TREE MORTALITY

A SYMPTOM OF A LARGER DISCUSSION

LAFCO 2018

BRITTANY DYER

TREE MORTALITY

Photos: Eastern Madera County, via air Brittany Dyer

DROUGHT & PESTS

County Fire, Yolo County , Mariposa County , Orange County , Shasta County FIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION DROUGHT + PEST = CORPORALS

Photo by CALFIRE MMU DSIs Created by CALFIRE MMU

HUMAN DIMENSIONS

CONSIDERATIONS • Economic • Political will • Social • Public comprehension • Political • Economic drivers • Decision making processes • Available science at the time FOREST ECOSYSTEMS & SOCIETY

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL

Fire Suppression Logging industry Public perception Tribal Ecological Knowledge Biomass Fire Policy Random Acts of Restoration vs. Landscape Level Change Workforce Reactive vs Preventative European Settlement Tourism/Recreation Cultural Resources Climate-Smart Tools Rural Disadvantaged Population Everchanging System Communities Political will POLITICAL & SOCIAL WILL INFLUENCE MANAGEMENT DECISION

SIERRA NEVADA REGION

• Ecosystem Services • World renowned dive plant & wildlife diversity • Carbon Sequestration Capacity • 60% of the states developed water infrastructure • Snowpack and meadows as free storage • Air quality and purification (i.e. oxygen) • Renewable energy generation

coLABORation

THANK YOU

• Tom Wheeler, Madera County District 5 Supervisor – [email protected] • Brittany Dyer, District Chief of Staff, Madera County – [email protected] • Brian Mattos, MMU, CALFIRE Forester – [email protected] • Len Nielson, SoutherVMP Manager & Environmental Coordinator – [email protected] • Denise Tolmie, U.S.F.S., Bass Lake Ranger District, District Ranger – [email protected] • Daivd Brahun, Madera County LAFCO – [email protected] HAPPY 125TH ANNIVERSARY

To Madera County & the