As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service and others are turning to a strategy called “assisted migration.”
The Forest Service is planning to put more protections in place for the very oldest trees, which dot nearly 25 million acres of land the agency manages and are vital for storing carbon dioxide that contributes to climate change.
As lawmakers and land trusts pursue conservation goals, new trends in the state mean Vermonters are having “a really tough conversation about what our forests are, what they mean to us and what we want from them,” one forester said.
