Trees and Snow in Seattle's Cedar River Watershed: Can Silviculture Help Combat Climate Change?

Abstract

Lundquist will provide a brief history of the Cedar River watershed. She will consider how climate change is likely to affect the watershed. Next, she will present an overview of interactions between trees and snow. She will describe her current research study, sharing its design and some very preliminary results. She will conclude with: Perhaps trees can help us retain snow on our landscape, but we have to get that snow onto the landscape first...