SAN BERNARDINO – The Southern Montane Forest Project has unveiled its Climate-Adapted Conservation Strategy for Southern California montane forests. This initiative aims to bolster the resilience of montane – or higher-elevation forests – with climate-informed actions. It offers land managers a thorough guide to enhancing forest and community health with collaborations across different landscapes.
Many of the San Bernardino National Forest’s treasured locations, from Big Bear to the San Gorgonio and San Jacinto Wilderness areas, are within sky islands – patches of forest found on mountaintops and higher elevations. They are also some of the most threatened. The Climate-Adapted Conservation Strategy gives land managers the tools they need to tackle threats from wildfire, drought,
