Last Reviewed by MLTC: 02/05/2026.
Forest-focused resources addressing climate adaptation, resilience, carbon storage, and vulnerability assessment. These documents can be used to understand major forest stressors and management responses, support land trust stewardship and climate mitigation planning, and apply vulnerability assessment findings and recommendations to prioritize on-the-ground actions.
Documents:
- Increasing Forest Resiliency for an Uncertain Future (Paul Catanzaro; Tony D’Amato; Emily Silver Huff; 2017)
A presentation outlining key stressors affecting forests, characteristics of resilient forest systems, and management and planning approaches to increase forest resilience at stand and landscape scales.
Resource: 2017mlc1d_forest-resiliency_sm.pdf - Land Trusts: On the Front Lines of Drawing Down Carbon (Sharon McGregor; 2016)
A presentation describing how land trusts can contribute to climate mitigation by protecting, restoring, and managing carbon-rich ecosystems, with emphasis on forests, wetlands, and ecological processes.
Resource: land_trusts_on_the_front_lines_of_drawing_down_carbon.pdf - Soil Carbon and Forest Management in the Northeastern US (NCASI; 2024)
A fact sheet summarizing current research on soil carbon in northeastern forests and how land use change and forest management practices influence soil carbon storage and forest resilience.
Resource: Read the article - Assessment of Forest Vulnerabilities in Mass Audubon Wildlife Sanctuaries in the Central and West Regions (Christian O. Marks; 2024)
A vulnerability assessment for 34 Mass Audubon sanctuaries in central and western Massachusetts evaluating climate and other stressors, with maps and management recommendations to support stewardship prioritization.
Resource: forest_vulnerability_assessment_mass_aud.pdf