This report summarizes the second annual inventory of New York's forests, conducted in 2008-2012.
People: Richard H. Widmann
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New York
Report
timber harvest, land use, monitoring, forest inventory, education, inventory
management
management, education
Widmann, R.H., Crawford, S., Kurtz, C.M., Nelson, M.D., Miles, P.D., Morin, R.S. and Riemann, R. (2015). New York Forests, 2012. Resource Bulletin NRS-98. Newtown Square, PA: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 128 p., 98, pp.1-128.
This policy, enacted in 1974, aimed to encourage the long-term management of woodlands in the State of New York in order to produce forest crops and thereby increase the likelihood of a more stable forest economy
Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , New York Planning Federation , Empire State Forest Products Association
New York
Policy
timber harvest, forest economy, forest resources, long-term management, tax break, woodlands
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
New York Department of Environmental Conservation. (n.d.). 480-a Forest Tax Law. Available at https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5236.html
This study examined 11 years of surveillance data in New York State to measure the relationship between forest fragmentation and the incidence of giardiasis. Adjusted Poisson models showed that increasing points of contact between forested land and developed land, as measured by their shared edges and by the perimeter length of forested patches, were associated with higher incidence of giardiasis cases, whereas increasing forest density was associated with a lower incidence.
People: Michael Walsh
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
New York
Article
forest fragmentation, giardia, giardiasis, landscape epidemiology
planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Walsh, M.G. (2013). Forest fragmentation and risk of giardiasis in New York State. EcoHealth, 10(4), pp.405-414.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10393-013-0881-z.pdf
NYFOA is a not-from profit group of New York State landowners promoting stewardship of private forests. Stewardship puts into practice knowledge of forest ecosystems, silviculture, local economies, watersheds, wildlife, natural aesthetics and even law for the long term benefit of current and future generations. NYFOA, through its local chapters, provides this knowledge for landowners and the interested public.
People: Deborah Gill , Ronald Pedersen , John Druke , Jerry Michael , Joan Kappel , Jim Minor
Institutions: The New York Forest Owners Association
New York
Website
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Pedersen, R.; Minor, J.; Druke, J.; Michael, J.; Gill, D.; Kappel, J. "The New York Forest Owner, A Publication of The New York Forest Owners Association." vol. 39, number 5, October 2001. Accessed from https://www.nyfoa.org/application/files/6414/8354/4270/2001_09.pdf
The overall forest cover of New York State may have reached a peak, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service conducted an inventory of forests in the state between 2008 and 2012 and found that while forested land is increasing in some areas, fragmentation and invasive pests are destroying trees elsewhere.
People: Joshua Learn
Institutions: The Wildlife Society
New York
Article
emerald ash borer, forest service, forest fragmentation, hemlock woolly aldelgid, invasives
management, landscape pattern and connectivity
education, policy
Learn, J. R. (2015, December 4). New York State Forests May Be at Their Peak. The Wildlife Society. Retrieved April 12, 2018, from http://wildlife.org/new-york-state-forests-may-be-at-their-peak-report/
http://wildlife.org/new-york-state-forests-may-be-at-their-peak-report/
The authors investigated the composition and characteristics of forestland in Onondaga County in central New York State. The results suggest that tree species composition was less diverse than in the residual islands which were never cleared for protracted agricultural use. Overall, available data suggest the prevalence of fairly homogeneous structural conditions across most forest stands.
People: R. Nyland
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Onondaga
Article
clearcuts, forest regeneration, agricultural development, forest islands
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
Nyland, R.D., Zipperer, W.C. & Hill, D.B. (1986). The development of forest islands in exurban central New York State. Landscape and Urban Planning, 13, pp.111-123.
This poster presents information concerning the effects forest fragmentation on the genetic diversity of a keystone tree species, red oak (Quercus rubra), as well as the overall plant species diversity in New York State's deciduous temperate forest.
People: Rolanda Rojas
Institutions: Louis Calder Center , New York Botanical Garden
New York
Poster
climate change, species diversity, fragmentation, biotic diversity, red oak
ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Rojas, R., Litt, A. and Lewis, J. (2011). New York's melting pot: forest fragmentation effects. Louis Calder Center and New York Botanical Garden.
This report presents information on the status of New York's nearly 19 million acres of forest land, and provides practical recommendations on how landowners, forest stakeholders and federal, state and local governments can work together to sustain the many benefits and ecosystem services our forests provide to our society.
People: David Peterson
Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
New York
Report
conservation, assessment, planning, strategic plan
conservation, management
conservation, management
Paterson, D. A., Grannis, A. B., and Davies, R. K. (2010). Keeping New York's Forests as Forests. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Available at http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/fras070110.pdf
This Forest Resource Assessment and Strategy (FRAS) will identify threats, challenges and opportunities, and outline strategies to protect and improve New York's forest resources now and for future generations.
People: David A. Paterson , Alexander B. Grannis , Robert K. Davies
Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , State of New York, ESRI Harris Geospatial Solutions and Leica Geosystems
New York
Report
threats
conservation, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, education
Paterson, D. A.; Grannis, A. B.; Davies, R. K. 2015. "New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Resource Assesment & Strategy." Accessed From (https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/fras070110.pdf)
https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/fras070110.pdf
The authors assessed global and regional changes in forest fragmentation in relation to the change of forest area from 2000 to 2012 using published global tree cover data.
People: James Wickham , Kurt Riitters , Jennifer Costanza
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
New York, New England
Article
monitoring, spatial analysis, assessment, forest fragmentation
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Riitters, K., Wickham, J., Costanza, J. K., & Vogt, P. (2016). A global evaluation of forest interior area dynamics using tree cover data from 2000 to 2012. Landscape Ecology, 31(1), 137-148.
No additional information available.
Institutions: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
New York, New York
Article
forest, parks, and recreation
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
"Forests in New York City Parks" New York City Parks, Learning Hub. Accessed from (https://www.nycgovparks.org/learn/ecosystems/forests-in-new-york-city-parks)
https://www.nycgovparks.org/learn/ecosystems/forests-in-new-york-city-parks
The authors documented the change in density and size of forest islands within individual landscape types of central New York. They found that the intensity of landscape use determined the frequency of fragmentation, elimination, consolidation and emergence of forest islands.
People: Wayme Zipperer
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Onondaga
Article
deforestation, forest islands, reforestation
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Zipperer, W.C., Burgess, R.L. & Nyland, R.D. (1990). Patterns of deforestation and reforestation in different landscape types in central New York. Forest Ecology and Management, 36(1), pp.103-117.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037811279090066K
To evaluate the influence of development on bird species composition, the authors conduced a 2-yr breeding bird census at two urban, forested wetlands in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. The study indicated that forest islands in New York City can provide nesting habitat for area-sensitive bird species, but development that encroaches upon or degrades these habitats promotes the urbanization of the forest bird community.
People: Christina Dowd
Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Richmond
Article
forest interior species, forest islands, neotropical migrants, urban birds, urban sprawl, urbanization
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Dowd, C. (1992). Effect of Development on Bird Species Composition of Two Urban Forested Wetlands in Staten Island, New York. Journal of Field Ornithology, pp.455-461.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4513743.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A982027e9f2e487ffc7df4788440e8758
This report references data from the The Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) planning database toidentify the threats to species of greatest conservation need in New York State.
People: Lisa Holst
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , New York Department of Agriculture and Markets
New York
Report
conservation, awareness, frequency tracking, habitat loss, habitat threats, impact scaling, threats
conservation, drivers
management, education
Holst, L. K., Schiavone, M., & Tomajer, T. (2005). Threats to Species of Greatest Conservation Need and their Habitats in New York State. In Comprehensive Widllife Conservation Strategy for New York. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. p. 57-69.
This study surveyed professional foresters in a five-county area of New York and asked them to rate the potential for sustained yield management by township. They utilized those expert opinions to develop a logistic regression model that predicted the probability of sustained yield management in central New York while exploring the factors that influence sustained yield management.
People: Rene Germain , Eddie Bevilacqua , Brandon W. Vickery
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , Franklin Land Trust , The State University of New York (SUNY)
New York
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Vickery, B. W.; Germain, R. H.; Bevilacqua, E. "Urbanization's Impact on Sustained Yield Management as Perceived by Forestry Professionals in Central New York." Forest Policy and Economics, vol 11, issue 1, January 2009, pp. 42-49, Accessed from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389934108000774
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389934108000774
This thesis examines the scale of private forestland parcelization in New York, as well drivers of the phenomenon and reactions by foresters that work with private forest landowners. Quantitative analysis of property sales data was used to determine the rates of forest parcelization in eastern New York, the decision-making process of parcelizing landowners in three Hudson Valley counties was examined using a mixed-method approach, and qualitative methods were used to understand how parcelization affects the business practices of foresters across the state.
People: Andrew Walker Roe
Institutions: Cornell University
New York
Report
private forests
ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Roe, A. W. "Private Forestland Parcelization in New York: Patterns, Drivers, and Effects." Accessed from https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/29223/awr45thesisPDF.pdf?sequence=1
https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/29223/awr45thesisPDF.pdf?sequence=1
This study surveyed the owners of intact and subdivided family forest parcels across various parcel sizes to gauge their awareness of forest management practices and to assess the potential property-level impacts of their activities on water quality. To support the landowner survey, they used field data on forest stocking and timber quality gathered at each property.
People: Nate Anderson , Rene Germain , Jennifer A. Caron
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, California Public Utilities Commission
New York, New York
Article
family forest, watershed
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Caron, J. A.; Germain, R. H.; Anderson, N. M. "Parcelization and Land Use: A Case Study in the New York City Watershed." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, vol 29, issue 1, March 2012, Accessed from https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2012_caron_j001.pdf
This study documents the parcelization of NIPF (Nonindustrial private forestlands) holdings in a central New York State county during the last twenty-five years of the twentieth century.
People: Rene Germain , Kevin Brazill , Stephen Stehman
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
New York
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Germain, R.; Brazill, K.; Stehman, S. "Forestland Parcelization in Upstate New York Despite Economic Stagnation and a Declining Population." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 2006. Accessed from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3887/65e08545fa1c604cc9efe80955be42359650.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3887/65e08545fa1c604cc9efe80955be42359650.pdf
A joint project of the Natural Areas Conservancy and NYC Parks, the Forest Management Framework for New York City is a strategic and comprehensive plan to bolster and protect New York City's vital urban forests. It is the first citywide vision for this critical piece of infrastructure. The plan is intended to guide restoration, management, and community engagement for 7,300 acres of New York City's forested parkland. The 25- year plan includes the process, costs, steps, recommendations, best practices, and goals for forest management in NYC. It marks the culmination of six years of research, data collection, and analysis by NAC scientists.
New York
Report
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management
Pregitzer C. C., Helen M. F., Forgoine H. M., King K. L., Charlop-Powers S., Greenfield J., "Forest Management Framework for New York City", 2018, Natural Areas Conservancy, New York, NY. Accessed from: https://naturalareasnyc.org/content/forests/fmf-2019-update-singles.pdf
https://naturalareasnyc.org/content/forests/fmf-2019-update-singles.pdf
This New York law describes the disposition of the Adirondack and Catskill parks.
Institutions: State of New York
New York
Policy
forest resources, forestry, laws, long-term management, policy, public lands, state-owned forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/environmental-conservation-law/env-sect-9-0301.html
This website provides information about the New England Forestry Foundation.
Institutions: New England Forestry Foundation
New England
Website
communities, education, new england forests, stewardship, wildlife conservation
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat
education
New England Forestry Foundation. (n.d.). Available at https://newenglandforestry.org/
This is a draft of the 10th Anniversary Review of the work of the Northern Forest Land Council, produced by the North East State Foresters Association
People: Eric Kingsley , Charles A. Levesque , Christina Petersen
Institutions: North East State Foresters Association
Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, New York
Article
forest economy
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Kingsley, E., Levesque, C. A., Petersen, C. "The Northern Forest of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York: A look at the land, economies and communities 1994-2004". North East State Foresters Association, August, 2004. Accessed from (http://www.nefainfo.org/uploads/2/7/4/5/27453461/nflcattenyears.thebackgroundpaper.8.23.04.pdf)
http://www.nefainfo.org/uploads/2/7/4/5/27453461/nflcattenyears.thebackgroundpaper.8.23.04.pdf
New England has been losing forestland to development at a rate of 65 acres per day -- a loss that comes at a time when public funding for preservation of open land, both state and federal, has also been on the decline in all six states.
People: Steve LeBlanc
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , The Associated Press, WBUR News
New England
Website
conservation, development, new england, forest decline
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
LeBlanc, S. (2017, Septempber 19). New England Is Losing 65 Acres Of Forestland Per Day, Report Finds. WBUR News. Available at http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/09/19/new-england-forest-report
http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/09/19/new-england-forest-report
No additional information available.
People: Jerry Carlson , Sara Hart , Jason Drobnack , Barbara Lucas-Wilson , Dan Gaidasz , Jeffrey Mapes , Josh Clague , Julianna DiBiase , Peter Innes
Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
New York
Article
methods, management, planning
management, policy
Cuomo, A.M., Seggos, B., "New York State Forest Action Plan", Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State, December 2020, Accessed from (https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/nysfap.pdf)
This is a report transmitted in accordance with Section 1244(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990. The study team included representatives from the states of New York and New Jersey, and the Forest Service.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
New York
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, policy
Michaels J. A., Nevill L. R., Edelman D., Sullivan T., DiCola L. A., "New York-New Jersey Highlands Regional Study", 1990, Accessed from: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=veW1WN_QSqIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA5&dq=forest+parcelization+northeast+us&ots=IWCQ6WgPZ9&sig=v3aZKeB3tDDb63OwLcoyhkBx0l4#v=onepage&q&f=false
This study completed forestinventories on a sample of 137 NIPF woodlots to examine the relationship between parcelization and ownership changes and 23 forest stocking and quality variables.
People: Nate Anderson , Rene Germain , Eddie Bevilacqua
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
New York
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Germain, R.; Anderson, N.; Bevilacqua, E. "The Effects of Forestland Parcelization and Ownership Transfers on Nonindustrial Private Forestland Forest Stocking in NewYork." Society of American Foresters, 2007. Accessed from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233582311_The_Effects_of_Forestland_Parcelization_and_Ownership_Transfers_on_Nonindustrial_Private_Forestland_Forest_Stocking_in_New_York
The author performed an inventory of current forested areas in Onondaga County, NY using aerial photographs. The results showed that many forest islands were isolated by agricultural, industrial, and urban development, and as a result were so small and so isolated from areas of similar types that they may degenerate into a non-forested condition.
People: Deborah Gill
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Onondaga
Article
agricultural development, forest islands, urbanization
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Hill, D.B. (1985). Forest fragmentation and its implications in central New York. Forest Ecology and Management, 12(2), pp.113-128.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0378112785900799
No additional information available.
People: Nate Anderson , Rene Germain , Myrna H. Hall
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, The State University of New York (SUNY)
New York, New York
Article
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
No citation available.
This New York law describes protections for state lands from any actions that would otherwise change the integrity of the state lands.
Institutions: State of New York
New York
Policy
forest resources, forestry, laws, long-term management, policy, public lands, state-owned forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/environmental-conservation-law/env-sect-9-0303.html
This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of forest ecosystems across the New England region (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, northern New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) under a range of future climates. We synthesizes and summarizes information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and described a range of projected future climates. This information was used to parameterize and run multiple vegetation impact models, which provided a range of potential vegetative responses to climate. Finally, these results were brought before a multidisciplinary panel of scientists and natural resource professionals familiar with the forests of this region to assess ecosystem vulnerability through a formal consensus-based expert elicitation process.
People: Anthony D'Amato , Frank Thompson , Maria K. Janowiak , Christopher W. Swanson , Louis Iverson , William D. Dijak , Stephen Matthews , Matthew P. Peters , Anantha M. Prasad
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New York, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
This is a report on the forests of New York and their importance in the habitat of birds and conservation for those bird populations.
People: Suzanne Treyger
Institutions: Audubon New York
New York
Report
birds
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://ny.audubon.org/sites/default/files/free_guide_forest_management_new_york_birds.pdf
This study conducted twenty in-depth interviews with foresters working in New York State to determine (1) how foresters have experienced parcelization of properties they work with, (2) what challenges are associated with forestry projects on decreasing property sizes, and (3) what kinds of changes foresters are making to adapt to decreasing property sizes.
People: Shorna Broussard Allred , Andrew E. L'Roe
Institutions: Cornell University
New York
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
Of Vert and Vision represents the collective contributions of more than thirty individuals. Not all will agree with its conclusions, but few will disagree with its primary thrust - that the future of the northern forest lands of New England and New York needs to be a matter of vital concern to its public and its leadership.
People: Charles H. W. Foster
Institutions: Harvard University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Foster, C.H.W., "Of Vert and Vision: Ensuring the Legacy of the Northern Forest of New England and New York". CSIA Discussion Paper 92-13, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, December 1992. Accessed from: https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/disc_paper_92_13.pdf
https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/disc_paper_92_13.pdf
This report is from USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station RB-NRS-95 Forests of Vermont and New Hampshire 2012: jointly authored with the Division of Forests and Lands.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
"New Hampshire Forest Statistics" USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Division of Forests and Lands, 2012, Accessed from: https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/reports/forest-statistics.htm
While the name New York is often equated with the concrete jungle of New York City, looking beyond the Big Apple reveals a remarkable diversity of natural communities and habitats throughout the state. The interplay of climate and geologic forces over millions of years has crafted the landscape into a complex array of bedrock, surficial geology, soils, landforms, and topography. These varied physical settings and their associated ecological processes support the wonderful richness of plants and animals that live in New York (State!) today.
