The changing climate is influencing Alaska’s berries in many ways and many climate adaptation plans and risk assessments identify changes in berries as a concern. However, the observations of changes are often not shared broadly, and the scientific information on how berries are changing is hard to find. This interactive session will include 1) a brief overview of some of the changes being observed in our berry species and 2) and an opportunity to discuss berry observations, concerns, and ideas important to your community.
This discussion is part of a series of listening sessions on berries hosted by the Alaska CASC Tribal Resilience Learning Network and Alaska’s Berry Future project aimed at identification of research gaps and priorities to support communities who are interested in berry resources.
This series of listening sessions are intended to help share our observations and concerns about berries so that we can have a better understanding of the changes that are occurring and help identify what information is needed to plan for berry harvests in the future. Discussion will not be recorded, but notes will be taken with the goal of summarizing the discussions across the series of listening sessions and producing a report of the major themes that emerged. We will only record your ideas if you provide your consent, and will attribute your ideas to you and provide an opportunity for each attendee to review the draft report.