Future Forest Health and Resilience

In today’s world, there are an increasing number of stressors acting on forests. Actions you take today can help your woods be more resilient, healthy, and productive in the face of changing conditions. This accessibility compliant checklist can help you assess the risk to your woods and the actions you can take to help it be more resilient.

Planting of seedlings to restore, reforest, and supplement natural regeneration, is likely to continue to increase in importance in our region as a management strategy to ensure forest health and productivity now and in the future. As any experienced forester or landowner will attest, choosing the appropriate seed sources is extremely important. A seed source that is genetically well adapted to the planting site’s climate and environmental conditions is critical to ensure planting success and future forest productivity.

Understanding the potential and opportunities to support regeneration in our forests determines the health, diversity, and resilience for future generations. To help woodland owners understand current regeneration conditions, these publications and resources were created as part of a Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG#16-042) received by the Center for Private Forests.