New York
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
"New York Conservation Summary", 2022, Accessed from: http://www.landscope.org/new-york/overview/
This study uses established sampling and analysis techniques to document the parcelization of nonindustrial private lands (NIPL) in Oneida County, New York between 1075 and 2000 with a special focus on the division of nonindustrial private forestlands
People: Kevin Brazill
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Oneida, New York
Report
parcelization, private forests
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
The objective of this project was to delineate road-less forest patches throughout New York State, based on the latest version of the National Land Cover Dataset (2016), and then to assess the condition of those patches within the Hudson River Estuary Watershed.
Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York Natural Heritage Program
New York
Article
assessment
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Hudson Valley Forest Patch Update and Assessment" New York National Heritage Program, Division of Water, 31 December, 2020. Accessed from (https://www.nynhp.org/projects/hudson-valley-forest-patches/)
https://www.nynhp.org/projects/hudson-valley-forest-patches/
The results of this study describe the degree of parcelization on private forestlands in four of the five counties within the Catskill/Delaware systems of the NYC Watershed between 1984 and 2000.
People: Rene Germain , Seth LaPierre
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Catskill, New York
Report
watershed
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
The goal of this study was to investigate the decline of the New England cottontail rabbit and the explosion of the introduced eastern cottontail in the context of gastrointestinal parasites. The majority of rabbits surveyed were found to harbor at least one parasite species, regardless of rabbit species, but the eastern cottontail was found to have a significantly higher parasite species richness than the New England cottontail. The authors noted that future work will be completed to genetically confirm parasite identifications and resolve some remaining questions.
People: Christopher Whipps, Jonathan Cohen, Emily Gavard, Sadie Ryan
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Florida
New York
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-019-06351-5
The New York Forest Owners Association (NYFOA) was created in 1963. It represents an outgrowth of a program of woodland walks initiated by Professor Svend Heiberg at the Syracuse forestry college. Due to Heiberg's Scandinavian pronunciation, those visits to valuable private woodlands were more often referred to as Valks in de Voots.
No location information available
Article
"New York Forest Owners", 26 August 2012, Accessed from: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw12/0826NYFOA.htm
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw12/0826NYFOA.htm
The authors researched Lyme disease in an urban setting, assessing park connectivity and landscape composition contributions to black-legged tick nymph densities and infection rate.
People: Meredith VanAcker, Eliza Little, Goudarz Molaei, Waheed Bajwa, Maria Diuk-Wasser
Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , Columbia University , New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York
Article
management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
In 2019, the Hudson River Estuary Program partnered with the New York Natural Heritage Program to assess the condition of forests in the watershed so that conservation, restoration, and management decisions can be informed by the best available data.
People: Ingrid Haeckel , Nate Nardi-Cyrus
Institutions: Cornell University, Hudson River Estuary Program , New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York Natural Heritage Program
New York
Article
watershed
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Haeckel, I., Nardi-Cyrus, N. "Forest Condition Index: Conservation Data for the Hudson River Estuary Watershed" NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 2019. Accessed from (https://www.nynhp.org/documents/98/forest_condition_index_hshjI31.pdf)
https://www.nynhp.org/documents/98/forest_condition_index_hshjI31.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Ethan Belair, Mark Ducey
Institutions: University of New Hampshire , University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
New York, New England
Article
silviculture, clearcutting, basal area, harvesting, clearcuts, forest management, silvicultural treatments
ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Belair, E.P. & Ducey, M.J. (2018). Patterns in Forest Harvesting in New England and New York: Using FIA Data to Evaluate Silvicultural Outcomes. Journal of Forestry, 116(3), pp.273-282.
Salt marshes provide important ecosystem services in New York City, and many have been destroyed by development. The authors recommended preservation techniques after identifying vunerability of different marshes and threats to the marshes.
People: Christopher Haight, Marit Larson, Marit Larson , Rebecca Swadek, Ellen Kracauer Hartig
Institutions: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444638939000290
This New Hampshire act establishes the importance of monitoring and assessing of the status of changes and long-term trends in the health of the state's forests and the ability to detect and reduce the incidence and severity of forest insect and disease infestations.
Institutions: State of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Policy
disease, forest resources, forestry, laws, long-term management, state-owned forests
management, ecosystem services
management, policy
Chapter 227-K Forest Health. (n.d.). Available at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xix-a/227-k/227-k-mrg.htm
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xix-a/227-k/227-k-mrg.htm
No additional information available.
People: Melissa L. Bauer , Brett Ferry , Heidi Holman
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
New Hampshire
Article
new england cottontail
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Bauer, M. L.; Ferry, B.; Holman, H.; Kovach, A. I. "Monitoring a New England Cottontail Reintroduction with Noninvasive Genetic Sampling." Wildlife Society Bulletin, 20 February 2020. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1069
https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wsb.1069
This Assessment Report is a background paper designed to provide the best information available about the status of New Hampshire's forests to facilitate a revision to the Forest Resources Plan with input from many stake holder groups.
People: Constance Carpenter
Institutions: New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands , NH Forest Advisory Board
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, water, soil, forest management, fragmentation, land use change, planning
conservation, management, ecosystem services
management
New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development. (2010). New Hampshire Statewide Forest Resources Assessment 2010: Important Data and Information about New Hampshire's Forests. New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development. 59 p. Retrieved from https://www.nhdfl.org/DRED/media/Documents/NH-Statewide-Assessment-2010-update.pdf
https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/nh-statewide-assessment-2010-update.pdf
It is necessary to examine the effects of urbanization and associated habitat fragmentation on the spatial ecology of predators, in order to develop a comprehensive understanding and formulate a proactive approach towards biodiversity protection in such areas. This study observed patterns of occurrence and activity of carnivores in four preserves in metropolitan the New York and New Jersey region.
People: Jillian R. Stark , Matthew Aiello-Lammens , Melissa M. Grigione
Institutions: Pace University
New York
Article
carnivores, urbanization
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-019-00923-0
This New Hampshire act establishes priorities for assessing forest resource condition and educating the public about forest resources.
Institutions: State of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Policy
education, forest resources, forestry, laws, long-term management, state-owned forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services
management, policy
Chapter 227-I Forest Resources Education, Promotion, and Planning. (1996).Available at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xix-a/227-i/227-i-mrg.htm
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xix-a/227-i/227-i-mrg.htm
This research provides foundational knowledge of the current status of family landowners' formal estate planning in four northeastern U.S. states. Using a mail survey in Massachusetts, Maine, New York and Vermont, they compiled information on owners' current management, future intentions, estate planning, and demographics.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Brett Butler , Mary Sisock , David Kittredge , Kathleen Bell, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Jessica Leahy, Ezra Markowitz , Anita Milman , Shorna Broussard Allred , Rebekah Zimmerer
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , UMass Amherst Department of Natural Resources Conservation , University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Economics , Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Natural Resources
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York
Report
family forest
management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Markowski-Lindsay, M.; Catanzaro, P.; Bell, K.; Kittredge, D.; Leahy, J.; Butler, B.; Markowitz, E.; Milman, A.; Zimmerer, R.; Allred, S.; Sisock, M. "Estate Planning as a Forest Stewardship Tool: A Study of Family Land Ownerships in the Northeatern U.S." Forest Policy and Economics, 30 March 2018, vol. 83, pp. 36-44, Accessed From (https://masswoods.org/sites/masswoods.org/files/pdf-doc-ppt/Estate-Planning-as-Forest-Stewardship-Tool.pdf).
This article describes the report "Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape" which calls for retaining 70 percent of the New England forested landscape.
People: David Kittredge
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst
New England
Article
forests
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"New England Losing Forest Cover, Experts Call for Accelerated Conservation" University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 19, 2010, Accessed from (https://www.umass.edu/archivenewsoffice/article/new-england-losing-forest-cover-experts-call-accelerated-conservation)
The authors used a raster land-cover classification of New Hampshire to characterize the level of fragmentation and urbanization in the local neighborhood surrounding each forested Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plot. Findings highlight the forest-type groups that are in the most fragmented and urbanized conditions, and make comparisons between fragmentation metrics and stand characteristics.
People: Randall Morin
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New Hampshire
Article
forest health, forest inventory, forest structure, forest composition, forest fragmentation, landcover, urbanization
wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Morin, R. S., Lister, A., & Doyle, J. (2009). Use of FIA Data and GIS to Characterize the Effects of Fragmentation on the Forests of New Hampshire. USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Retrieved from https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2009/nrs_2009_morin_001.pdf
This study documents the change in private, rural parcel dynamics from 2004 to 2010 in the Catskill region at the township scale. A parcel density map was developed to observe trends in distribution of small parcels.
People: David Newman , Rene Germain , Cassandra N. Pinkoski , Avik Chatterjee , S. Scott Shannon
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
Catskill, New York
Report
catskills
conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Pinkoski, C. N. "Resource management to rural residential: Tools to monitor parcelization in the Catskill Region of New York State." April 2014, Accessed from https://search.proquest.com/openview/5f9644aa11e12e245f58cd97dc0d6a81/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
No additional information available.
People: Rene Germain , Eddie Bevilacqua
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
Catskill, New York
Report
catskills, land use change
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
Germain, R., Pinkoski, C., Bevilacqua, E. "Parcelization and Land Use Change in the Rural Residential Landscape of the Catskill Region in New York State" The State University of New York, 2016. Accessed from (http://www.willallen.com/JCP/JCP_2016_V12_5_Germain.pdf)
The paper gives a brief history of water supply for NYC, before looking at the current challenge - maintaining water quality and sustainable forests. To bring upstate and NYC interests together and forge a mutually beneficial solution, the Watershed Agricultural Council (WAC) was established in 1993. The Council promotes voluntary participation in agriculture Best Management Practices (BMPs) by landowners and farmers in the Watershed. WAC is a partnership between watershed farmers and the city created in an effort to balance pollution prevention, economic viability and public health concerns.
People: Rene Germain , Victor Brunette
Institutions: Watershed Agricultural Council
New York, New York
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Brunette, V.; Germain, R. H. "Forest Management in the New York City Watershed." 2003. Accessed from http://www.fao.org/3/xii/0649-b3.htm
A survey of the literature and experts, including recently released government data, indicates that the long-term viability of privately owned forests in the United States is increasingly threatened by conversion, fragmentation, parcelization, and diminished ecological function. In the face of these threats, those concerned about the future of private forests need to join in a new initiative to more effectively conserve and steward America's private forests. A framework for this initiative is described, as well as key tools to expand forest conservation.
People: Constance Best
Institutions: Pacific Forest Trust
New York, New England
Article
private forests
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Best, C. "America's Private Forests: Challenges for Conservation." Journal of Forestry, vol. 100, issue 3, April 2002, pp. 14-17. Accessed from https://academic.oup.com/jof/article/100/3/14/4612996
Information from forest-land owners in New York gave fresh insight into the process of forest parcelization. The actions of private forest land owners have changed the mosaic of land uses and the parcelization of the forests of New York.
People: Thomas W. Birch
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
New York
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Birch, T. W. "Forest Land Parcelization and Fragmentation." Accessed from https://www.esf.edu/for/germain/Birch Forestland Parcelization.pdf
https://www.esf.edu/for/germain/Birch Forestland Parcelization.pdf
Birds were surveyed at log landings and forest/clearcut borders in the hardwood forest type of the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) of New Hampshire during the breeding seasons of 1989 and 1990 to examine the possibility of log landings functioning as wildlife openings.
People: James W. Tucker , David P. Olson
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences , Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
New Hampshire
Article
white mountain national forest
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Tucker, J. W., Jr., Olson, D. P. "Birds at Log Landings in the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire" Maine Naturalist 2, no. 2 (1994): 91-104. Accessed August 30, 2021. doi:10.2307/3858252.
New Hampshire towns provided a case study of the current state of town-owned forest protection and management, with a focus on timber management. This study administered a survey to 50 randomly sampled towns and received data from 29 about permanent protection and management activities on town-owned forestland (? 50 acres). They used this data, demographic, and landscape data, to evaluate permanent protection and timber management at the town and property levels.
People: Anna Christie-Carnicella
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
New Hampshire
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
Christie-Carnicella A. L., "Community Forests: A Study of New Hampshire's Town-Owned Forests" 2014, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/af4aa23a32e4b2cd251aea11811daa9e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
https://www.proquest.com/openview/af4aa23a32e4b2cd251aea11811daa9e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
The authors evaluated local population structure and measures of genetic diversity of a geographically isolated population of New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) in the northeastern United States. They assessed the relative importance of dispersal barriers and facilitators on gene flow varied among populations in relation to landscape composition, demonstrating the complexity and context dependency of factors influencing gene flow and highlighting the importance of replication and scale in landscape genetic studies.
People: Lindsey Fenderson , Noah Perlut , Adrienne Kovach, John Litvaitis, Kathleen O'Brien, Kelly Boland, Walter Jakubas
Institutions: University of New Hampshire , US Fish & Wildlife Service , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Maine, New Hampshire
Article
land use, roads, rabbits, new england cottontail
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
education
No citation available.
This document gives the related policy and administratives definitions for forest policy in New Hampshire.
Institutions: State of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Policy
forest resources, forestry, laws, long-term management, regulation, state-owned forests
management, ecosystem services
management, policy
Chapter 227-G Policy, Definitions and Administration. (1995). Available at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xix-a/227-g/227-g-mrg.htm
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xix-a/227-g/227-g-mrg.htm
The authors examined habitat features at several spatial scales that were associated with predation of New England cottontails (Sylvilagus transitionalis) by mammalian carnivores. They found that the perimeter-to-area ratio of an occupied patch, the amount of disturbed habitat within 0.5 km of a patch, and the amount of coniferous forest within 1 km of a patch were greater for killed rabbits than for those that survived.
People: A. Brown
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Strafford
Article
roads, rabbits, fragmentation, connectivity, landscape genetics, new england cottontail
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Brown, A.L., & Litvaitis, J.A. (1995). Habitat features associated with predation of New England cottontails: what scale is appropriate?. Canadian journal of zoology, 73(6), 1005-1011.
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z95-120#.WyqFKKdKiUk
The methodology proposed in this thesis report was able to identify patterns of privately owned rural land parcelization using the Finger Lakes and Mohawk Valley regions of New York as case studies.
People: Eva R. Salinas
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
New York
Report
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Salinas, E. R. "Mapping Rural Land Parcelization: A Methodology to Analyze the Intensity of Parcelization using Real Property Data" State University of New York, May 2016. Accessed from (https://www.proquest.com/openview/7e06fe0c13bed8e50257104282d70070/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750)
https://www.proquest.com/openview/7e06fe0c13bed8e50257104282d70070/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
In New York State, the Master Forest Owner (MFO) Volunteer program provides free support from trained volunteers, however participation in the program has declined since 2012. To encourage engagement with the program, they pilot tested a message consisting of descriptive norm, benefit appeal, and individual self-frame via a direct mail campaign. Compared to a control message, requests for visits with MFOs increased from receiving the treatment message via a cost-effective postcard.
People: Shorna Broussard Allred , Peter J. Smallidge
New York
Article
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management
Eiseman D. L., Allred S. B., Smallidge P. J., Chawla P., Dellorto-Blackwell C., Boone B., "Marketing the master forest owner volunteer program: a pilot study on the messaging and materials of engagement", Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 17 December 2021, v. 21, iss. 2, https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2021.2013747
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1533015X.2021.2013747
This study quantifies the impacts of terrestrial invasive plant invasions by Japanese knotweed and woody invasive plant species on riparian forest structure, stream physical habitat, soil structure, and soil functioning in northern New Hampshire. In addition, the study assessed the effects of restoring native trees to disturbed riparian sites and their ability to resist invasive plants in central Vermont.
People: Thomas Lee , John Gunn, Chad F. Hammer , Wilfred Wollheim
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
Vermont, New Hampshire
Report
riparian, soil, streams, invasive plants
conservation, management
conservation, management
Hammer, C. F. "The Impacts of Teresstrial Invasive Plants on Streams and Natural and Restored riparian Forests in Northern New England." University of New Hampshire, Natural Resources: Forestry. Accessed from https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2331&context=thesis
https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2331&context=thesis
This report summarizes the results of the fifth forest inventory of the forests of Southern New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island) conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program.
People: Brett Butler
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Report
monitoring, forest inventory, forest service, fia, forest resources, long-term data
management
conservation, management, education
Butler, B. J., Barnett, C. J., Crocker, S. J., Domke, G. M., Gormanson, D., Hill, W. N., Woodall, C. W. (2011). The Forests of Southern New England, 2007: A report on the forest resources of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island (No. NRS-RB-55). Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station.56 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-RB-55
Boston University researchers Lucy Hutyra and Luca Morreale, along with scientists from Harvard Forest and The City University of New York, find that trees along the edges of temperate forests grow faster and are denser as a result of fragmentation.
People: Gina Mantica
Institutions: Boston University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Mantica G., "Growing forests "a rare piece of good news in climate science"", Boston University, 6 January, 2022. Accessed from: https://www.bu.edu/hic/2022/01/06/growing-forests-a-rare-piece-of-good-news-in-climate-science/
https://www.bu.edu/hic/2022/01/06/growing-forests-a-rare-piece-of-good-news-in-climate-science/
A summary of a forum exploring the loss of forestland and the future of working family forests.
People: Mary Tyrrell
Institutions: Society for the Protection of NH Forests
New Hampshire
Report
forests, fragmentation, parcelization
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Thorne, S. and Sundquist, D. (2001). New Hampshire's vanishing forests: Conversion, fragmentation and parcelization of forests in the Granite State. Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
This study used computer simulations in the context of metapopulation theory to understand the effects of environmental correlation, habitat loss, and habitat management on remaining populations of New England cottontails.
