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Forest Notes: Managing for Resilient Landscapes: Climate Adaptation at the Peirce Reservation
While every forest will face these challenges, the Forest Society recently had the opportunity to participate in a demonstration project centered at the Charles L. Peirce Wildlife and Forest Reservation in Stoddard and Windsor, one of the largest Forest Society properties.
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- Working Forests,
- Forestry
Something Wild: Conditions are Right for Spectacular Foliage
“We had a ‘Goldilocks’ summer. Not too wet, not too dry, not too many insect outbreaks, and there's a lot of green leaves remaining on the trees at Labor Day weekend,” Dave Anderson says. “And all those leaves are going to change slowly over the next couple of weeks.”
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- Something Wild,
- Working Forests
Forest Advocate: Forest Society joins national coalition in support of the Farm Bill reauthorization
The Farm Bill is one of the largest and most complex pieces of legislation the Congress considers.
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- Working Forests,
- Advocacy
Forest Advocate: Mass Timber Construction Update
The ability of wood to store carbon in the long-term and the fact that manufacturing wood products requires less fossil fuels makes mass timber one way the country can meet the goals and guidance laid out in the DOE’s announcement.
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- Advocacy,
- Working Forests,
- Climate
Forestry Focus: What's Wrong With This Tree?!
This June we’re seeing a dramatic “browning” of white pine needles across the region, and many people have been asking what could be creating this change.
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- Forestry,
- Working Forests,
- Climate
Forest Advocate: Legislative Update on Forest Carbon Market bills
Here's the latest on three bills considered by the NH legislature this session that are intended to address concerns about the forest carbon markets.
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- Advocacy,
- Climate,
- Working Forests
Forest Advocate: Beyond the "Illusion of Preservation"
A new report discusses how New England can strengthen forest protections while sustainably meeting the region’s wood product needs.
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- Working Forests,
- Advocacy
Forest Advocate: Updates on Management of the CT Lakes Headwaters Forest
As the holder of the conservation easement on the Connecticut Lakes property, the State has a duty to enforce the terms of the easement.
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- Advocacy,
- Working Forests,
- Climate