Climate

The Forest Society is uniquely positioned to affect statewide response to climate change:  we are one of the largest private forest landowners in the New Hampshire.  We have a deep pool of engaged members and volunteers who care for and about our forests. And we have a consistent record of successful conservation advocacy. 

Our Climate Action Plan, currently being finalized, addresses how the Forest Society will use its capacity as a land trust and forestry organization to address the threats presented by a changing climate using land conservation, sustainable forest management, advocacy, and educational outreach. In doing so, we will be mindful of the footprint of our own activities, and move to reduce harmful emissions related to our operations.

Here, you can find stories, projects and stewardship news related to the changing climate.

EPA climate change graphic with buildings in back ground, reads "Climate Change is Happening Now"

EPA Relaunches Climate Indicators Website

Matt Leahy
May 24, 2021

Find out how climate change is affecting human health and the environment.

Advocacy
Climate
Dan Szczesny in red parka poses at rime ice crusted summit sign on Mt Washington in winter

Cold is Cool Speaker Series Continues

Anna Berry
January 20, 2021

Plug in to watch and learn from expert speakers and then unplug outside.

Wildlife
Climate
A pink petunia is covered in an early snow in October.

Poetry After the Fall

Dave Anderson
November 5, 2020

New Hampshire’s ever-changing weather and scenery drive the NH tourism economy and collective mood swings. Beyond the recent tumult of politics and pandemic, the forest offers an antidote: a sense of place, personality and yes, poetry.

Wildlife
Climate
Trees stand in a forest conservation easement.

Federal Legislation Aims to Keep Working Forests as Forests

Matt Leahy
September 24, 2020

If enacted, the Forest Incentives Program Act will be one important tool forest landowners can use to sustainably manage their lands.

Advocacy
Working Forests
Climate
A thick spruce forest filters sunlight through it.

Learn More About how Forests Capture and Store Carbon

Matt Leahy
July 8, 2020

Last month, the Forest Society and our partners at the Granite State Division of the Society of American Foresters and UNH Cooperative Extension sponsored a webinar series on forest carbon dynamics and carbon markets.

Climate
A thick forest.

Forest Society Co-Sponsoris Webinars on Forest Carbon Dynamics & Carbon Markets

Matt Leahy
May 29, 2020

The Forest Society and our partners at the Granite State Division of the Society of American Foresters and UNH Cooperative Extension are sponsoring a new webinar series.

Climate
Working Forests

Forest Society Permanently Conserves 117 Acres in Grafton

March 18, 2020

The Moran easement puts in place one more piece of a puzzle in efforts by the Forest Society and its Q2C partners to build a continuous system of linked conservation lands protecting large blocks of land and allowing for the movement of plants and animals responding to a changing climate.

Land Conservation
Climate
Recreation
A view of Hubbard Brook forest after a winter ice storm.

Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Research on Ice Storms

Will Abbott
March 10, 2020

Researchers at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in North Woodstock have created experimental ice storm events similar to the Ice Storm of 1998 to better understand the stresses ice storms have on trees and forests.

Climate
Working Forests

Earlier Than Ever?

Dave Anderson
February 18, 2020

A recent modest snowstorm cancelled school. My son, Cody arrived with his future brother-in-law as a sugarhouse apprentice for an afternoon of learning while boiling sap.

Working Forests
Climate