Hannah Chinn

This is Rob Slaysack. He's a researcher with the U.S. Forest Service. And he says because growing tree seedlings is so complicated, foresters try to really maximize the seedlings' chance of survival.

That involves things like nurturing the seedlings for longer before planting them, or planting the trees more spaced out so that they don't compete for resources, and maybe most importantly, planting local.

That involves things like nurturing the seedlings for longer before planting them, or planting the trees more spaced out so that they don't compete for resources, and maybe most importantly, planting local.

That involves things like nurturing the seedlings for longer before planting them, or planting the trees more spaced out so that they don't compete for resources, and maybe most importantly, planting local.

She's the manager of the Durina Genetic Resource Center now. But before that, she was working with the Forest Service as a silviculturist, which just means she does tree and forest management.

She's the manager of the Durina Genetic Resource Center now. But before that, she was working with the Forest Service as a silviculturist, which just means she does tree and forest management.

She's the manager of the Durina Genetic Resource Center now. But before that, she was working with the Forest Service as a silviculturist, which just means she does tree and forest management.

Yeah, exactly. But Lisa's been working in forest management and conservation for a long time. And in that time, the speed of climate change has really shifted. And foresters are trying to figure out whether this local approach to planting trees needs to shift too.

Yeah, exactly. But Lisa's been working in forest management and conservation for a long time. And in that time, the speed of climate change has really shifted. And foresters are trying to figure out whether this local approach to planting trees needs to shift too.

Yeah, exactly. But Lisa's been working in forest management and conservation for a long time. And in that time, the speed of climate change has really shifted. And foresters are trying to figure out whether this local approach to planting trees needs to shift too.

So in the time that it takes for a seed to be harvested and then planted and then start growing, foresters are realizing the growing conditions in its home might have changed.

So in the time that it takes for a seed to be harvested and then planted and then start growing, foresters are realizing the growing conditions in its home might have changed.

So in the time that it takes for a seed to be harvested and then planted and then start growing, foresters are realizing the growing conditions in its home might have changed.

And Rob told me this, too.

And Rob told me this, too.

And Rob told me this, too.

Seedlings might face drier or more humid conditions. They might need to weather unprecedented heat waves. There's just a bunch of potentially changing conditions that endanger these trees. And that's a real problem for forest management. They're going through the same things we are, these poor trees. Yeah, exactly. But foresters have come up with a way of tackling it.

Seedlings might face drier or more humid conditions. They might need to weather unprecedented heat waves. There's just a bunch of potentially changing conditions that endanger these trees. And that's a real problem for forest management. They're going through the same things we are, these poor trees. Yeah, exactly. But foresters have come up with a way of tackling it.

Seedlings might face drier or more humid conditions. They might need to weather unprecedented heat waves. There's just a bunch of potentially changing conditions that endanger these trees. And that's a real problem for forest management. They're going through the same things we are, these poor trees. Yeah, exactly. But foresters have come up with a way of tackling it.

And this is a project that Rob's leading, the same project that you heard Michelle and her crew packing up those baby tree popsicles for. It's called the Experimental Network for Assisted Migration and Establishment Silviculture, or E-Names for short. I love an acronym.