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Cedar Waxing or Waning? The Potential to Save Yellow-Cedar Trees Using Adaptive Management

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As the climate changes, the tree species living in a forest may also change. This change means that some trees species may die and new species may move into the area. Scientists find it difficult to know for sure whether tree movement and tree death result from a changing climate. Other factors, not related to climate, may also cause a forest’s tree species to change. The cause of yellow-cedar death was unknown for many years. The scientists in this study spent 20 years discovering the probable cause of yellow-cedar death. 

Welcome to the Scientific Models in Adaptive Management edition

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Education Standards Correlations

• "Freezing to Death in a Warming Climate: Yellow-Cedars in Trouble"

  For more information visit http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/climatesnap-shot/2012/02/09/freezing-death-warming-climate-yellow-cedars-trouble?page=0,0

• Assisted Tree Migration

  For more information visit http://en.wikipedia/org/wiki/Assisted_migration

• For a Natural Inquirer article about the roots of trees

  For more information visit https://www.naturalinquirer.org/FACELook-(Monograph)-i-12.html

• How Trees Might Move in a Changing Climate

  For more information visit https://www.naturalinquirer.org/The-Possible-Impact-of-Climate-Change-on-Forest-Habitats-a-108.html

• Totem Poles

  For more information visit http://www.native-languages.org/totem.htm

• Tracking Yellow Cedar Decline

  For more information visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ym6JnNXJM&feature=youtu.be

• USA Today Article on Yellow-Cedar Decline

  For more information visit http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2006-03-27-yellow-cedar_x.htm

• Yellow Cedar Photo Gallery

  For more information visit http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/olympia/silv/YellowCedar/ycedarCover.html

• Dr. David D'Amore
• Dr. Paul Hennon
• Dr. Schaberg
• Dr. Colin Shanley
• Dr. Dustin Wittwer

• Characteristics of Scientists
• Scientific Topics
• The Scientific Process
• Uses and Benefits of Science

• Adaptation
• Change
• Climate Change
• Ecosystems
• Forest Community
• Human impact on natural resources
• Importance of Forests
• Natural Processes
• Tree Movement
• Trees
• Value of natural environments

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
• Diversity and adaptations of organisms (C)
• Nature of science (G)
• Populations and ecosystems (C)
• Regulation and behavior (C)
• Risks and benefits (F)
• Science as a human endeavor (G)
• Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)