Massachusetts "Caring for Your Woods" Landowner Guides

The Massachusetts "Caring for your Woods" series was developed for landowners by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), in partnership with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), Mass Audubon, the New England Forestry Foundation, and Mass Woodlands Institute.

• Caring for your Woods - Setting Goals: This guide is intended to help landowners identify high-priority stewardship goals for their property.
• Caring for your Woods - Adapting to Changing Conditions: This guide can help landowners consider the ways that climate change may affect their woods and how they can work with a professional forester to ensure that the trees, wildlife, and other forest species can cope with changing conditions.
• Caring for your Woods - Managing for Forest Carbon:  This guide is intended to help landowners consider additional actions that increase the ability of forests to absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere, in addition to ensuring forests are healthy and productive over the long term.

Related Resources

Managing Forests for Climate Change and Carbon in Massachusetts

Oak Resiliency Assessment Tool

Rhode Island Guides for Increasing Forest Resiliency to Climate Change