People: John Litvaitis, Rafael Villafuerte
Institutions: The Wildlife Society
New England
Article
habitat loss, new england cottontail
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
No additional information available.
Institutions: New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands , NH Forest Advisory Board
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, forest management, fragmentation, resource planning
conservation, management
management
Department of Resources and Economic Development. (2010). New Hampshire Forest Resource Strategies. Concord, NH. 149 p. Retrieved from https://www.nhdfl.org/DRED/media/Documents/NH-Forest-Resource-Strategies-Final.pdf.
https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/nh-forest-resource-strategies-final.pdf
Information about the New England cottontail and how you can manage your land for habitat is included in this guide.
People: Margaret Arbuthnot
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service , United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
landowners, new england cottontail
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/8828_New-England-Cottontail-Guide_0.pdf
Ownership fragmentation and development may impact both the working forested landscape and water quality. This study surveyed the owners of intact and subdivided family forest parcels across various parcel sizes to gauge their awareness of forest management practices and to assess the potential property-level impacts of their activities on water quality.
People: Rene Germain , Jennifer A. Caron , Nathaniel M. Anderson
New York
Article
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management
Caron J. A., Germain R. H., Anderson N. M., "A Case Study in the New York City Watershed", Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, v. 29, iss. 2, 1 June 2012, pp. 74-80, https://doi.org/10.5849/njaf.10-038
This is a presentation highlighting the important ecological and forest conservation issues in southern new England. This history informs the use of stewardship and management practices.
People: Edward Faison
Institutions: Highstead
New England
Report
forest stewardship, stewardship
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management
Faison, E.K., 2017 "Forest Stewardship in Southern New England Natural Areas - Applying History, Science, and Values" Highstead Foundation, Accessed from (https://www.simsbury-ct.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1216/f/uploads/170417_forest_stewardship_presentation.pdf)
The purpose of this paper is to update and summarize urban forest ecosystem services and values (i.e., pollution removal, carbon storage and sequestration, altered building energy use and power plant emissions) at the state and national level, as well as provide new state estimates on urban forest structure (i.e., tree cover, number of trees, leaf area, leaf biomass) and projections of urban land growth between 2010 and 2060. These statistics and projections can be used to help inform states on the value and magnitude of their urban forests, as well as guide state policies to help protect and enhance this valuable resource.
People: David J. Nowak , Eric J. Greenfield
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services
conservation, policy
Nowak D. J., Greenfield E. J., "US Urban Forest Statistics, Values, and Projections", Journal of Forestry, v. 116, iss. 2, 12 March 2018, pp. 164-177, https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvx004
This article compares and contrasts the information around the world about fragmented forests and the effects on wildlife.
People: Carl Zimmer
Institutions: New York Times
New York, New England
Poster
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Zimmer, C. "Fractured Forests Are Endangering Wildlife, Scientists Find." New York Times, 5 December 2019. Accessed from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/science/forests-fragmentation-wildlife.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/science/forests-fragmentation-wildlife.html
This report presents six papers from the technical session sponsored by the Wildlife and Fish Ecology Working Group, Society of American Foresters' Annual Convention, October19, 1988, Rochester, New York. These papers are used to determine the effects of forest fragmentation on the northeastern region of the United States.
People: Richard DeGraaf , William M. Healy
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New York, New England
Report
conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
DeGraaf, R. M.; Healy, W. M. "Is Forest Fragmentation a Management Issue in the Northeast?" 1990, Accessed from https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/technical_reports/pdfs/scanned/gtr140.pdf
The objective of this study was to investigate techniques for modeling forest parcel size in order to facilitate future efforts to generate a national map depicting the distribution of forest parcel sizes County tax records and land-cover data for Madison County, New York.
People: Brett Butler , Susan L. King
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Madison, New York
Article
map
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
King, S. L., Butler, B. J. "Generating a Forest Parcelization Map for Madison County, NY" Systems Analysis in Forest Resources: Proceedings of the 2003 Symposium, pps. 147-155, October 2005. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=cbpFXR7iKEIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA147&dq=forest+parcelization+new+york&ots=IVFAI5Ryyp&sig=jvvb0taT3zk8Wa5AAiMvUer3XqQ#v=onepage&q&f=false)
This study analyzes changes in timberland ownership from 2003 to 2012 across the northern United States based on Forest Inventory and Analysis data identified according to five ownership categories. A total of 26,940 FIA plots that were remeasured between selected years were used for the analysis. Publicly available corporate ownership data were investigated and used to differentiate industrial and institutional (timber investment management organizations [TIMO] and real estate investment trusts [REIT]) ownership.
People: Brett Butler , David Newman , Eddie Bevilacqua , Karun Pandit
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry , University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries & Geomatics Sciences
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
No citation available.
In this study, new temporal land-cover data from the National Land Cover Database were used to estimate changes in forest fragmentation at multiple scales for the continental US. The results indicated that continental US forests were sensitive to forest loss because of their already fragmented state.
People: James Wickham
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
New York, New England
Article
fragmentation, change, cumulative impacts, forest edge, forest loss, landcover, scale
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Wickham, J.D., Riitters, K.H., Wade, T.G. & Homer, C. (2008). Temporal change in fragmentation of continental US forests. Landscape Ecology, 23(8), pp.891-898.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10980-008-9258-z.pdf
This study utilizes remote sensing derived forest aboveground biomass (AGB) estimates and ownership information obtained from the Protected Areas Database (PAD), combining landscape analyses and GIS techniques to demonstrate how different ownerships (public, regulated private, and other private) relate to the spatial distribution of AGB in New England states of the USA.
People: Brett Butler , Mark Ducey, Daolan Zheng , Linda S. Heath
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Family Forest Research Center
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
aboveground biomass, distribution, ownership
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
The authors compared the associations of forest cover-type, stand size-class, and stand structure to abundance of breeding bird species in managed forest in northern New England. Of the 31 bird species that met the criteria for analysis, a significant association was detected between bird abundance and structure data for 30 species, cover-type data for 19 species, and size-class data for 10 species.
People: Richard DeGraaf
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New Hampshire
Article
bird habitat, forest structure, forest birds, forest cover, timber size-class
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
management
DeGraaf, R.M., Hestbeck, J.B. & Yamasaki, M. (1998). Associations between breeding bird abundance and stand structure in the White Mountains, New Hampshire and Maine, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 103(2-3), pp.217-233.
This study is a preliminary attempt to utilize UAS imagery to detect changes in canopy cover, known to exhibit changes due to edge influences, across forest edges in a New England forest.
People: Russell J Congalton
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Grybas H., Congalton R. G., "Evaluating the Capability of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Imagery to Detect and Measure the Effects of Edge Influence on Forest Canopy Cover in New England", Forests, 15 September 2021, 12(9), 1252, https://doi.org/10.3390/f12091252
Many changes have occurred in these forests since 2010 and updating this information is the first goal of this project. The second goal of this project is to estimate the condition of each forest patch based on a suite of metrics.
People: Timothy G. Howard , Amy K. Conley , Emily Cheadle
Institutions: The New York Heritage Program
New York
Report
conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Conley, A. K.; Cheadle, E.; Howard, T. G. "Hudson Valley Forest Patch Update and Assessment." December 2019, Accessed from https://www.nynhp.org/sites/default/files/Forest_Patch_Assessment_NYNHP_2019_20200228.pdf
https://www.nynhp.org/projects/hudson-valley-forest-patches/
This paper suggests that the number and proportion of small-scale family forest owners in the United States are both increasing due to the increasing importance of non-timber amenities to forest landowners.
People: Brett Butler , Young Zhang , X. Liao , John Schelhas
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
New York, New England
Article
family forest
management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Zhang, Y.; Liao, X.; Butler, B.J. et al. "The Increasing Importance of Small-Scale Forestry: Evidence from Family Forest Ownership Patterns in the United States." Small-scale Forestry 8, 1 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-008-9050-6
No additional information available.
People: David Newman , Nate Anderson , Rene Germain , Kimberly Schulz
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Article
northern forest
methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers
management, education
Anderson, N. M. "Sawmill Wood Procurement in the Northeast United States." 2008, Accessed from https://search.proquest.com/openview/b3278d93f8bbc586cc4995f1549c3952/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
The authors examined physical condition, niche dimensions, and survival of New England cottontails (Sylvilagus transitionalis) that occupied 21 habitat patches of different sizes during winter. Skewed sex ratios and low survival rates among rabbits on small patches suggest that these habitats act as sinks to dispersing juveniles from large source patches, possibly making local populations of New England cottontails vulnerable to extinction if large patches of habitat are not maintained.
People: Michael Barbour
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Strafford
Article
rabbits, fragmentation, new england cottontail, niche expansion, resource limitations
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
Barbour, M. S., and Litvaitis, J. A. (1993). Niche dimensions of New England cottontails in relation to habitat patch size. Oecologia, 95(3), 321-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320983
Understanding forest ownership trends is critical for understanding forest trends. In the northern United States, where 55% of the forestland is controlled by families and individuals, it is imperative that we understand the trends within this complex and dynamic group of owners. The US Forest Service conducted forest landowner surveys across this region, and the rest of the United States, in 1993 and 2006. The published results are not directly comparable because of differences in what was reported and how the data were processed. Fortunately, the same sample designs were used and a subset of identical or near identical questions was asked on both surveys so that reprocessing the data allows for trends to be accurately assessed. The average size of family forest holdings decreased from 25 to 20 ac, reasons for owning remained amenity centered, and the owners are now more likely to be older, retired, have a higher income, and more educated.
People: Brett Butler , Zhao Ma
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Utah State University
New York, New England
Article
family forest
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
This publication provides an overview of forest resources in New Hampshire based on inventories conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Northern Research Station.
People: Randall Morin
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
New Hampshire
Report
inventory
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Morin, Randall S.; Lombard, Kyle. 2017. "Forests of New Hampshire, 2016." Resource Update FS-124. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-124
This research identified the relationship between spatial pattern of forest and socioeconomic drivers in southern New Hampshire. The results indicated that house density was the most important factor in contributing to the forest fragmentation.
People: Junmei Tang , Liping Di , Jingfeng Xiao
Institutions: George Mason University, Center for Spatial Information Science Systems , University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space
New Hampshire
Article
urban, forest economy, impacts
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Tang, J., Di, L., Xiao, J. "Spatial Heterogeneity and Socioeconomic Patterns: Identifying the Impact of Urban Center on Forest Fragmentation" IEEEXplore, George Mason University, University of New Hampshire, 4 December, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8126893
This book is a compilation of forest management practices now crucial for creating a range of forest habitat conditions to maintain or enhance forest wildlife diversity in New England.
People: Richard DeGraaf
New England
Book
forest management, fragmentation, education, land use change, wildlife management
management, ecosystem services, drivers
management, education
DeGraaf, R.M., Yamasaki, M., Leak, W.B. and Lester, A.M. (2006). Technical Guide to Forest Wildlife Habitat Management in New England. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont Press.
By examining survey data from state preferential property tax program administrators across the United States, this paper describes the commonalities and differences among states regarding their preferential property tax programs, provides a preliminary understanding of the relationship between state preferential property tax policy and trends in private forest conditions, and identifies issues related to the effectiveness of state preferential property tax programs and private forest land management and conservation.
People: Brett Butler , Michael Kilgore, David Kittredge , Mary L. Tyrell , Zhao Ma , John L. Greene , Jaekton H. Hewes
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies , Purdue University, University of Minnesota, Family Forest Research Center
New York, New England
Article
private forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Ma, Z.; Butler, B. J,; Catanzaro P. F.; Greene, J. L.; Hewes, J. H.; Kilgore, M. A.; Kittredge, D. B.; Tyrell, M. "The Effectiveness of State Preferential Property Tax Programs in Conserving Forests: Comparisons, Measurements, and Challenges." Land Use Policy, vol. 36, January 2014, pp. 492-499. Accessed from https://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/54Ma_Prop_Tax.pdf
https://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/54Ma_Prop_Tax.pdf
The authors examine changes in floristic communities across New England and New York from the late 1800's to 2019.
People: Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, Glen Mittelhauser , Abraham Miller-Rushing, Richard Primack , Richard Primack
Institutions: University of Maine , Boston University , Maine Natural History Observatory, Acadia National Park, Schoodic Institute
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
This paper argues different reasons for the increase of non-industrial private forest ownership increasing in the U.S. it also discusses the implications of the parcelization of NIPF ownerships on forest management.
People: Daowei Zhang , Yaoqui Zhang
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
private forests
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, education
Zhang, Y., Zhang, D., Schelhas, J. "Small-scale non-industrial private forest ownership in the United States: rationale and implications for forest management" U.S. Forest Service, Silva Fennica, Vol. 39(3): 443-454, 2005. Accessed from (https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/25014)
This chapter identifies characteristics influencing the posting of nonindustrial private forest lands by analyzing and empirical model that examined the relationship between posting and variables that measure characteristics of the land, owner and surrounding community. The results are useful for assessing the implications of parcelization and the changing characteristics of landowners on posting.
People: Donald Dennis
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, NEFES
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
private forests
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
A Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to estimate the technically available woody biomass from forests and willow biomass crops within a 40 km radius of Syracuse and Tupper Lake, NY. Land cover and land use data were used to identify the available land base and restrictions were applied for slope, parcel size and designated wetlands.
New York
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Castellano P.J., Volk T.A., Herrington L.P., "Estimates of technically available woody biomass feedstock from natural forests and willow biomass crops for two locations in New York State", Biomass and Bioenergy, v. 33, iss. 3, March 2009, pp. 393-406, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.08.001
The authors conducted an analysis of forest fragmentation based on 1-km resolution land-cover maps for the globe, using six categories of fragmentation (interior, perforated, edge, transitional, patch, and undetermined) from the amount of forest and its occurrence as adjacent forest pixels. Patterns and differences at multiple scales were assess within and across continents.
People: Kurt Riitters
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station
New York, New England
Article
forests, analysis, forest fragmentation, global analysis
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
The objective of this study was to determine if avian species richness and composition differ between clearcut and group selection openings, and between mature stands and the uncut portions of group selection stands. Point count surveys were conducted during the 1992 and 1993 breeding seasons within six study blocks in the White Mountain National Forest, NH.
People: Christine A. Costello , Mariko Yamasaki , Peter J Pekins , Peter J Pekins, William B Leak , Christopher D Neefus
Institutions: University of New Hampshire , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
No location information available
Report
white mountain national forest
Costello, C. A.; Yamasaki, M.; Pekins P. J.; Leak, W. B.; Neefus, C. D. "Songbird Response to Group Selection Harvests and Clearcuts in a New Hampshire Northern Hardwood Forest." Forest Ecology and Management, col. 127, issue 1-3, March 2000, pp. 41-54. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00131-0
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112799001310
This paper addresses a working landscape of forests and farms in five counties (4.9 million acres) including the Tug Hill Region and a small portion of the Adirondack Park.
Institutions: New York State Tug Hill Commission
New York
Article
management, ecosystem services
management, education
"Forests, Forestry and the Forest Products Industry: Opportunities for Creative Investment", New York State Tug Hill Commission, October 2012. Accessed from: http://www.tughill.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/forestry_paper_FINAL_October_20121.pdf
http://www.tughill.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/forestry_paper_FINAL_October_20121.pdf
The authors of this study built models to determine the impact of habitat fragmentation and invasive species intrusion on the New England cottontail. Patch size and stem density of bushes both seem to be important for the survival of New England cottontails, as small patches (< 7 ha) without enough cover can act as population sinks.
People: Amanda Cheeseman, Christopher Whipps, Jonathan Cohen, Sadie Ryan
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Florida
Dutchess, Putnam, New York
Article
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjz-2018-0277#.XhzFoMhKiUl
This is a comprehensive assessment of forest resources and a statewide plan that was prepared as the sixth statewide forest assessment plan. These are to be prepared every 10 years.
People: Brad Simpkins , Susan Francher , Tracey Boisvert
Institutions: New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands , University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Simpkins, B., Boisvert, T., Francher, S., Guinn, W., Lombard, K., Roberge, S., Sherman, S., Stanwood, S. "New Hampshire Forest Action Plan - 2020" Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Devision of Forests and Lands, 2020. Accessed from "https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/nh-draft-sfap-sept-2020.pdf"
https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/nh-draft-sfap-sept-2020.pdf
Using mail survey data from the northeastern United States, this study explored family-forest-owner (FFO) legacy planning. The report summarizes FFO interest in planning for the future use of their land.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Brett Butler , David Kittredge , Kathleen Bell, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Jessica Leahy, Ezra Markowitz , Anita Milman , Shorna Broussard Allred
Institutions: University of Maine , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , UMass Amherst Department of Natural Resources Conservation , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Economics , Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Natural Resources
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York
Article
family forest
management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Markowski-Lindsay, M.; Catanzaro, P.; Bell, K.; Kittredge, D.; Markowitz, E.; Leahy, J.; Butler, B.; Milman, A.; Allred, S. 30 March 2018. "In Forest and Intact: Designating Future Use of Family-Forest-Owned Land." Accessed From (https://harvardforest1.fas.harvard.edu/sites/harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/files/publications/pdfs/MarkowskiLinday_JForestry_2018.pdf).
No additional information available.
People: Shelly Angers , Ann Simonelli
Institutions: The Conservation Fund , New Hampshire, Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Berlin, New Hampshire
Poster
working forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, policy
Angers, S.; Simonelli, A. 19 September, 2018. "Partnership Conserves nearly 24,000 Acres of Working Forests in New Hampshire's North Country." Accessed From (https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/news-and-events/pr-2018-mahoosuc-gateway.htm)
https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/news-and-events/pr-2018-mahoosuc-gateway.htm
The interior forest habitat of the New York-New Jersy Highlands is being increasingly recoginzed as having significant biodiversity value. Satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) were used at the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA), Rutgers University, to undertake an inventory of forest habitat and an assessment of forest fragmentation in the New York-New Jersey Highlands region. The NY-NJ Highlands has a forest cover of 62-65%, but due to fragmentation only 20% of the total forest area is considered prime forest habitat.
