Rob Stein

It's funny, reforestation a lot of times, I think the general public, myself included, before I got into this, you know, you think you put a tree in the ground, it's just it's going to grow, right? Turns out that's not the case. A lot of times we put things in the ground and they die. And it's the same thing for tree seedlings as well.

It's funny, reforestation a lot of times, I think the general public, myself included, before I got into this, you know, you think you put a tree in the ground, it's just it's going to grow, right? Turns out that's not the case. A lot of times we put things in the ground and they die. And it's the same thing for tree seedlings as well.

It's funny, reforestation a lot of times, I think the general public, myself included, before I got into this, you know, you think you put a tree in the ground, it's just it's going to grow, right? Turns out that's not the case. A lot of times we put things in the ground and they die. And it's the same thing for tree seedlings as well.

We're dealing with more severe droughts, just more harsh conditions in general. So it's just the seedlings need more of a leg up to kind of get established.

We're dealing with more severe droughts, just more harsh conditions in general. So it's just the seedlings need more of a leg up to kind of get established.

We're dealing with more severe droughts, just more harsh conditions in general. So it's just the seedlings need more of a leg up to kind of get established.

The way in which the experiment works, we're testing essentially four kind of types of seed sources at each site. And so we test the historic seed that would have existed there historically, the current seed that would exist under the current climate, and then we project out to the future climate and then end of century climate.

The way in which the experiment works, we're testing essentially four kind of types of seed sources at each site. And so we test the historic seed that would have existed there historically, the current seed that would exist under the current climate, and then we project out to the future climate and then end of century climate.

The way in which the experiment works, we're testing essentially four kind of types of seed sources at each site. And so we test the historic seed that would have existed there historically, the current seed that would exist under the current climate, and then we project out to the future climate and then end of century climate.

All we're doing is we're matching what that future climate is with a different spot that's currently on the landscape. So as long as we match up some of those climate variables, like a mean cold month temperature is a very common one we use, or a summer heat moisture index are two really common variables that we use for seedlot selection.

All we're doing is we're matching what that future climate is with a different spot that's currently on the landscape. So as long as we match up some of those climate variables, like a mean cold month temperature is a very common one we use, or a summer heat moisture index are two really common variables that we use for seedlot selection.

All we're doing is we're matching what that future climate is with a different spot that's currently on the landscape. So as long as we match up some of those climate variables, like a mean cold month temperature is a very common one we use, or a summer heat moisture index are two really common variables that we use for seedlot selection.

We're just matching them in space from what's predicted in the future to what currently exists on the ground.

We're just matching them in space from what's predicted in the future to what currently exists on the ground.

We're just matching them in space from what's predicted in the future to what currently exists on the ground.

You're generally moving it from a climate that it was historically adapted to that it evolved under. Um, and then you're moving it to a climate that you think is going to exist in the future at a given location. Um, and that's, yeah, that's assisted population migration also referred to as assisted gene flow. Um, but it's sticking within the existing habitat range of that species.

You're generally moving it from a climate that it was historically adapted to that it evolved under. Um, and then you're moving it to a climate that you think is going to exist in the future at a given location. Um, and that's, yeah, that's assisted population migration also referred to as assisted gene flow. Um, but it's sticking within the existing habitat range of that species.

You're generally moving it from a climate that it was historically adapted to that it evolved under. Um, and then you're moving it to a climate that you think is going to exist in the future at a given location. Um, and that's, yeah, that's assisted population migration also referred to as assisted gene flow. Um, but it's sticking within the existing habitat range of that species.

And so it's generally considered less risky than like, uh, assisted species migration where maybe you're moving, uh, um, you know, species far outside of its natural range.

And so it's generally considered less risky than like, uh, assisted species migration where maybe you're moving, uh, um, you know, species far outside of its natural range.