Forest Society Blog - News & Features

“We had a ‘Goldilocks’ summer. Not too wet, not too dry, not too many insect outbreaks, and there's a lot of green leaves remaining on the trees at Labor Day weekend,” Dave Anderson says. “And all those leaves are going to change slowly over the next couple of weeks.”

The Farm Bill is one of the largest and most complex pieces of legislation the Congress considers. 

The ability of wood to store carbon in the long-term and the fact that manufacturing wood products requires less fossil fuels makes mass timber one way the country can meet the goals and guidance laid out in the DOE’s announcement. 

This June we’re seeing a dramatic “browning” of white pine needles across the region, and many people have been asking what could be creating this change. 

Here's the latest on three bills considered by the NH legislature this session that are intended to address concerns about the forest carbon markets.

A new report discusses how New England can strengthen forest protections while sustainably meeting the region’s wood product needs. 

As the holder of the conservation easement on the Connecticut Lakes property, the State has a duty to enforce the terms of the easement. 

We urge you to contact the USFS to ask the agency to continue the long-term and peer-reviewed research at both these centers.