Global Warming's Growing Concerns: Impacts on Agriculture and Forestry

Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming - Global Warming’s Growing Concerns: Impacts on Agriculture and Forestry - On June 18, 2009 the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing entitled: “Global Warming’s Growing Concerns: Impacts on Agriculture and Forestry.” The hearing examined the impact global warming is currently having on productivity and potential risks to these important industries. Witnesses discussed the present effects of climate change on agriculture and forestry such as increased drought, changes in precipitation, higher temperatures and increased activity of weeds and pests. The committee also discussed how America’s agriculture and forestry sectors can help stave off the worst effects of global warming. WITNESS LIST: Jerry Hatfield, Supervisory Plant Physiologist, USDA; Heather Cooley, Senior Researcher, Pacific Institute; Tom Troxel, Director, Black Hills Forest Resource Association; Dr. Johannes Lehmann, Associate Pr close