The ability of forests to sequester and store carbon is dependent on the management behaviors of millions of federal, state, local, and private forest landowners and natural resources professionals. However, these forest owners and managers face a daunting task trying to understand how to choose appropriate forest management practices that would help adapt to or even help mitigate climate change. Michigan State University Forestry Department (MSU Forestry) will work in partnership with the USDA Forest Service’s Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) and the USDA Northern Forest Climate Hub (USDA Hub) to develop a robust an e-learning program with content focused on forest carbon management.The proposed project will develop and implement an innovative program with e-content and non-formal learning experiences on forest carbon management. The intended audience for this effort is natural resource professionals and extension agents. This approach will reach many in rural areas who would otherwise be difficult to reach with in-person educational approaches. Project outputs include an e-course on Forest Carbon Management (eligible for continuing education credits), and an e-learning module refined for a broad audience. Success will be evaluated via a pre- and post-test survey of course trainees. We expect that this project will increase natural resource professionals' understanding of forest carbon management and that forest landowners will have access to advice and information about carbon benefits and markets for their woodland management activities.
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