New York
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"Sterling Forest: An Ecological Analysis", 1998, Accessed from: https://crssa.rutgers.edu/projects/sterling/
The results of this study are intended to inform communities about the impact of fragmentation on their significant forested areas but is not intended to be a substitute for on the ground assessments of condition.
People: Amy K. Conley
Institutions: New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York Natural Heritage Program
New York
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Conley, A. "Hudson Valley Forest Fragmentation, Derived from 2016 NLCD" New York Natural Heritage Program, 28 October, 2019. Accessed from (http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/metadata/nysdec.HREP-Forest-Patch-Frag.xml)
http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/metadata/nysdec.HREP-Forest-Patch-Frag.xml
Highstead works to inspire curiosity and build knowledge about plants and wooded landscapes in order to enhance life, preserve nature, and advance sound stewardship practices.
Institutions: Harvard University , Highstead
New England
Website
conservation, monitoring, forests, new england, connecticut, harvard forest, highstead, long-term research, stewardship
conservation
conservation, management, education
Highstead. (n.d.). Dedicated to conserving New England's natural landscapes. Available at http://highstead.net/about/mission.shtml
In southern New England, the Northeastern Forest Inventory and Analysis unit has initiated data collection on the extent and location of forest fragmentation and proximity to human development during phase one (photointerpretation) of the inventory process.
People: Rachel Riemann
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Connecticut, Rhode Island
Article
biodiversity, monitoring, fauna, fia, flora, forest fragmentation, forest inventory and analysis, human development, hydrologic, photointerpretation, tracking
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, education
Riemann, R. & Tillman, K. (1999). FIA photointerpretation in Southern New England: a tool to determine forest fragmantation and proximity to human development. Res. Pap. NE-709. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 12 p.
The author summarized results of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program for 11 states in the Northeast to identify recent trends in the area of early-successional forests. The results suggest that the area of total forest land has remained relatively constant in the northeast; however, the area of early-successional forests has declined since the first forest surveys (ca. 1950).
People: R. Brooks
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
New York, New England
Article
fragmentation, fia, early successional forest, forest inventory and analysis, forest survey, ownership, parcelization
management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Brooks, R.T. (2003). Abundance, distribution, trends, and ownership patterns of early-successional forests in the northeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 185(1-2), 65-74.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112703002469
The objectives of this project were to quantify home range and core area sizes, annual survival rates, minimum population densities, and range overlap for sympatric populations of New England Cottontail and eastern cottontail at four sites in Connecticut.
People: Travis J. Goodie , Howard J. Kilpatrick
Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) , University of Connecticut, Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center
Connecticut
Report
survival, new england cottontail
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
This analysis of USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data shows that nearly 40% of the forestland in northern New England is in an understocked condition when species desirability and tree form are considered. This degraded condition is likely the result of past management activities that have not considered long-term silvicultural objectives and may entail reduced resilience to many climate-related risks for forests and the ecosystem services they provide.
People: Ethan Belair, Mark Ducey, John Gunn
Institutions: University of New Hampshire , University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire
Article
silviculture, clearcutting, clearcuts, forest management, silvicultural treatments, forestry
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Gunn, J.S., Ducey, M.J. & Belair, E., (2019). Evaluating degradation in a North American temperate forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 432, pp.415-426.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112718313197
The objective of this study was to assess the status and change of the landscape context of family forests across the conterminous United States, as measured by interior forest status and anthropogenic (urban and agricultural) interface zones. To do this, the authors combined circa 2005 forest inventory data with land cover maps from 2001 and 2011 to evaluate changes in the vicinity of 132,497 inventory locations.
People: Kurt Riitters , Jennifer Costanza
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
New York, New England
Article
agriculture, forest inventory, forest, family forest, forestland, urban areas
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Riitters, K. and Costanza, J. (2018). The landscape context of family forests in the United States: Anthropogenic interfaces and forest fragmentation from 2001 to 2011. Landscape and Urban Planning.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618301464
This is a page on the Conservation Fund website explaining the impacts of the Working Forest Fund and the problems that they are trying to combat.
People: Brian Dangler , Ann Simonelli , Eric Kostegan
Institutions: The Conservation Fund , Working Forest Fund
New England
Poster
working forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Dangler, B.; Kostegan, E.; Simonelli, A. "Working Forest Fund." The Conservation Fund, 2020. Accessed from https://www.workingforestfund.org/#contact
No additional information available.
People: Ruth Yanai , Dylan Parry , Dustin M. Wood , Nicholas E. Pitel
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York
Article
defoliation, forest tent caterpillar
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Wood, D. M.; Parry, D.; Yanai, R. D.; Pitel, N. E. 2 August, 2010. "Forest Fragmentation and Duration of Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hubner) Outbreaks in Northern Hardwood Forests." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 260, Issue 7, 31 August 2010, pp. 1193-1197. ScienceDirect https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.011
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112710003828
The Northern Forest Futures Project (NFFP) is a window on tomorrow's forests, revealing how today's trends and choices can change the future landscape of the Northeast and Midwest.
People: Sherri Wormstead , Debra Dietzman, Katie LaJeunesse
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
New York, New England
Report
forests, fragmentation, management, inventory, parcelization
management
education
Dietzman, D., LaJeunesse, K., and Wormstead, S. (2011). Scoping of Issues in the Forests of the Northeast and Midwest United States, Version 3.0, June 2011. 41 p.
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/futures/local-resources/downloads/NFFPScopingDoc.pdf
The authors examined the changes in abundance between 1969 and 1986 of 19 forest dwelling, mostly migratory bird species breeding in New Hampshire at 2 different scales: one local (an intensively studied 10-ha plot in unfragmented forest) and the other regional (Breeding Bird Surveys statewide). Overall, they found that more species declined than increased both locally (8 vs. 1) and regionally (5 vs. 1).
People: Richard Holmes
Institutions: American Ornithological Society
New Hampshire
Article
songbirds, bird breeding surveys, forest dwelling birds, forest succession, migratory birds, neotropical migrants
ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Holmes, R.T. & Sherry, T. (1988). Assessing population trends of New Hampshire forest birds: local vs. regional patterns. American Ornithological Society, Vol. 105(4), pp. 756-768.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4087390.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A070f7a4bfcd4ef806667ab2eafd6353a
Depredation rates on artificial ground and shrub nests in large blocks of managed and remote reserved northern hardwood forests were studied in the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) (303 930 ha) in New Hampshire, USA, from June to August 1991. Both types of nests were monitored by trip cameras that recorded depredations as eggs were removed.
People: Richard DeGraaf
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , University of Massachusetts Amherst
New Hampshire
Article
white mountain national forest
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
DeGraaf, R. M. "Nest Predation Rates in Managed and Reserved Extensive Northern Hardwood Forests." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 79, issue 3, December 1995, pp. 227-234. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(95)03594-X
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037811279503594X
This is a compilation of abstracts submitted from the New England society of American foresters 85th winter meeting.
People: Mark Twery , Laura Kenefic
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management
Kenefic, L. S., Twery, M. J. "Changing Forests - Challenging Times: Proceedings of the New England Society of American Foresters 85th Winter Meeting" USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, March 2005. Accessed from (https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/technical_reports/pdfs/2005/ne_gtr325.pdf#page=23)
This book is the result of over fourty years spent studying forests, and an even longer fascination of trees by Charles D. Canham. Canham is most interested in the Great Mountain Forest in Norfolk, Connecticut, the forests of southern New England and the Adirondacks in New York.
People: Charles D. Canham
Institutions: Yale University
Vermont, Norfolk, New York, Connecticut, New England
Book
adirondacks
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Canham, C. D. "Forests Adrift - Currents Shaping the Future of Northeastern Trees." Yale University Press, 2020, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LgLMDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=forest+parcelization+new+york&ots=0_njlE1Ou7&sig=OkedXkJvtXNRh6B5H8XWKSg6yrE#v=onepage&q&f=false
This executive summary provides an overview of the 200-page report, Forests of the Northern United States, which covers in detail current forest conditions, recent trends, issues, threats and opportunities in the forests in the 20 Northern States.
People: Sherri Wormstead , Stephen Shifley, Francisco Aguilar, David J. Nowak , Eric J. Greenfield , Susan Stewart , Nianfu Song , Dale D. Gormanson , W. Keith Moser
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Missouri
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
summary
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, education
Shifley, S.R., Aguilar, F.X., Song, N., Stewart, S.I., Nowak, D.J., Gormanson, D.D., Moser, W.K., Wormstead, S., Greenfield, E.J. "Executive Summary: Forests of the Northern United States". Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-90 ES. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 40 p., 2012. Accessed from (https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/40562)
The authors report a multiple-scale analysis of forest fragmentation based on 30-m (0.09 ha pixel) land-cover maps for the conterminous United States. They found that most forest is found in fragmented landscapes suggesting that while forests are connected over large regions, fragmentation may be so pervasive that edge effects potentially influence ecological processes on most forested lands.
People: Kurt Riitters
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
New York, New England
Article
forest ecology, edge effects, forest fragmentation, landscape pattern, spatial patterns
landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Riitters, K.H., Wickham, J.D., O'neill, R.V., Jones, K.B., Smith, E.R., Coulston, J.W., Wade, T.G. & Smith, J.H. (2002). Fragmentation of continental United States forests. Ecosystems, 5(8), pp.0815-0822.
This article is an extensive overview of the New England-Acadian forests that span New England and the Eastern Townships and the Beauce regions of Quebec and 50 percent of New Brunswick.
Institutions: World Wildlife Fund
New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Davis, M., Gratton, L., Adams, J., Goltz, J., Stewart, C., Buttrick, S., Zinger, N., Kavanagh, K., Sims, M., Mann, G. "New England-Acadian Forests" World Wildlife Fund, 2021. Accessed from (https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0410)
In this study we investigate those specific landscape metrics which are functionally linked to indicators of stream ecological condition, and in particular, identify those characteristics that exacerbate or mitigate changes in ecological condition over and above impervious surface. The approach used addresses challenges associated with redundancy of landscape metrics, and links landscape pattern and composition to an indicator of stream ecological condition across a broad area of the eastern United States.
People: Rachel Riemann , Karen Riva-Murray , Peter Murdoch , Jeffrey M. Fischer , Robin Brightbill
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Geological Survey (USGS) , United States Geological Survey (USGS), New York Water Science Center , United States Geological Survey (USGS), Pennsylvania Water Science Center , United States Geological Survey (USGS), New Jersey Water Science Center
New York, New England
Report
impervious cover, stream
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
The extent to which forest carbon sequestration can help mitigate climate change will be determined in large part by future land use. Here they quantify the impacts of five divergent future land-use scenarios on aboveground forest carbon stocks and fluxes throughout New England.
People: Meghan MacLean , Matthew Duveneck , Luca L. Morreale
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment, New England Conservatory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
MacLean M. G., Duveneck M. J., Plisinski J., Morreale L. L., Laflower D., Thompson J. R., "Forest carbon trajectories: Consequences of alternative land-use scenarios in New England", Change, v. 69, July 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102310
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378021000893
The authors built a cellular automata model to simulate changes in forest cover of the Northern Forest (northeastern US) from 2015 to 2075, based on historical trends from 1985 to 2015. While there was an overall increase in forest cover between 2000 and 2015, there was a trend of decreasing forest area across the Northern Forest, which continued in the simulations. In both observed and simulated time periods, forest fragmentation increased, which posed a major threat to the Northern Forest.
People: Jennifer Pontius , David Gudex-Cross , Alison Adams , Gillian Galford
Institutions: University of Vermont
New York
Article
northern forest, fragmentation
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-019-00896-7
For this study, we map and rank watersheds across the conterminous United States to analyze the relative contributions of private forest land to water quality, timber volume, at-risk species habitat, and interior forest. In addition, we rank watersheds according to the pressures on private forest contributions from increased housing density, wildfire, insect pests and diseases, and air pollution.
People: David Theobald, Ron McRoberts , Susan Stein , Sara J. Comas , Mary A. Carr , Ralph J. Alig , Lisa G. Mahal , Amanda Cundiff
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
benefits, housing development, private forests
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Stein, S.M., McRoberts, R.E., Mahal, L.G., Carr, M.A., Alig, R.J., Comas, S.J., Theobald, D.M., Cundiff, A."Private forests, public benefits: increased housing density and other pressures on private forest contributions". Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-795. (2009) Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 74 p. Accessed from: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.463.5175&rep=rep1&type=pdf
This document produced by New England Forestry Foundation reports on a focused effort to apply new approaches to reach out to forest landowners and engage them in improving their forest management and exploring conservation outcomes.
People: Robert Perschel , Frank Lowenstein , Elizabeth G. Hayden
Institutions: New England Forestry Foundation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
decision support, private forests, woodlands
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management, education
Hayden, E. G., Lowenstein, F., Perschel, R. T. ""From Engagement to Action: Supporting Woodland Owners in Decisions About Their Land"" New England Forestry Foundation, November 2019. Accessed from (https://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/engagement-to-action-2019report.pdf)
https://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/engagement-to-action-2019report.pdf
The authors researched how habitat fragmentation has affected genetic diversity of the New England cottontail.
People: Adrienne Kovach, Amanda Cheeseman, Christopher Whipps, Jonathan Cohen, Sadie Ryan
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of New Hampshire , University of Florida
New York
Article
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-019-01206-z
The authors used the natural logarithms of forest area to perimeter ratios, referred to as the forest continuity index, to assess patterns and trends of forest fragmentation across southern New England that included 157 townships in southern New Hampshire and north eastern Massachusetts. Decreases in forest continuity index values occurred throughout much of the study region between 1973 and 1988, suggesting that forest fragmentation is occurring over large regions within the eastern United States.
People: James Vogelmann
Institutions: University of New Hampshire
Salisbury, Newburyport, Tewksbury, Fitchburg, Essex, Reading, Peabody, Burlington, Groton, Ashburnham, Amesbury, Wenham, Carlisle, Saugus, Danvers, Tyngsborough, Stoneham, Newbury, Dracut, Ipswich, Hamilton, Dunstable, Ashby, Lawrence, Georgetown, Melrose, Pepperell, Woburn, Lunenburg, Groveland, Wakefield, Westford, North Reading, Middleton, Wilmington, Chelmsford, Billerica, Shirley, Methuen, Bedford, Andover, West Newbury, Littleton, Haverhill, Rowley, Townsend, Ayer, Merrimac, North Andover, Lowell, Winchester, Lynnfield, Lynn, Topsfield, Boxford, Allenstown, Amherst, Andover, Antrim, Atkinson, Auburn, Barnstead, Barrington, Bedford, Bennington, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Brentwood, Brookline, Candia, Chester, Chichester, Concord, Danville, Deerfield, Deering, Derry, Dover, Dunbarton, Durham, East Kingston, Epping, Epsom, Exeter, Farmington, Francestown, Franklin, Fremont, Gilmanton, Goffstown, Greenfield, Greenland, Greenville, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Hancock, Henniker, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Hudson, Kensington, Kingston, Lee, Litchfield, Londonderry, Loudon, Madbury, Manchester, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Milton, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Hampton, New Ipswich, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, Northwood, Nottingham, Pelham, Peterborough, Pittsfield, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rindge, Rochester, Rollinsford, Rye, Salem, Salisbury, Sandown, Seabrook, Sharon, Somersworth, South Hampton, Strafford, Stratham, Sutton, Temple, Warner, Weare, Webster, Wilton, Windsor
Article
remote sensing, aerial imagery, habitat fragmentation
landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Vogelmann, J.E. (1995). Assessment of forest fragmentation in southern New England using remote sensing and geographic information systems technology. Conservation Biology, 9(2), pp.439-449.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2386787.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aaf7b848a69f45a66205f56299e9e0b44
Forests near urban communities face a special set of challenges that will only intensify as these communities grow in area, population, and complexity. This article investigates changes in the extent and growth patterns of urban areas across the United States during the past 10 years and discusses the implications of this expansion for management of both urban and exurban forests.
People: David J. Nowak , Jeffrey T. Walton , Soojeong Myeong , Latif G. Kaya , John F. Dwyer
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, North Central Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
urban
conservation, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: John E. Sargent
Institutions: New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Forest Resources Plan Steering Committee. "New Hampshire Forest Resources Plan." April 1996. Accessed from https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/nhfrp01.pdf
Babesiosis is an emerging arthropod-borne infection that has been increasing in incidence for the last decade in the northeastern United States. Babesiosis may share features of its landscape epidemiology with other arthropod-borne infections transmitted by the same tick vectors in similar geographic spaces. This study examined 11 years of surveillance data in New York State to measure the relationship between forest fragmentation and the incidence of human babesiosis.
People: Michael Walsh
New York
Article
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Walsh M. G., "The Relevance of Forest Fragmentation on the Incidence of Human Babesiosis: Investigating the Landscape Epidemiology of an Emerging Tick-Borne Disease", 27 March 2013, v. 13, no. 4, https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2012.1198
No additional information available.
People: Rene Germain
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)
New York, New York
Report
watershed
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
This document is full of abstracts (brief and extended) from each of the presentations that were part of the 2019 FIA Stakeholders Science Meeting. The myriad of projects presented are a true testament to the impact the USDA Forest Service FIA Program has and the contributions that continue to be made to forest resource research.
