Making trees more resilient to climate change


Great Mountain Forest is helping to preserve several of its young forest stands in Connecticut through pioneering a new forest management technique called pre-commercial trimming. — Getty Images/TNS

In about 30 acres (12ha) of dense forest in the Litchfield Hills, Connecticut, the United States, a team of foresters and researchers are pioneering new forest management techniques that they say can be replicated throughout New England to make trees more resilient to stressors like climate change.

Great Mountain Forest, one of the largest conservation easements in New England, is helping to preserve several of its young forest stands through pioneering a new forest management technique called pre-commercial trimming.

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