Natural area stewards face diverse and increasing numbers of invasive species, while climate change also places stress on local ecosystems. Individually, invasive species and climate change are major threats. Taken together, and interacting, they pose major challenges. In the face of this, managers can choose among 3 basic strategies: 1) Resist change and try to main local ecosystems as they are; 2) Accept/direct change, acknowledging that conditions might be so transformed that natural communities can no longer maintain the same species; or 3) Manage for resilience, with a focus on maintaining ecosystem processes and functions while accepting that some species might change. This session will encourage participants to focus on the brief paper from Bradley et al. 2019 (“Double Trouble,” https://doi.org/10.7275/djdw-cm44) to consider different approaches and management strategies, looking at specific examples of whether, when, and how we decide to resist, adapt, or transform.
This presentation has been approved by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division for recertification credits in the following category(s): 2: Forest Pest Management, 3B: Ornamental Pest Management, 5: Aquatic Pest Management, and 6: Right-of-Way Pest Management