People: Thomas J. Brandeis
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Article
forest inventory
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, education
Brandeis, T. J. "Celebrating Progress, Possibilities, and Partnerships: Proceedings of the 2019 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Science Stakeholder Meeting" USDA Forest Service, September 2020. Accessed from (file:///C:/Users/abelisle/Downloads/gtr_srs256.pdf)
No additional information available.
People: Jennifer A. Caron
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)
New York, New York
Report
watersheds, ownership
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Caron, J. "Forest Landowner Characteristics on Fragmented Ownerships in the Catskill and Delaware Watersheds" State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2009. 1463658. Accessed from (https://www.proquest.com/openview/aaef4b2ea3b1fd4aa23582ecd46c7225/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750)
https://www.proquest.com/openview/aaef4b2ea3b1fd4aa23582ecd46c7225/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
The number of family forest owners in the conterminous United States increased from 9.3 million in 1993 to 10.3 million in 2003, and these owners now control 42% of the nation's forestland. The reasons why people own forestland are diverse. Some of the more common ones are aesthetic enjoyment, the tract is part of a farm or home site, and to pass the land on to heirs. Half of the family forest owners have harvested trees, but only 3% of them have a written forest-management plan. Trends in owners' ages and future land-use intentions suggest widescale transfers of family forestland in the near future.
People: Brett Butler , Earl C. Latherberry
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, North Central Research Station
New England, New York
Article
family forest, trends
management, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Butler, B. J.; Leatherberry, E. C. "America's Family Forest Owners." Journal of Forestry, vol. 102, issue 7, October 2004, pp. 4-14. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/102.7.4
Deforestation remains one of the most pressing threats to biodiversity. Characterizing the resulting forest loss and fragmentation efficiently from remotely sensed data therefore has strong practical implications. Data are often separately analyzed for spatial fragmentation and disorder, but no existing metric simultaneously quantifies the shapes and arrangement of fragments.
People: Jennifer Costanza
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Peptenatu D., Andronache I., Ahammer H., Radulovic M., et. al. "A New Fractal Index to Classify Forest Disturbance and Anthropogenic Change", Research Square, 9 August 2022, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1934944/v1
Using meta-analysis techniques, the authors calculated the effect size of distance from forest edge on air temperature, and tested for differences among forest types surrounded by different matrices. They found a negative edge-interior temperature gradient, but correlation coefficients were highly variable, and significant only for temperate and tropical forests surrounded by a highly contrasting open matrix. Therefore, they conclude that care is needed when assuming that fragmentation changes forest temperature, as thermal changes at forest edges depend on forest type and matrix composition, and it is still uncertain if this local gradient can be scaled up to the landscape.
People: Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, Romeo Saldana-Vasquez, Lenore Fahrig
Institutions: The National Autonomous University of Mexico , Carleton University, Department of Biology , The Federal University of Paraiba
New York, New England
Article
air temperature, forestland, forest edge, interior forest
ecosystem services
education
Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Saldana-Vazquez, R.A., Fahrig, L. and Santos, B.A. (2017). Does forest fragmentation cause an increase in forest temperature?. Ecological research, 32(1), pp.81-88.
This is an assessment of the conservation challenges and opportunities that have emerged over the last decade in the Norther Appalachian-Acadian Ecoregion. It provides an overview of results from new conservation science. Recommendations about conservation priorities are made.
People: Karen Richardson , Wynet Smith
Institutions: Two Countries One Forest
New York
Report
northern appalachians
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, education
Richardson, K.; Smith, W. August 2019. "Rapid Assessment of New Conservation Science in the Northern Appalachian-Acadian Ecoregion." Accessed from (https://2c1forest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Rapid_Assessment_Final_8.12.19.pdf)
https://2c1forest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Rapid_Assessment_Final_8.12.19.pdf
A resource overview and management direction for New Hampshire's proposed plans for Ashouelot River Conservation Focus Area, Blueberry Swamp Conservation Focus Area, Mascoma River Conservation Focus area, Pondicherry Conservation Focus Area, and Sprague Brook Conservation Focus area.
Institutions: State of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat
management, policy
State of New Hampshire. "Resources Overview and Management Direction for Conservation Focus Areas and Refuge Units" Accessed from https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Silvio_O_Conte_Complex/Silvio_O_Conte/01(f)w_Appendix_A_Conservation_Focus_Areas_New_Hampshire(435.pdf
The authors addressed three questions concerning forest loss across six New England states: (1) What would be the consequences of a continuation of the recent trends in terms of changes to New England's forest cover mosaic? (2) What social and biophysical attributes are most strongly associated with recent trends in forest loss, and how do these vary geographically? (3) How sensitive are projections of forest loss to the reference period, i.e. how do projections based on the period spanning 1990-to-2000 differ from 2000-to-2010, or from the full period, 1990-to-2010?
People: Jonathan Thompson
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Harvard University , Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment, Clemson University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Article
forest ecology, land use, census, biophysics, ecosystems, population density, urban areas
management, ecosystem services
education
Thompson, J.R., Plisinski, J.S., Olofsson, P., Holden, C.E., & Duveneck, M.J. (2017). Forest loss in New England: A projection of recent trends. PLOS ONE, 12(12), e0189636. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189636
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189636
This article descibes the possibilities of utilizing Forest Inventory Analysis data in combination with remote sensing and increased computing capacity to assess foret fragmentation in the region.
People: Andrew Lister
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
New England
Article
ecology, monitoring, forest service, fia, forest resources, inventory
methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Lister, A.J., Lister, T.W., Riemann, R. and Hoppus, M. (2002). Techniques and Considerations for FIA forest fragmentation analysis. In: McRoberts, R.E., Reams, G.A., Van Deusen, P.C., Moser, J.W. (Eds). (2002). Proceedings of the Thrid Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 156-161.
The University of Rhode Island recently completed an analysis of overstory canopy cover in 336 cottontail locations that found that NEC occupied sites with higher overstory tree canopy than EC. The current study used the same 336 cottontail locations to assess NEC and EC habitat preferences in relation to wetlands, open areas, and developed areas. Contrary to expectations, NEC did not appear to avoid wetlands. There were also no indications that NEC preferred or avoided sites near agriculture, pasture, grassland or developed areas, however, EC were more likely to occupy these sites. Based on these findings, suggestions are offered for finetuning the RI GIS model to identify sites for creation of habitat for NEC.
People: Bill Buffum
Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science
Rhode Island
Article
new england cottontail
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Buffum, B. "Habitat Preferences of New England Cottontail and Eastern Cottontail in Relation to Proximity to Wetlands and Developed Areas" August 2015, Accessed from https://web.uri.edu/forestry/files/2012/11/Buffum-2015-Habitat-preferences-of-NEC-and-EC-proximity-to-wetland-and-developed-areas.pdf
The authors compared numbers of forest bird territories between forest edge and forest interior areas to determine whether clearcuts affect bird abundance in adjacent forest. While some birds were less abundant in edge areas, the distribution of these species did not differ from the distribution of randomly placed simulated territories.
People: David King , Richard DeGraaf , Curtice Griffin
Institutions: Wilson Ornithological Society
New Hampshire
Article
clearcuts, bird abundance, forest edge, neotropical migrants
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
King, D.I., Griffin, C.R. & DeGraaf, R.M. (1997). Effect of clearcut borders on distribution and abundance of forest birds in Northern New Hampshire. The Wilson Bulletin, pp.239-245.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4163807.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:a04ef66e23c177ec278c02debe6a86c0
This study investigated factors that may impact the ability of sawmill procurement organizations in the region to obtain wood raw material by surveying mill procurement managers in the region.
People: Louis J. Morin , Andrew F. Egan
Institutions: Paul Smith's College, Adirondack Watershed Institute, University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
wood
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/jof/article/108/8/408/4598915?login=true
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1901 that has helped protect over one million acres in the state. The Society has on-going programs in land protection, environmental education, advocacy, research, and sustainable forest management. This Article explains the goals of the New Hampsire Everlasting program.
People: Sarah Thorne
Institutions: Society for the Protection of NH Forests
New Hampshire
Article
conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
Thorne, S. 22 September 2001. "New Hampshire Everlasting: An Initiatibe to Conserve Our Quality-of-Life." Accessed From (https://forestsociety.org/sites/default/files/nheverlasting.pdf)
https://forestsociety.org/sites/default/files/nheverlasting.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Muriel Church
Institutions: The Council of Forest Resource Organizations
New York
Article
forest products
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://www.nyfoa.org/application/files/2214/8953/7590/FAD_Issue_Sheets_2017.pdf
This map layer is an excerpt from a global assessment of forest fragmentation (Riitters et al., 2000) where each pixel value represents an index of forest fragmentation for the surrounding 81 sq. km.
People: James Wickham , Kurt Riitters
Institutions: Data Basin
New York, New England
Map
forest fragmentation, risk assesment
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
Riitters, K., Wickham, J., O'Neill, R., Jones, B. & Smith, E. (2000). Forest fragmentation risk in the contiguous US. Available at https://databasin.org/maps/new#datasets=d4beb63317b84d3a998fd630aa21bb55
https://databasin.org/maps/new#datasets=d4beb63317b84d3a998fd630aa21bb55
This article highlights the impact of forestry and harvesting decisions made in New England on those same practices and the decisions made globally as a result.
People: Jas Smith , Rachel Hellman
Institutions: Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC)
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
connectivity
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Smith, J., Hellman, R. "How the Forests in New England are Connected to Forests Everywhere" Globe, 12 December 2020. Accessed from (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/12/opinion/how-forests-new-england-are-connected-forests-everywhere/)
No additional information available.
People: Sherri Wormstead , Stephen Shifley, Francisco Aguilar, David J. Nowak , Eric J. Greenfield , Susan Stewart , Nianfu Song , Dale D. Gormanson , W. Keith Moser
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Missouri
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
Shifley, S.R., Aguilar, F.X., Song, N., Stewart, S.I., Nowak, D.J., Gormanson, D.D., Moser, W.K., Wormstead, S., Greenfield, E.J. ""Forests of the Northern United States"". USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, January 2012. Accessed from (https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs//gtr/gtr_nrs90.pdf)
The authors modeled projections of New England's forest based on current trends to determine which landscape changes have the largest impact on carbon storage capabilities of New England forests.
People: Jonathan Thompson , Matthew Duveneck , Matthew Duveneck
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , New England Conservatory
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378018312731
In this study, the authors developed new landcover classifications from Landsat imagery data acquired in 1990 and 2000 for New Hampshire, assessed fragmentation in both time periods, and created maps depicting the spatial extent of fragmentation change through time.
People: Tonya Lister
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Inventory and Analysis, FIA
New Hampshire
Article
landsat, fragmentation, fia, edge effects, parcelization, spatial assessment
management, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Lister, T., Lister, A., McWilliams, W. & Riemann, R. (2007). Identifying areas of relative change in forest fragmentation in New Hampshire between 1990 and 2000. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 89-95. (Vol. 77).
The Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University is working to understand how private forestland parcelization is occurring in New York State and is making resources available to better support landowners, forest professionals, and local policy-makers as they respond to this phenomenon.
People: Shorna Broussard Allred , Andrew Walker Roe , Peter J. Smallidge
Institutions: Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Natural Resources , Cornell University, Cooperative Extension
New York
Website
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Allred, S. B., Stedman, R. C., Smallidge, P, Roe, A. W. "Forestland Parcelization: New York Patterns" Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, Human Dimensions Research Unit. Accessed from (https://sites.google.com/site/forestparcelization/home)
To understand why landowners parcelize and sell their land, this study surveyed forestland owners in the Catskill-Delaware watersheds who did parcelize as well as those whose property remains intact.
People: Rebecca Sanborn Stone , Mary L. Tyrell
Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Catskill, Delaware, New York
Report
watershed
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
No citation available.
This article outlines the risk of extinction that fragmented forests face throughout North America and South America.
People: David Edwards
New York, New England
Website
wildlife, disturbance, education, forest patch, threats
drivers, wildlife and habitat
education
Edwards, D. (2015, March 23). Why forest fragmentation risks mass extinctions. Available at https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/why-forest-fragmentation-risks-mass-extinctions/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/why-forest-fragmentation-risks-mass-extinctions/
As forest lands decline in New England, a group of 20 scholars, UMass Extension forester David B. Kittredge, Jr.(right), has issued a report calling on the six states to retain 70 percent of the region's land as forest.
Institutions: University of Massachusetts, UMass
New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"New England losing forest cover, accelerated conservation urged", 20 May 2010, Accessed from: https://www.umass.edu/archivenewsoffice/article/new-england-losing-forest-cover-accelerated-conservation-urged
This study shows that, in contrast to tropical systems, temperate forest edges exhibit increased forest growth and biomass with no change in total mortality relative to the forest interior. They analyze >48,000 forest inventory plots across the north-eastern US using a quasi-experimental matching design.
People: Andrew Reinmann , Jonathan Thompson , Lucy Hutyra , Luca L. Morreale
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment, The City University of New York (CUNY), Advanced Science Research Center, Environmental Sciences Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center (CUNY), Graduate Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biology
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Morreale L. L., Thompson J. R., Tang X., Reinmann A. B., Hutyra L. R., "Elevated Growth and Biomass Along Temperate Forest Edges", Nature Communications, V. 12, Article 7181 (10 December 2021), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27373-7
This Assessment Report is essentially a background paper designed to provide the best information available about the status of New Hampshire's forests to facilitate a revision to the Plan with input from many stake holder groups.
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers
conservation, management
"New Hampshire Forest Resources Plan Revision - Assessment 2010", 2010, Accessed from: https://indicators.ucdavis.edu/catalog/frameworks/new-hampshire-forest-resources-plan-revision-assessment-2010
This is a map layer uploaded by the Conservation Biology Institute showing an assessment of forest fragmentation within North America.
People: Kurt Riitters
Institutions: DataBasin
New York, New England
Website
biodiversity, forest, biotic diversity, landcover, landscape, risk assesment
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Riitters, K. (2010). Forest Fragmentation Risk, Contiguous US. Conservation Biology Institute. Available at https://databasin.org/datasets/d4beb63317b84d3a998fd630aa21bb55
https://databasin.org/datasets/d4beb63317b84d3a998fd630aa21bb55
Land managers, planners, and policy makers need to proactively consider the potential effects of change in order to prepare for it. But the direct consequences of social and ecological change are often not thoroughly identified and explored in policy analysis, and possible higher-order implications are rarely considered. This study used a structured group process called the Futures Wheel to uncover and analyze possible higher-order implications of an important trend in US Northern forests: lack of age-class diversity and uniform aging.
People: David Bengston, Michael Dockry, Stephen Shifley
Institutions: Northern Research Station
New York, New England
Article
northern forest, fragmentation, early successional forest, forestry, parcelization
management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Bengston, D.N., Dockry, M.J. & Shifley, S.R. (2018). Anticipating cascading change in land use: Exploring the implications of a major trend in US Northern forests. Land Use Policy, 71, pp.222-229.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837717300790
The Conservation Fund aims to permanently protect more than 36,000 acres of working forests in the eastern United states, including the Reed Forest in Maine.
People: Brian Dangler , Evan Smith
Institutions: The Conservation Fund , Forest Society of Maine
Maine
Poster
working forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, policy
Dangler, B.; Smith, E. 2020. "Reed Forest, The Conservation Fund, Working Forest Fund." Accessed From (https://www.conservationfund.org/projects/reed-forest)
This handbook has been prepared to help readers develop an appreciation of how northeastern forests develop and an understanding of forest regeneration concepts, including the importance of disturbance. This information will help landowners and other land use decisionmakers, in concert with professional foresters, make informed decisions about forest regeneration options tailored to their management objectives.
People: Jeffrey Ward , Thomas E. Worthley , Peter J. Smallidge , Karen P. Bennett
Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , Cornell University , University of Connecticut, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New York, New England
Book
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
Ward, J. S.; Worthley, T. E.; Smallidge, P. J.; Bennett, K. P. "Northeastern Forest Regeneration Handbook." July 2006, Accessed from https://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/forest/docs/forest_regn_hndbk06.pdf
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/forest/docs/forest_regn_hndbk06.pdf
The goal of this publication was to provide landowners, foresters, conservation organizations, and municipal officials a framework for addressing emerging challenges in an integrated way that is specific to forestland and takes into consideration individual goals, available time, and resources.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Anthony D'Amato , Emily Huff
Institutions: University of Vermont , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts Amherst
New England
Report
climate change, conservation, carbon sequestration, forest conversion, forest stressors, invasives
methods, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, education
Catanzaro, P., D'Amato, A., & Huff, E.S. (2016). Increasing forest resiliency for an uncertain future. Report for the USDA Forest Service. Available at https://masswoods.net/sites/masswoods.net/files/Forest-Resiliency.pdf
http://masswoods.org/sites/masswoods.net/files/Forest-Resiliency.pdf
This is a research center that studies the behaviors and attitudes of the people who own forests. They investigate the social, political and economic dimensions of family forest ownership in the hope of improving forest conservation.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Brett Butler , Emily Huff , David Kittredge , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Stephanie Snyder, Jesse Caputo , Kristen Floress , Amanda Robillard , Emma Sass
Institutions: Family Forest Research Center , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Massachusetts
Website
family forest, forest economy
conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
"Family Forest Research Center." 2016. USDA Forest Service, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Michigan State University. Accessed From (http://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org/)
This document is a layperson's guide to New Hampshires Current Use law
Institutions: SPACE - New Hampshire's Current Use Coalition
New Hampshire
Policy
agriculture, current use, education, laws, long-term management, policy, private land, taxation
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education, policy
A Layperson's Guide to New Hampshire Current Use. (2016). New England Forestry .Available at http://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CurrentUseLaypersonsGuide.pdf
http://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CurrentUseLaypersonsGuide.pdf
This is the second chapter of the book "New England's Forest Landscape: Ecological Legacies and Conservation Patterns Shaped by Agrarian History"
People: David Foster
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Harvard University , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Brandeis University
New England
Article
conservation, history, agrarian history, anthropology
conservation, drivers
education
Foster, D R., Donahue, B., Kittredge, D., Motzkin, G., Hall, B., Turner, B., and Chilton, E.S. (2008). New England's Forest Landscape: Ecological Legacies and Conservation Patterns Shaped by Agrarian History. In Agrarian Landscapes in Transition: Comparisons of Long-Term Ecological and Cultural Change: 344.
