Climate Change and Southern New England Forests

Climate Change and Southern New England Forests was organized to enable natural resource professionals integrate climate change considerations into management and conservation. About 90 professionals attended the event, which:

• Provided information on the current and anticipated effects of climate change on Southern New England and its forests
• Described resources and tools that can be used to integrate climate change into resource conservation
• Outlined adaptation concepts and strategies in the context of sustainable forest management
• Identified actions that enhance the ability of forests and other ecosystems to adapt to changing conditions

• Introduction (Maria Janowiak, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science)
• Southern New England’s Changing Climate (Ray Bradley, University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
• Climate Change Effects on Forest Ecosystems (Maria Janowiak, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science)
• Climate Change Effects on Wildlife (David King, US Forest Service Northern Research Station)
• Adapting Forests to Climate Change (Patricia Butler, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science)
• Real-world Examples of Forest Adaptation (Tony D’Amato, University of Minnesota/Harvard Forest)

Other Links and Resources

• Climate Change Resource Center
• Impacts of Climate Change on Forests of the Northeastern US
• Northeast Climate Science Center
• North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative
• Terrestrial and Wetland Habitat Vulnerability Assessment for the Northeast
• Climate Change and Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife
• National Climate Assessment