Title of talk:  “Mountain Pine Beetles, Climate Change, and Forests:  Who Survives and Why?  Does it Matter for Forest Management?”

Presenter: Professor Diana Six

Professor of Forest Entomology, University of Montana 

Tonight’s talk:  Diana will discuss recent studies suggesting that tree survivors of recent mountain pine beetles are distinct genetically, chemically, and in their growth responses to climate.  How does this inform management and conservation?

Research focus/short bio: Professor Six’sresearch focuses on bark beetle ecology and management in relation to forest restoration and climate change.  Her research includes work on mountain pine beetle outbreaks in lodgepole and ponderosa pine and massive die-offs of whitebark pine in North America. Dr. Six collaborates with scientists in the US, South Africa, Sweden, and Mexico.

She’s an associate editor of several entomological journals and her work has been covered in National Geographic, New York Times, and David Suzuki’s “The Nature of Things.”

Where and When:

March 2, 2020 from 6:30-8 at the Hamilton Community Center (Bedford building)

223 S 2nd St, Hamilton 

Free and open to the public!

Refreshments and snacks