This study applied the transtheoretical model of behavior change to understand which activities and behaviors FFOs have pursued in relation to forest legacy planning. They conducted a regional mail survey of 2500 FFOs across Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Michael Ryan Quartuch , Ezra Markowitz , Shorna Broussard Allred
Institutions: Family Forest Research Center , Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Natural Resources , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
New England
Report
change, model
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11842-021-09476-7
The 2010 State Forest Assessment and Strategy covers the condition of and trends in Maine's forests and forest economy. Pursuant to state and federal legislative direction, the report addresses a number of topics, including: criteria and indicators of forest sustainability, threats and opportunities, priority forest areas, and strategies and resources needed to address threats to the state's forest resources.
People: Donald Mansius
Institutions: Maine Forest Service, Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Forest Service, Forest Policy and Management
Maine
Report
fragmentation, forest, parcelization
management
education
Maine Forest Service, Department of Conservation. (2010). Maine State Forest Assessment and Strategies. Maine Forest Service, Department of Conservation. Augusta, ME. 225 pp.
http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/publications/reports/maine_assessment_and_strategy_final.pdf
This study used a modeling approach to determine the conditions under which fragmentation of breeding habitat can cause landscape?scale population declines in songbirds. The simulated species resided in a system of forest patches (a landscape) and could potentially disperse among patches between breeding seasons.
People: Therese Donovan , Roland L. Lamberson
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), Humboldt State University
New England, New York
Article
breeding
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Donovan, T. M.; Lamberson, R. H. "Area-Sensitive Distributions Counteract Negative Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Breeding Birds." Ecology Ecological Society of America, vol 82, issue 4, pp. 1170-1179, 1 April 2001, Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1170:ASDCNE]2.0.CO;2
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1170:ASDCNE]2.0.CO;2
This is the transcript of a conversation with Jane Difley about her career as the first woman president of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, who recently retired.
People: The Exchange
Institutions: New Hampshire Public Radio
New Hampshire
Website
conservation
education
Difley, J. (2019, Sept. 10). Personal interview with The Exchange.
https://www.nhpr.org/post/jane-difley-preserving-nhs-forests-two-decades#stream/0
This web page is an overview of data and statistics on forest fragmentation both due to natural causes and human development.
People: Curtis H. Flather , Milagros Alvarez , Mark Nelson , Michael Knowles
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, U.S. Endowment of Forestry and Communities
No location information available
Website
forests, development
conservation, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Alvarez M., Nelson, M., Flather, C., Knowles, M., 2018 "Forest Fragmentation and Housing Development" U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities. Accessed from https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=ed360934f2654044adefaf3ef08eeb54
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=ed360934f2654044adefaf3ef08eeb54
This book examines the factors behind projected patterns of residential development and conversion of private forest land by 2030 in northwestern Washington, southern Maine and northwestern Georgia.
People: Eric M. White
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Maine
Book
private forests
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation
White, E.M. "A Closer Look at Forests on the Edge: Future Development on Private Forests in Three States" USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. May 2008. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_BTJPvR8n8AC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=forest+parcelization+maine&ots=4sJ4SGlKtt&sig=kbE86lB5vMSbpIgr4XxquJYTgbs#v=onepage&q&f=false)
This article focuses on societal expectations and specifically considers what is expected from family or small-scale private forests in the USA and Europe. These expectations will shape the services provided by forests either directly via landowner and land manager actions or indirectly via policies that may encourage action. This chapter is presented as a conceptual discussion, intended to identify what societal expectations are from family forests and how they may relate to the service-dominant logic framework and the potential this framework provides for better matching expectations with services from this important forest land ownership base.
People: Emily Huff , Nataly Jurges , Maria Canadas
Institutions: Michigan State University , Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen , University of Lisbon
New York, New England
Article
private forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28999-7_3
This document is a dissertation on the decline and resurgence of the bobcat in New England, related to anthropogenic land use. The author explores historic and modern genetics, diet, and stress of New England bobcat populations, and then connects these to historic and modern land uses.
People: Rory Carroll
Institutions: University of New Hampshire
New England
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3438&context=dissertation
The quality of life we cherish is in many ways dependent on the health and accessibility of our forests. Forests provide recreational and aesthetic relief from the pressures of modem society, as well as the raw material for a multitude of wood products. Many rural communities rely heavily on economic benefits provided by timber, tourism, and other forest-related recreation industries. Since approximately 85% of all timberland in the highly populated East is privately owned, these owners and the decisions they make are extremely important in maintaining quality of life and economic vitality within the region.
People: Donald Dennis
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Vermont, New Hampshire
Poster
production, recreation, forest economy, private land, timber
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Dennis, D. F. "Parcelization and Affluence: Implications for Nonindustrial Private Forests." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 9 (1992), Accessed from https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/jrnl/1992/ne_1992_dennis_001.pdf
Depredation on artificial ground and cup nests in even-aged seedling/sapling, pole, and mature stands of continuous northern harwood forest was studied in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, USA from May to June 1988. Track-board nests were used to identify predators of ground nests; plain ground nests and cup nests were used to investigate the effects of timber size-class on rates of predation.
People: Richard DeGraaf , Per Angelstam
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Grimsö Wildlife Research Station
New Hampshire
Report
predation, white mountain national forest
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
DeGraaf, R. M.; Angelstam, P. "Effects of Timber Size-Class on Predation of Artificial Nests in Extensive Forests." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 61, issues 1-2, October 1993, pp. 127-136. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(93)90194-R
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037811279390194R
Joan Maloof, Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University, founded the Old-Growth Forest Network to preserve, protect and promote the country's few remaining stands of old-growth forest
People: Joan Maloof
Institutions: Old-Growth Forest Network
Hampshire, Franklin, Cattaraugus, Cortland, Erie, Franklin, Hamilton, Niagara, Onondaga, Tompkins
Website
old growth forests, forest, disturbance, intact forests, mature forests
conservation
education
Old-Growth Forest Network. (n.d.). Available at http://www.oldgrowthforest.net
This indicator describes forest fragmentation in the contiguous US c. 2001, 2006, and 2011. This information provides a broad, recent picture of the spatial pattern of the nation's forests and the extent to which they are being broken into smaller patches and pierced or interspersed with non-forest cover.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
New York, New England
Website
epa, forest fragmentation, impacts, nlcd, spatial patterns, trends
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Environmental Protection Agency. (2015). Report on the Environment. Available at https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator.cfm?i=81
This study investigated the influence of landscape and wetland characteristics on pond-breeding amphibian assemblages in south-central New Hampshire, a relatively low populated and heavily forested region of the northeastern United States. This allowed for a better understanding of landscape influences in less disturbed areas, and to determine critical landscape disturbance thresholds, above which amphibians are negatively impacted.
People: Kimberly J. Babbitt , H. L. Herrmann , Matthew J. Baber , Russell J Congalton
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
New Hampshire
Article
amphibian
conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Herrmann, H. L.; Babbitt, K. J.; Baber, M. J.; Congalton, R. G. "Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Amphibian Distribution in a Forest-Dominated Landscape." Biological Conservation, vol. 123, issue 2, May 2005, pp. 139-149. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.025
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000632070400432X
No additional information available.
People: Constance Best , Laurie A. Wayburn
Institutions: Pacific Forest Trust
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
private forests, stewardship
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
This research empirically assess ed the relationship between family forest landowner, parcel, and tax program characteristics and participation in state preferential forest property tax programs (PFPTPs) across the U.S. using data from the National Woodland Owner Survey. Results of a binary logistic regression model demonstrate that PFPTP participation for family forest owners who responded to the NWOS between 2011 and 2013, were at least slightly familiar with their PFPTP, owned a single wooded parcel, and met the minimum/maximum acreage requirements for PFPTP enrollment is influenced by five primary categories comprised of landowner characteristics, PFPTP characteristics, and land use characteristics.
People: Michael Kilgore, Charles Blinn, Justin Meier
Institutions: University of Minnesota, CFANS
New York, New England
Report
silviculture, land use, family forest, forestry, tax exemption
management, ecosystem services, planning
education
Kilgore, M.A., Blinn, C.R., Meier, J.T., Frey, G. and Snyder, S. (2018). Characterizing Family Forest Owners who are Eligible to Participate in Preferential Forest Property Tax Programs (PFPTPs) across the US.
This project used the National Land Cover Dataset Land Cover Retrofit product of Coastal Watershed, NH to evaluate various fragmentation techniques including, (1) FRAGSTATS (University of Massachusetts) and (2) the Forest Fragmentation program from the Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR, University of Connecticut), and (3) a number of other image analysis techniques.
People: Meghan MacLean
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
New Hampshire
Article
fragmentation, fragstats, landcover change, clear
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
MacLean, M. G., & Congalton, R. G. (2010). Mapping and Analysis of Fragmentation in Southeastern New Hampshire. ISPRS. Retrieved from http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVIII/part4/files/MacLean.pdf
http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVIII/part4/files/MacLean.pdf
This presentation focuses on the changing ownership of New Hampshire's forestland
People: Paul Doscher
Institutions: Society for the Protection of NH Forests
New Hampshire
Poster
forestland, education, forest cover, land ownership, population growth, timber
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Doscher, P. (2005). Changes in Timberland Ownership - The New Hampshire Experience. Society for the Protection of NH Forests. Available at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0ahUKEwjU1PTgrrfaAhVNhOAKHVkEDuMQFgg0MAQ&url=http://www.communitiescommittee.org/conference/presentations/doscher.ppt&usg=AOvVaw1QX9vN3btBjVNrH3tRUn13
http://www.communitiescommittee.org/conference/presentations/stein.ppt
This project investigated 59 recently harvested, family-owned properties with 25 acres or more of timberland across a four-county area of Vermont. On each property, this study evaluated the use of silviculture and compliance with Best Management Practices (BMP) to determine the extent of sustained yield management.
People: Neal F. Maker
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
Vermont
Report
family forest
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://www.proquest.com/openview/bd83d9935f51101b7bfad65fe4450851/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
This report includes a summary of forest management issues that the Maine Forest Service identifies as important public policy issues
People: John Nutting
Institutions: Maine Forest Service
Maine
Report
conservation, management, forest service, forest resources, legislation, policy, protection, sustainability
conservation, management
management, education, policy
Maine Forest Service Department of Conservation. (1999). The State of the Forest and Recommendations for Forest Substainability Standards - Final Report to the Joint Standing Committee of the 119th Legislature on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Augusta, Maine. 41 p.
http://www.maine.gov/DACF/mfs/about/state_assessment/downloads/sofjun12.PDF
No additional information available.
People: James Gibbs , Edward J. Stanton
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
New York
Report
insects
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Gibbs, J.P.; Stanton, E.J. (2001), "HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY CHANGE: CARRION BEETLES, PHORETIC MITES, AND FLIES." Ecological Applications, Accessed from https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0079:HFAACC]2.0.CO;2
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0079:HFAACC]2.0.CO;2
No additional information available.
People: Rene Germain
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
New York
Article
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
https://www.scientia.global/professor-rene-germain-strategies-sustainable-forest-management/
Results from a survey of private land owners that own 1,000 acres or more of land in the Northern Forest.
People: Walter Kuentzel , John Daigle , Lindsay Utley , Lisa C. Chase , Tommy L. Brown
Institutions: University of Vermont , University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Natural Resources
New York, New England
Article
private land
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
The 2015 revision of the Wildlife Action Plan incorporates new data, methodologies and extensive public input to identify species in greatest need of conservation, habitats that are at the greatest risk, as well as land uses and activities that present the greatest threats to wildlife and habitat. It outlines more than 100 actions that can be taken by diverse stakeholders to protect and manage wildlife and habitat in New Hampshire.
People: Mark Ellingwood , Glenn Normandeau , John Kanter
Institutions: Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Project, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Normandeau, G.; Ellingwood, M.; Kanter, J. "New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan, 2015 Revised Edition." 2015. Accessed from https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/wildlife/documents/wap/introandfrontpages.pdf
The authors used Breeding Bird Survey data and associated landscape metrics to test the hypothesis that range-wide population change in species for which habitat fragmentation negatively affects reproductive success should depend on the proportion of the population that actually occupies fragmented landscapes. The results indicated a significant, negative relationship between the proportion of the breeding population occupying fragmented landscapes and the population trend from 1970 to 1980.
People: Therese Donovan
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Article
fragmentation, songbirds, bird survey, landscape occupancy
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Donovan, T.M. & Flather, C.H. (2002) Relationships Amoung North American Songbird Trends, Habitat Fragmentation, and Landscape Occupancy. Ecolocial Applications. 12(2): 346-374
"Forests for the People" tells one of the most extraordinary stories of environmental protection in our nation's history: how a diverse coalition of citizens, organizations, and business and political leaders worked to create a system of national forests in the Eastern United States. It offers an insightful and wide-ranging look at the actions leading to the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911 -- landmark legislation that established a system of well-managed forests in the East, the South, and the Great Lakes region -- along with case studies that consider some of the key challenges facing eastern forests today.
People: Christopher Johnson
New York, New England
Book
timber harvest, eastern national forests, invasives, national parks, prescribed burns, weeks act, wilderness protections
management, ecosystem services
conservation
Johnson, C. & Govatski, D.(2013). Forests for the People: The Story of America's Eastern National Forests. Island Press.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Forests_for_the_People.html?id=3-FoAQAACAAJ
The author employed a hierarchically structured planning unit framework to a heuristic reserve design model for the northern forest of New England. Results of the reserve design models and landscape metrics indicated that a hierarchically structured planning-unit framework may lessen the trade-off between reserve connectivity and cost efficient feature representation, when compared to the three single-scale schemes.
People: Mischa Hey
Institutions: University of Vermont, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
New England
Article
community patterns, modeling, wildlife, connectivity, parcelization
methods, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Hey, M.J. (2006). A Spatially Hierarchical Approach to Systematic Reserve Design in the Northern Forest of New England. MS Thesis, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Available at http://primo.uvm.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=UVM&docid=UVM_VOYAGER1543535&context=L&search_scope=uvm_voyager&lang=en_US
This article explains the findings of two studies from Boston University which found that trees around the edges of urban forests grow faster and the soil gives off less carbon dioxide than scientists expected.
People: Barbara Moran
Institutions: WBUR News
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Moran B., "Urban forests may store more carbon that we though, study finds", wbur, Boston University, Accessed from: https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/02/16/forest-fragments-northeast-us-climate-change-soil-respiration
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/02/16/forest-fragments-northeast-us-climate-change-soil-respiration
This was a presentation given by a Masters of Science student, Andrew Roe, at the Society of American Foresters National Convention in 2010 on the Hudson River watershed and how it is being affected by forest land ownership change and parcelization.
Institutions: Cornell University, Cooperative Extension , Society of American Foresters
New York
Poster
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Roe A., "Forest Ownership Change and Parcelization In the Hudson River Watershed", 2010, Society of American Foresters, Accessed from: https://www.slideshare.net/Shorna_Allred/forest-ownership-change-and-parcelization-in-the-hudson-river-watershed
The short report summaries the vision and key goals of the Staying Connected Intiative project that aims to protect the Berkshire wildlife linkage between the Green Mountains and the Hudson Highlands in New York.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Staying Connected Initiative
Vermont, New York
Report
wildlife, fragmentation
ecosystem services
education
Marx, L. (2017). The Berkshire wildlife linkage: connecting the Green Mts to Hudson Highlands for wildlife and people. The Staying Connected Intiative.
http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/BWL_2pager_FINAL.pdf
This article highlights the findings of a report by researchers at Harvard University and the University of Vermont which shows that New England states need to triple the rate at which forest land is conserved or risk losing a campaign to protect millions of acres from residential and commercial development.
People: Sherry Devlin
Institutions: Treesource
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Devlin, S. "Harvard Report: New England Losing 24,000 Acres of Forest a Year". Treesource, September 25, 2017. Accessed from: https://treesource.org/news/lands/new-england-forests/
Report advocating for legislative action to keep forests intact.
People: Steven Sinclair
Institutions: Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Poster
resource management, wildlife, fragmentation, forest stewardship, land ownership
management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, policy
Sinclair, S. (2016). Forest Fragmentation. Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation.
http://vtcommunityforestry.org/sites/default/files/pictures/arbor_day_2016_frag.pdf
What Is Forest Fragmentation,and Why Is It Important? Forest fragmentation refers to a loss of forest and the division of the remaining forest into smaller blocks. Fragmentation is of concern primarily because of its impact on the conservation of biological diversity. Forest fragmentation can affect the amount and quality of habitat for many wildlife species (Fahrig 2003, Roundtable on Sustainable Forests 2000). Fragmented forests may consist of patches of forest too small to maintain viable populations of certain species. Fragmentation is also an issue because the resulting smaller blocks of forest may not be viable units for forest management (Roundtable on Sustainable Forests 2000).
People: Kurt Riitters
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Riitters K. H. "Forest Fragmentation", 2007 pp 9-15 In: Forest health monitoring: 2005 national technical report. General Technical Report SRS-104. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.
This research investigated the impacts of UAS flight parameters on the accuracy of canopy height estimates made from UAS data by comparing UAS estimates across twelve combinations of flying height and image overlap to ground measured canopy height.
