Assessments from the Northeast Hub Region
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Considering Climate Change in Tree Planting
This guide provides a step-by-step process to help you consider climate change when selecting a tree for planting at a site and provides a framework to help learn about the projected habitat…
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Investigating Sea Level Rise and Saltwater Intrusion in Forests
To better understand the risks and enable climate-smart decision-making, researchers at Rutgers University were engaged to conduct a synthesis of the current state of knowledge concerning how coastal…
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Sightline: Forests, Climate, and a Changing Marketplace
Sightline is a four-part review of recent global climate and sustainability regulations and frameworks affecting the forest community in the Northeast and beyond.
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An Assessment of Programs that Incentivize Ecosystem Services across the Northeast
New research identifies the range of incentive programs available for Northeast producers to engage in sustainable agriculture and land management practices that provide ecosystem services.
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Forest Owner Carbon and Climate Education (FOCCE) program
The Forest Owner Carbon and Climate Education (FOCCE) program is a collaboration between thirteen university extension divisions and three USDA Climate Hubs which seeks to educate forest owners and…
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Tree species and climate change
Individual tree species may respond differently to impending climate changes. Refer to these tools to better understand species tolerances and habitat suitability to inform forest management.
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Landowner Forest Climate and Action Scorecards
Forest Climate and Action Scorecards are designed to help private landowners consider the climate change in the context of their woods.
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Forest Carbon and Land Management
Land management actions on public and private forests and grasslands can be designed to achieve carbon outcomes while meeting other sustainable resource management objectives.
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Storms and Stream-Crossings
Stream-crossings have a lower risk of failure if designed appropriately for the stream, and with consideration of current and future regional climate conditions. Careful evaluation of structure size…
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Wildlife climate change vulnerability and adaptation
Wildlife managers face the growing challenge of helping wildlife populations and ecosystems respond to climate change. Partners in the Great Lakes region are collaborating to provide tools and…
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Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Knowledge in the Great Lakes
Climate adaptation efforts in the Great Lakes region to address tribal perspectives in climate change adaptation.
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Considerations on GHG reduction and carbon sequestration in forests
In 2016 the Northern Forests Climate Hub and the Forest Climate Working Group came together to identify opportunities to better support GHG mitigation. The outcome of these problem-solving…