wetland and landscape-scale hydrologic functions and associated ecosystem services. 

Registration

This virtual webinar will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. No registration is required.

Wetlands provide a suite of ecosystem services, including fish and wildlife habitat, microclimate regulation, nutrient and sediment capture and storage, water storage to reduce flooding, and carbon storage with resulting benefits for climate change mitigation. The scope of these services may be significantly affected by surrounding land cover, including variations in forest density and canopy leaf area.

On May 11 at 1:00 p.m. eastern, Dr. Katie Glodzik and Dr. Esther Lee from the University of Florida School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences will present on a new model-based tool and associated findings on the influence of upland forest management on wetland and landscape-scale hydrologic functions. Findings may be used to inform management practices that increase water yield, improve wetland functions, and support targeted wetlands restoration efforts in the future. Model results related to the influence of wetland hydrology on carbon sequestration and the potential to increase the carbon storage capacity of wetlands will be discussed. While the focus of this presentation is on geographically isolated wetlands in Coastal Plain pine forests of the southeastern United States, trends may be leveraged to inform management of a diversity of wetlands landscapes.

Registration is not required. Visit the Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series webpage for additional information, including a link to access the live event.