Institutions: University of New Hampshire
New Hampshire, New England
Report
conservation, methods, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Grybas H., "Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) As a Tool for Investigating Edge Influences in New Hampshire Forests", University of New Hampshire, December 2021, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/436c881c8fa2c2b22a841449a280c0f8/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
This website provides information about Two Countries, One Forest a major Canadian-U.S. collaborative of conservation organizations, researchers, foundations and conservation-minded individuals.
Institutions: Two Countries One Forest
New York, New England
Website
conservation, conservation planning, conserved land, ecoregion
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Two Countries, One Forest. (n.d.). Available at https://programs.wcs.org/2c1forest/
No additional information available.
People: Gregory McGee, Nathan G. Kiel , Geoffrey R. Griffiths
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Integrative Biology
New York
Article
herbs, agricultural development
conservation, methods, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
This is a report on the Fifth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium. The documents contributed to this report include forest inventory in the areas of policy, assessments, statistics, remote sensing, information science, and forest health for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the USDA Forest Service.
People: William McWilliams , Ron McRoberts , Gregory A. Reams , Paul C. Van Deursen
Institutions: Forest Inventory and Analysis, FIA, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
New York, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
McRoberts, R. E.; Reams, G. A.; Van Deursen, P. C.; McWilliams, W. H. "Proceedings of the fifth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium: Assessment and Mapping of Forest Parcel Sizes" 2005, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0j1p6PqTK84C&oi=fnd&pg=PA27&dq=forest+parcelization+northeast+us&ots=IbA9IX6DTp&sig=M4N8HPnIkkWg4lCA2J3VSvU9zbg#v=onepage&q&f=false
Populations of a number of taxa associated with shrublands, early-successional forests, and other disturbance-generated habitats (collectively referred to as thickets) are declining in the northeastern United States. To assure that species dependent on thicket habitats persist, intervention is warranted. However, conservationists concerned with the status of thicket-dependent species are confronted with two important questions. How much habitat is needed? And how should these habitats be distributed?
People: John Litvaitis
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Litvaitis J. A., "Are pre-Columbian conditions relevant baselines for managed forests in the northeastern United States?" Forest Ecology and Management, 3 november 2003, v. 185, iss. 1-2, pp 113-126
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002500
This pamphlet outlines the importance of connected landscapes for wildlife.
People: Monica Erhart
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Staying Connected Initiative
Vermont, New York
Poster
species richness, habitat, working forests
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Erhart, M. (2013). Staying Connected, Keeping Working Forests Available for Wildlife. Staying Connected Initiative. Retrieved from http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/keeping_forests_connected.pdf
http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/keeping_forests_connected.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Anna Fitch
Institutions: Forest Society of Maine
Maine
Article
working forests
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Fitch, A., Watts, A. "Working Forests Kept Working: The Working Forest Fund" The Forest Society of Maine, August 25, 2017, Accessed from (https://www.fsmaine.org/working-forest-fund/)
The 2003 report of Maine's forest represent the first full set of annual inventory and growth data (FIA) since the end of the extreme spruce-budworm epidemic of the 1970's and 1980's.
People: William McWilliams
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Maine
Report
monitoring, analysis, forest composition, forest vitality, ingrowth, land management, sustainability, timber volume
management
conservation, management, education
McWilliams, W.H., Butler, B.J., Caldwell, L.E., Griffith, D.M., Hoppus, M.L., Laustsen, K.M., Lister, A.J., Lister, T.W., Metzler, J.W., Morin, R.S., Sader, S.A., Stewart, L.B., Steinman, J.R., Westfall, J.A., Williams, D.A., Whitman, A., Woodall, C.W. (2005). The forests of Maine: 2003. Resour. Bull. NE-164. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 188 p.
This paper follows Connecticuts Forest Forum with a goal of creating a dialogue in order to effectively summarize the status and condition of Connecticut's forest
People: James Hurd
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Connecticut, Yale University
Connecticut
Report
awareness, education, forest fragmentation, parcelization, parcels, urban forests
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Hurd, J., Parent, J., Civco, D., Tyrrell, M., and Butler, B. (2006). Forest Fragmentation in Connecticut - What Do We Know and Where are We Headed? Retrieved from https://www.ctwoodlands.org/sites/default/files/CFPA Research Note 6 Forest Frag Oct 06_0.pdf.
Place-based models of landscape change assert that the strength of people's attachments can influence their experience of and response to change. This study applies a qualitative deductive-inductive approach to examine rapid change experienced by family forest owners in the northern Great Lakes region of the U.S. (N = 17), whose densely forested property was in the path of a major windstorm and near an ongoing pine barrens restoration.
People: Anna Haines, Kristen Floress
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts, UMass
New York
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
Gobster P. H., Weber E., Floress K. M., Schneider I. E., Haines A. L., Arnberger A., "Place, loss, and landowner response to the restoration of a rapidly changing forest landscape", Landscape and Uban Planning, V. 222, June 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104382
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204622000317
The distribution of avian and mammalian nest predator species in clearcut forest, forest edge and forest interior habitats was assessed on four study plots in 1992 and 1993 using line transect counts.
People: David King , Richard DeGraaf , Curtice Griffin
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Massachusetts
Article
predation, mammals, forest edge, clearcut
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
King, I. D.; Griffin, C. R.; DeGraff, R. M. "Nest Predator Distribution Among Clearcut Forest, Forest Edge and Forest Interior in an Extensively Forested Landscape." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 104, issues 1-3, 12 May 1998, Pages 151-156. ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112797002533
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112797002533
This study identified the extent and distribution of some of the most critical natural resources that make up New Hampshire's landscape. The authors describe the growth that New Hampshire has already accommodated and what the effect of growth and development over the next 20 years will be on the state's landscape.
People: Dan Sundquist
Institutions: Society for the Protection of NH Forests, The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter
New Hampshire
Report
fragmentation, education, land use change, outreach, population growth
drivers
management, education
Sundquist, D. and Stevens, M. (1999). New Hampshire's changing landscape: population growth, land use conversion, and resource fragmentation in the Granite State. Report for The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and The New Hampshire Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
https://forestsociety.org/sites/default/files/NHChangingLandscape_2005.pdf
The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an assessment of the Nation's renewable resources every 10 years.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New York, New England
Policy
timber harvest, forestry, laws, policy, renewable resources
management, ecosystem services
management, policy
USDA Forest Service (n.d.). Resource Planning Act of 1974. Available athttps://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/topics/rpa/
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-1119/pdf/COMPS-1119.pdf
Ongoing habitat restoration efforts will help the survival of the New England cottontail, and new research by the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) researchers published in Ecosphere finds that these efforts will have far-reaching benefits to shrubland-obligate birds with which the cottontail shares its habitat.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Gosling N., Hatch A., "Cohabitating with New England Cottontails: Habitat restoration for at-risk New England cottontail also benefits shrubland birds", UNH Today, 9 August 2022, Accessed from: https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6690&context=unh_today
https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6690&context=unh_today
A presentation by Eric Hammerling, executive director of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association on the forest conditions of Connecticut.
People: Eric Hammerling
Institutions: Connecticut Forest and Park Association
Connecticut
Poster
invasive species, species diversity, fragmentation, forest, education, nonprofit
conservation, ecosystem services
conservation, education
Hammerling, E. (2015). Protecting Forests in Connecticut for the Future: How are we doing? What will it take? Available at http://www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/documents/plant_science_day/2015/psd_2015__johnson_lecture_hammerling.pdf
This is a report on information about conservation of the United States forest lands. The information includes trends and projections and suggestions for policies that may help with conservation.
People: Susan Stein , David J. Nowak , Ralph J. Alig , David Wear , Susan Stewart
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
New York, New England
Report
conservation, methods, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Alig, Ralph; Stewart, Susan; Wear, David; Stein, Susan; Nowak, David. "Conversions of forest land: trends, determinants, projections, and policy considerations." 2010. Accessed from https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr802/Vol1/pnw_gtr802vol1_alig.pdf
This presentation addresses the trends in forest parcelization, private forest owners, and forest management with plans for how to improve conservation.
People: Brett Butler
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Poster
conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Butler B. J., "ForestParcelization and Forest Fragmentation in the U.S., Northeast, and Vermont", 18 September 2006, U.S. Forest Service, Accessed from: https://slideplayer.com/slide/4446117/
This report reviewed forest parcelization literature for historical themes, technical considerations, and continuing ownership problems, emphasizing the current circumstances of forest parcelization and its historical roots in the size of forest holding problem. Many of the sociological, economic, financial, and technical relationships identified earlier as foundations of the size of forest holding problem are shown to be also fundamental to the parcelization problem in forestry.
People: John L. Greene , John E. Hatcher , Thomas J. Straka
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Clemson University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation
New York, New England
Article
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Hatcher, J. E.; Straka, T. J.; Greene, J. L. "The Size of Forest Holding/Parcelization Problem in Forestry: A Literature Review." Resources 2013, 2, 39-57; Accessed from https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/2/2/39/pdf
This study interviewed landowners and conducted field surveys on 59 Family Forest Owned properties, of at least 25 acres of forestland, in a four-county region of Vermont, who had harvested timber in the last 5 years.
People: Bryan E. Ellis
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)
Vermont
Report
landowners
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Ellis, B. E. "How Landowner Engagement Affects Forest Management Practices in Northern Vermont" State University of New York, May 2012. Accessed from (https://www.proquest.com/openview/4a6a8257577575f78d978136b925bf8c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750)
https://www.proquest.com/openview/4a6a8257577575f78d978136b925bf8c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
Here they studied survival and reproduction of spruce grouse from 2012 through 2018 in north-central Maine, USA, within a landscape managed extensively for commercial forest products.
People: Steve Dunham , Daniel Harrison
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Report
conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Blomberg E. J., Tebbenkamp J., Dunham S., Harrison D., "Forest management legacies affect demographics and population dynamics of spruce grouse in northern Maine", Forest Ecology Management, v. 483, 1 March 2021, 118898, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118898
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112720316674
This research employed IMPLAN's input-output model of the 2016 economy to estimate how land protected by the USDA Forest Service Forest Legacy Program (FLP) in four regions of the United States contributes to the economy.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Brett Butler , Helena Murray , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Henry Eichman
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Family Forest Research Center , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Article
conservation, methods, ecosystem services
conservation
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/forestscience/article/67/6/629/6375812
The Atlantic Northern Forest of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and New York is home to the greatest diversity of breeding bird species in the continental United States. But the populations of many of these seemingly-common species are declining at alarming rates.
Institutions: Audubon Vermont
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
"Why Healthy Forests?", 2022, Audubon Vermont, Accessed from: https://vt.audubon.org/conservation/why-healthy-forests
The authors developed a relational database linking field data on habitat fragmentation to taxonomic nomenclature, spatial and temporal plot attributes, and environmental characteristics. The consistent format of this database facilitates testing of generalizations concerning biologic responses to fragmentation across diverse systems and taxa.
People: Marion Pfeifer
Institutions: Imperial College London , Stockholm Environment Institute , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) , Ghent University, Department of Forest and Water Management
New York, New England
Article
fragmentation, bioinformatics, data sharing, database, edge effects, landscape metrics
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Pfeifer, M., Lefebvre, V., Gardner, T.A., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Baeten, L., Banks-Leite, C., Barlow, J., Betts, M.G., Brunet, J., Cerezo, A. & Cisneros, L.M. (2014). BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIO diversity responses to forest FRAG mentation. Ecology and Evolution, 4(9): 1524-1537.
This website descibes forest fragmentation and its impacts on woodland birds.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Birds in Forested Landscapes
No location information available
Website
habitat, birds, education, forest fragmentation, woodlands
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (n.d.). What is forest fragmentation and why is it important? Birds In Forested Landscapes. Available at http://static.birds.cornell.edu/bfl/gen_instructions/fragmentation.html
http://static.birds.cornell.edu/bfl/gen_instructions/fragmentation.html
This study compared bird assemblages between forests with different housing densities in western Massachusetts. Identified trends suggest that birds of New England's relatively extensive forests may be subject to greater fragmentation effects than generally thought, as a result of increasing rural housing development within forests.
People: Daniel Kluza
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hampshire, Franklin
Article
forest birds, forest interior species, housing development, neotropical migrants
ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Kluza, D.A., Griffin, C.R. & DeGraaf, R.M. (2000). Housing developments in rural New England: effects on forest birds. In Animal Conservation forum (Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 15-26). Cambridge University Press.
The objectives of this study were to investigate the spatial and temporal activity patterns of mammalian carnivores in relation to distance from hiking trails. From 2011-2012, 236 camera stations were randomly deployed between trail and off-trail areas that covered an area of 4.8km2.
People: Melissa M. Grigione , Sonny Bandak , Ronald J. Sarno , Michaela C. Peterson , Daniel Farkas
Institutions: Hofstra University, Department of Biology , Pace University
New York, New England
Report
mammals, carnivores
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Bandak, Sonny; Sarno, Ronald J.; Peterson, Michaela C.; Farkas, Daniel; and Grigione, Melissa M. (2020) ""Active Humans, Inactive Carnivores, and Hiking Trails within a Suburban Preserve,"" Suburban Sustainability: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. https://www.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5038/2164-0866.6.1.1032 Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/subsust/vol6/iss1/1"
NRS researchers are working to develop a better understanding of land use and land cover change and the effects of forest fragmentation and to develop knowledge and tools to help people make informed choices about how they use natural resources.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
New York, New England
Website
natural resources
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
"Fragmentation and Land Use Change" Forest Disturbance Processes, April 11, 2013, Accessed from https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/land_use_fragmentation/
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/land_use_fragmentation/
The Forests on the Edge project seeks to improve understanding of the processes and thresholds associated with increases in housing density in private forests and likely effects on the contributions of those forests to timber, wildlife and water resources. This report, the first in a series, displays and describes housing density projections on private forests, by watershed, across teh conterminous United States.
People: David Theobald, Ron McRoberts , Mark Nelson , Mike Eley , Mike Dechter , Susan Stein , Ralph J. Alig , Marcy Carr
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Stein S. M., McRoberts R. E., Alig R. J., Nelson M. D., Theobald D. M., Eley M., Dechter M., Carr M., "Forests on the Edge: Housing Develipment on America's Private Forests", 2005, Accessed from: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=o8OtV6o4zu4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=forest+parcelization+rhode+island&ots=nta0vCllKs&sig=HA_FvLe6exX0NPfhAejChgzzEtc#v=onepage&q&f=false
The authors evaluated relationships between housing developments and the distribution of invasive exotic plants. They found that invasive exotic plant richness was equally or more strongly related to housing variables than to other human and environmental variables at the county level across New England.
People: G. Gavier-Pizarro
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Wisconsin, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
New England
Article
land use, development, housing development, invasive plants, invasives
management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Gavier-Pizarro, G.I., Radeloff, V.C., Stewart, S.I., Huebner, C.D., and Keuler, N.S. (2010). Housing is positively associated with invasive exotic plant species richness in New England, USA. Ecological Applications, 20(7), 1913-1925.
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/09-2168.1
The purpose of this study was to identify forest and owner characteristics that influence whether professional forestry advice will be sought or not. The results are useful in assessing the impact of parcelization and changes in the characteristics of those who own forests on professional involvement in forestry decisions.
People: Donald Dennis , Paul E. Sendak
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, NEFES
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Dennis, D. F. "Factors Influencing Involvement of a Forester in Managing Non-industrial Forests" USDA Forest Service, 5 June 1990. Accessed from (https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/43795743/Dennis1991_Factors_Influencing_Involvement_of_a_Forester_in_Managing_1-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1630610962&Signature=Z8RVjUHTnsj3n3DJ6fkSi7ZnboLoRmFgOGbmkWJjjS3vivVt4SVUMDFVBHk5s2YT557bPazJ2wFU7hjKHXbnHhynnwcxHCytjBDUI5ltNQ2yrhaf-EPwSo12zjel0A4PlDtMmGDId3gWv6TgptnHBGETJGp65yAmPFsCD53m6~dz2-63p9G0ZUi1X2zpouvMi4AAIL8I~cZvOe7XuGQDUkh41G~ulYe3X43AwfH~bQOwY0F32du9XWiUMw4EEAga0z2IvCgbjJ8vjXlFyg684i4HgLoaFa1GzMTqvItICG~8T4igj0gxtzyuDuiyVaGD1KbI7KVDUS8mA04BDb8DSg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA)
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3216&context=td
This act amends multiple provisions related to timber harvesting and forest management.
People: Michael Snyder
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources , Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation , State of Vermont
Vermont
Policy
timber harvest, forest management, fragmentation, legislation
management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, policy
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. (n.d.). Act 171 - Forest Integrity Study Committee. Available at http://fpr.vermont.gov/forest/act-171-study-committee
https://fpr.vermont.gov/act-171-forest-integrity-study-committee
This report is a synthesis intended to capture the nature and locations of land-focused organizations and their scope of work within the geographical area identified by the Staying Connected Initiative as the "Adirondacks - Southern Green Mountains Linkage", roughly comprising the Southern Lake Champlain Basin in Vermont and New York.
People: Monica Erhart, Leslie Karasin
Institutions: Lake Champlain Basin Program
Green Mountain Range, New York
Report
outreach
planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Karasin, L. and Erhart, M. (2011). Synthesis: a place in between - Organizations working to maintain a healthy landscapbe between the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. The Staying Connected Initative.
http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Synthesis_A_Place_In_Between.pdf
Private forests are breaking into smaller ownerships. The largest parcels remain intact for now, but the acreage in midsize woodlots is shrinking and the bottom class is growing. As the size of their ownerships decreases, owners are less likely to see the relevance of forestry. Without significant investments in public relations and marketing, forestry will become less and less relevant to more and more people, and we will lose vital forests that can produce both environmental and economic benefits. We need new approaches and technologies designed for small parcels.
