• Clearcut: Create 10-12.5 acre opening; whole tree skid and scatter throughout
• Site prep: Broadcast burn to prevent lodgepole pine establishment; if cannot burn, whole tree skid and weed
• Plant in openings and matrix
• Variable density thinning in matrix (80-100ft2/ac)
• Planting variety of species throughout, as appropriate across microsites: Douglas fir, blue spruce, ponderosa pine, limber pine, and bristlecone pine

Seedlings from six populations/seedlots (where available) will be planted for each species. The six populations will represent 6 climate categories, as listed in the figure legend. Categories were based on projections of future climate at the site for the 30-year periods centered on the 1970’s, 2020’s, 2050’s, and 2080’s, shown in different shapes in terms of two climate variables, number of frost-free days & mean annual precipitation. The maps show where each seed lot comes from geographically and the plots show their average 1970’s climate. Numbers next to the seedlots on the map show the elevation in feet that the seedlot is from. This will test how seed sources from different climates, in addition to the different species, vary in their response to climate-change.

• Use shade cards in openings based on species