San Juan National Forest - Transition

Treatment: actively facilitate change to encourage adaptive responses

Management Goals

Mixed conifer forest.
San Juan National Forest Transition Treatment.
Photo Credit: Molly Roske.
  • Increase drought-tolerant and fire-adapted species (ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir). Remove all white fir
  • Create high variability in spacing with a canopy openness target of 30-40%, average 40 ft2/acre of basal area
  • Maintain aspen in swales on north slopes

Strategies & approaches

  • Create high variability in spacing with a canopy openness target of 30-40%, average 40 ft2/acre of basal area 
  • Increase drought-tolerant and fire-adapted species (ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir) 
  • Maintain aspen in swales on north slopes 
  • Remove all white fir 

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Resistance

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Site Leads & Partners

Mike Battaglia (USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, RMRS) is the site lead for the San Juan National Forest project and Adam Tlachac (San Juan National Forest) is the local site manager. Key partners include Lance Asherin (RMRS), Kevin Emde (San Juan National Forest) Matt Tuten (USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry), Paula Fornwalt (RMRS), Chuck Rhoades (RMRS), Wade Tinkham (RMRS), Zach Steel (RMRS), Anthony Culpepper (Mountain Studies Institute), and Jake Kurzweil (Mountain Studies Institute), who are working with us to complete monitoring and outreach goals. Linda Joyce (Retired, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station) was a key thought-leader in the development of the San Juan ASCC site. 

Headshot of Mike Battaglia.

Mike Battaglia
San Juan national Forest ASCC Site Lead

Research Forester, Rocky Mountain Research Station
USDA Forest Service
Forest and Woodland Ecosystems Science Program
240 West Prospect Road Fort Collins, CO 80526
Phone: 970-498-1286
Michael.battaglia@usda.gov

Adam Tlachac
San Juan National Forest ASCC Site Manager Lead

San Juan National Forest
USDA Forest Service
180 Pagosa Street, P.O. Box 310 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: 970-264-1513
adam.tlachac@usda.gov

Kevin Emde
San Juan National Forest ASCC Site Manager Lead

San Juan National Forest
USDA Forest Service
180 Pagosa Street, P.O. Box 310 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: 970-264-1510
kevin.emde@usda.gov