People: Lester A. DeCoster
Institutions: The DeCoster Group
New York, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
A method for analyzing and mapping forest parcel sizes in the Northeastern United States is presented. A decision tree model was created that predicts forest parcel size from spatially explicit predictor variables: population density, State, percentage forest land cover, and road density.
People: Brett Butler , Susan L. King
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
landscape pattern and connectivity
Butler B. J., King S. L., "Assessment and Mapping of Forest Parcel Sizes", 2005, Accessed from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/14259
This article is about the closing of a historical deal between the Pingree family and New England Forestry Foundationthat will protect762,192 acres of Maine forest land.
Institutions: New England Forestry Foundation
Maine
Article
ecology
conservation, management
conservation, management
"The Maine Woods, A Publication of the Forest Ecology Network, The Pingree Forest Partnership" The Maine Woods, A Publication of the Forest Ecology Network, V.5 No. 2, New England Forestry Foundation. Accessed from (http://www.forestecologynetwork.org/TMW_LateFall2001/pingree_partnership.html)
http://www.forestecologynetwork.org/TMW_LateFall2001/pingree_partnership.html
Using U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data, we examined changes in land use, ownership, parcel size, and parcel level in the U.S. South.
People: Brett Butler , Jesse Caputo , Kurt Ritters , Thomas J. Brandeis
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
land use change, ownership
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Caputo, J., Butler, B., Brandeis, T., Riitters, K. "Changes in land use, forest ownership, parcel size, and fragmentation in forests of the U.S." e-Research Paper-63. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station, V 63, sp 1, ep 16, 2020. Accessed from (https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/60404/)
This paper was prepared the Keeping Forests as Forests Study Group. It is still currently under revision. It discusses the changing forests and the economic consequences.
People: Mike LeVert , Charles Lawton
Institutions: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service , Maine State Planning Office
Maine
Article
forest economy
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management
LeVert, M., Colgan, C., Lawton, C. "The Unsustainable Economics of a Sustainable Maine Forest" Maine State Planning Office, Muskie School of Public Service, Planning Decisions, Inc. February 15, 2008. Accessed from (https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.498.9471&rep=rep1&type=pdf)
This is a report of the proceedings of the third workshop on the management of forest and range habitats for nongame birds. It was hosted by the USDA forest service of the Eastern Region, the Northeastern area State and Private Forestry, the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station and the Northcentral Forest Experiment Station.
People: Richard DeGraaf , Keith E. Evans
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
birds
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
DeGraaf, R. M., Evans, K. E.. "Management of North Central and Northeastern Forests for Nongame Birds" North Central Forest Experiment Station, 1979. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LHN7SmcBeDsC&oi=fnd&pg=PA198&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=5TpbzYtVyf&sig=kaCHNShmVI0ZqPmIzwRVOmhWvvs#v=onepage&q&f=false)
These datasets identify the extensively forested portions of Massachusetts where forest cover is relatively un-fragmented by human development.
Institutions: Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
Massachusetts
Map
interior forest
management, planning, wildlife and habitat
management, education
Department of Fish and Game MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information). October 2018. "MassGIS Data: Interior Forests." Accessed from (https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-interior-forest)
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-interior-forest
This dataset depicts indices of forest fragmentation within the U.S. Northeast region. This dataset can help inform prioritization of landscapes for conservation through identification of more intact forested areas.
People: James Strittholt
Institutions: Conservation Biology Institute
No location information available
Map
intact forests
Strittholt, J. "U.S. Forest Fragmentation - Northeast" 2002, Accessed from https://databasin.org/datasets/6184881e98ba4eb5899bbaf7f57ceff2
https://databasin.org/datasets/6184881e98ba4eb5899bbaf7f57ceff2
Findings from this study demonstrate that major changes in bird abundances occur over time even in undisturbed and relatively mature forests, and illustrate the need for considering habitat requirements of individual species and how habitat suitability changes over time when trying to assess the causes of their long-term population trends. The results also imply that any conclusions about the effects of other factors affecting forest bird abundances, such as increased nest predation or brood parasitism associated with habitat fragmentation, must also account for successional changes that may be affecting habitat suitability.
People: Richard Holmes , Thomas W. Sherry
Institutions: Dartmouth College , Tulane University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
New Hampshire
Article
predation, succession, white mountain national forest
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
This short online article provides an overview of a study that concluded that forest fragmentation can boosts carbon storage along temperate forest edges.
People: John Cannon
Institutions: Mongabay
Massachusetts
Website
regeneration, forest regeneration, carbon sequestration
ecosystem services
education
Cannon, J. C. (2017, January 9). Fragmentation boosts carbon storage along temperate forest edges. Mongabay. Retrieved from https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/fragmentation-boosts-carbon-storage-along-temperate-forest-edges/.
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/fragmentation-boosts-carbon-storage-along-temperate-forest-edges/
This paper reviews the consequences of forest fragmentation for the dynamics of bird populations.
People: Jorund Rolstad
Institutions: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , Norwegian Forest Research Institute
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
birds
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/42/1-2/149/2654446
The authors propose a forest conservation strategy that extends a simple design from conservation biology in important new ways. This approach consists of large forest reserves in which natural processes dominate and human impact is minimized (Wildlands), embedded within expansive forestland that is protected from development but is actively managed in an ecologically sustainable manner (Woodlands).
People: David Foster
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Harvard University , Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Massachusetts
Report
conservation, land use, forests, fragmentation, development, advocacy, education
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
Foster, D. R., Kittredge, D., Donahue, B., Motzkin, G., Orwig, D., Ellison, A. & D'Amato, A. (2005). Wildlands and woodlands: a vision for the forests of Massachusetts. Petersham, MA: Harvard Forest.
http://wildlandsandwoodlands.org/sites/default/files/Wildlands%20%26%20Woodlands%20Massachusetts.pdf
The authors were interested in determining whether state or regional differences influenced family forest owner decisions across 8 different forested landscapes in New England. They found that state and regional differences did influence family forest owner decisions, and suggested that these findings may be useful for implementing more successful programs and outreach for conservation easements.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Kathleen Bell, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Jessica Leahy
Institutions: University of Maine , University of Massachusetts Amherst
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York
Article
management, drivers
management, policy
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618309344
No additional information available.
Institutions: Housatonic Valley Association , Follow the Forest
New York, New England
Website
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
"Follow the Forest" Housatonic Valley Association, 2020, Accessed from https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=578d52a766774787b7144b1cfea3f393
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=578d52a766774787b7144b1cfea3f393
In collaboration with the Vermont Community Foundation, the High Meadows Fund is inviting proposals for improving forest health and integrity in Vermont. The goal is to foster collaborative approaches to creating resilient, adaptable and healthy forests that pay dividends for wildlife, and contribute to the quality of life and cultural heritage of all Vermonters, including, but not limited to, those who depend on the forests for their livelihoods.
Institutions: High Meadows Fund, Vermont Community Foundation
Vermont
Report
forest health
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
"Improving Forest Ecosystem Health and Integrity." High Meadows Fund, Vermont Community Foundation, September 2018, Accessed from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b0ce25e4b0e8d244de368b/t/5b9bd996aa4a994465e2da21/1536940439305/2018-09-14+HMF+Forest+Health+and+Integrity+RFP.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Brett Butler , Jesse Caputo , Amanda Robillard , Emma Sass , Brett Butler
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Family Forest Research Center , University of St Andrews
No location information available
Report
private forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/jof/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jofore/fvab029/6270758
The authors combined forest inventory data with land cover data to compare 70 forest communities in terms of the amount and ownership of intact (i.e., not fragmented) forest, and the proximate causes (i.e., adjacent land cover) of fragmentation. The results provide insight for targeting land management strategies to maintain the diversity and regional distributions of intact forest communities.
People: Kurt Riiters , Kurt Riitters
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Article
fragmentation, edge effects, fragmentation drivers, indicators
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Riitters, K.H., Coulston, J.W. & Wickham, J.D. (2012). Fragmentation of forest communities in the eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 263, pp.85-93. //doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.022
https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2011/ja_2011_riitters_001.pdf
This annual technical report is a product of the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) program. The report provides information about a variety of issues relating to forest health at the national scale. Previous FHM national reports have had a dual focus of presenting analyses of the latest available data and showcasing innovative techniques for analyzing forest health data.
People: Mark Ambrose
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Ambrose M. J., "Introduction to 2005 National Technical Report", 2007, https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/55878
Using invasive plant data from 23,039 forest inventory plots in 13 ecological provinces, the authors employed logistic regression to relate the odds of invasion to distance from a road, with adjustments for broadscale differences attributable to ecological provinces, and local scale differences in productivity, forest fragmentation and land use. The results indicated the best predictor of the odds of invasion was ecological province, followed by land use, productivity, forest fragmentation and distance from a road, and the authors conclude that in the eastern United States, the existence of a nearby road is less important than the landscape context associated with the road.
People: Kurt Riiters , Kevin Potter
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources , University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation
New York, New England
Article
agriculture, roads, fragmentation, invasives
management, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Riitters, K., Potter, K., Iannone III, B.V., Oswalt, C., Fei, S. and Guo, Q. (2018). Landscape correlates of forest plant invasions: A high-resolution analysis across the eastern United States. Diversity and Distributions, 24(3), pp.274-284.
Using national survey data on forest pest richness and fragmentation data across United States forest ecosystems, this study examines how forest fragmentation and edge types (neighboring land cover) may affect pest richness at the county level.
People: Kevin Potter, Kurt Ritters , Qinfeng Guo
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
diseases, invasive insects
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
This study conducted a statistical analysis of breeding census data from the first 8 years (1989-1996) of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program (FBMP). Data were collected at 17 study sites located in large tracts (=40.5 ha) of mature, forested habitats in Vermont.
People: Christopher Rimmer , Kent McFarland , Steven Faccio
Institutions: VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science)
Vermont
Article
mature forests
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
This study examined how land use type and distance from the forest edge affect the abundance and richness of the wild bee community across four forest successional states. Bees were collected in sites representing four stages of forest succession and analyzed using generalized linear mixed models with negative binomial distributions.
People: Katherine A. Odanaka , Sandra M. Rehan
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Biological Sciences
Strafford, New Hampshire
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Odanaka, K.A., Rehan, S.M. "Wild bee distribution near forested landscapes is dependent on successional state". For. Ecosyst. 7, 26 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00241-4
https://forestecosyst.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40663-020-00241-4
The authors assessed forest fragmentation in 13 northeastern states using Landsat imagery in order to gain a greater understanding of the trends in and status of this region's forests.
People: Andrew Lister
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Article
landsat, fragmentation, northeast, fia
methods
education
Lister, A., Riemann, R., Lister, T., & McWilliams, W. (2003). Northeastern Regional Forest Fragmentation Assessment: Rationale, Methods, and Comparisons with Other Studies. 2003 Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium. Retrieved from https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_wo069/gtr_wo069_013.pdf
Since World War II, socio-economic drivers of US urbanization such as population totals and personal income levels have increased substantially. Human land use is the primary force driving changes in forest ecosystem attributes including forest area, which is the focus of this paper.
People: Ralph J. Alig
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Alig R., "Urbanization in the US: land use trends, impacts on forest area, projections, and policy considerations", Journal of Resources, Energy and Development, 2010, v. 10, no. 2, pp. 35-60, DOI: 10.3233/RED-120068
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-resources-energy-and-development/red120068
The authors compared forest fragmentation as calculated from high-resolution land-cover maps alone (Method 1) and after superimposing detailed road maps (Method 2) and fond that there was more overall fragmentation with Method 2. The results emphasize that the question of incorporating road maps must consider the purpose of the assessment, the characteristics of the data, and the relative sensitivities of indices to different patterns of fragmentation.
People: Kurt Riiters
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
New York, New England
Article
fragmentation, road networks, road-caused fragmentation, superimposed imagery
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Riiters, K., Wickham, J. & Coulston, J. (2004). Use of Road Maps in National Assessments of Forest Fragmentation in the United States. Ecology and Society 9(2): 13.
Populations of a number of taxa associated with shrublands, early-successional forests, and other disturbance-generated habitats (collectively referred to as thickets) are declining in the northeastern United States. Increasing ownership parcelization, a relatively young forest, and landscape fragmentation substantially reduce the practicality and suitability of small-scale disturbances for generating thicket habitats. Addressing the needs of thicket-dependent species in the northeastern United States will require creativity, a willingness to explore a variety of solutions, and public support.
People: John Litvaitis
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
New England
Article
disturbance
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Litvaitis, J. A. "Are pre-Columbian Conditions Relevant Paselines For Managed Forests In The Northeastern United States?" Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 185, issue 1-2, 3 November 2003, pp. 113-126. Accessed from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002500
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002500
Recognizing the public benefits of good stewardship on private forest land, the Massachusetts Forest Stewardship Program provides support, information, and resources to private forest landowners in their efforts to manage their land. This educational non-regulatory program is designed to help landowners protect the inherent ecosystem values of their forest.
Institutions: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Massachusetts
Website
forest management, family forest, forestry, private forests
management, ecosystem services
management, education
Massachusetts Forest Stewardship Program. (n.d.). Available at https://www.mass.gov/service-details/forest-stewardship-program.
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/forest-stewardship-program
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is a national scientific and educational association representing the forestry profession in the United States. The RI Chapter ,formed in 1989, is part of the multi-state of the New England Society of American Foresters.
Institutions: Society of American Foresters
Rhode Island
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"Rhode Island Chapter - Society of Americal Foresters" Society of American Foresters, 2009. Accessed from (http://www.nesaf.org/userfiles/RI_chapter/2009 Chapter Info.pdf)
http://www.nesaf.org/userfiles/RI_chapter/2009 Chapter Info.pdf
The authors tested whether woody invasive plant richness was higher in landscapes with many forest edges relative to other forest types, developing models that demonstrated that woody invasive plant richness was higher in landscapes with more edge forest relative to patch, perforated, and especially core forest types. Identifying these landscape patterns will aid ongoing efforts to use current distribution patterns to better predict where invasive species may occur in unsampled regions under current and future conditions.
People: Jenica Allen
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Duke University, Department of Statistical Science, University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
New England
Article
land use, alien invasive species, exotic plants, ipane, landcover, social-ecological
management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
management, education
Allen, J. M., Leininger, T. J., Hurd, J. D., Civco, D. L., Gelfand, A. E., and Silander, J. A. (2013). Socioeconomics drive woody invasive plant richness in New England, USA through forest fragmentation. Landscape Ecology, 28(9), 1671-1686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9916-7
This bulletin is a version of the original paper, of a compilation of papers presented at the technical session of the Forest Ecology Working Group at the National Convention of the Society of American Foresters. It was revised and expanded in response to comments from ten reviewers, including industrial foresters, wildlife biologists, and environmentalists from Maine, New Brunswick, and Ontario.
People: Robert Seymour , Malcolm Hunter
Institutions: University of Maine , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
Maine
Article
spruce-fir
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management
Seymour, R. S., Hunter, M.L. JR, "New Forestry in Eastern Spruce-Fir Forests: Principles and Applications to Maine" Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine. April 1992, Accessed from (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Seymour/publication/259459089_New_Forestry_in_Eastern_Spruce-Fir_Forests_Principles_and_Applications_to_Maine/links/0046352bc4003ba335000000/New-Forestry-in-Eastern-Spruce-Fir-Forests-Principles-and-Applications-to-Maine.pdf)
The Climate Change Response FrameworkFootnote1 (CCRF; Swanston et al. 2016) has generated vulnerability assessments of forest ecosystems across the Midwest and Northeast as a first step to identifying risks and adapting to climate changes. This study synthesizes findings from these forest ecosystem vulnerability assessments with consideration of common themes in nine ecological provinces (McNab et al. 2007) (Fig. 1).
People: Frank Thompson , Maria K. Janowiak , Christopher W. Swanson , Louis Iverson
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science , Northern Research Station, Michigan Technological University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers
conservation
Swanston C., Brandt L. A., Janowiak M. K., Handler S. D., Butler-Leopold P., Iverson L., Thompson F. R. III, Ontl T. A., Shannon P. D., "Vulnerability of forests of the Midwest and Northeast United States to climate change", Climatic Change, 2018, iss 146, pp. 103-116
In accordance with RSA 227-I:8 a citizens committee developed the Forest Resources Plan in 1996, summarizing the condition of the forestland proposing options to a variety of conservation partners to follow to achieve the vision.
Institutions: New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
New Hampshire
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
https://extension.unh.edu/sites/default/files/migrated_unmanaged_files/Resource000242_Rep261.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: New England Forestry Foundation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
sustainability
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, education
"Guide to Sustainable Forest Management" New England Forestry Foundation, 2018. Accessed from (https://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/NEFF-forestry-guide.pdf)
https://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/NEFF-forestry-guide.pdf
This report was prepared for the Town of Reading, VT, to understand and mitigate forest fragmentation.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Report
forest fragmentation, forest planning, forest preservation, outreach, parcelization
management, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Fidel, J. & Shupe, B. (2008). Town of Reading Forest Fragmentation Project. Vermont Natural Resources Council.
http://swcrpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Forest-Fragmentation-Project-2008-Reduced.pdf
This article summarizes the literature related to family forest ownerships in the USA published from 2000 through 2019 to better understand what is currently known about family forests in the USA and explore potential future research directions. This is not the first article to summarize this literature, but it is the first that they are aware of that does so using a formal, systematic approach and is unique in its scope and timespan.
People: Brett Butler , Kristen Floress
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts, UMass, Family Forest Research Center
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Butler B. J., Butler S. M., Floress K., "Studies of Family Forest Owners in the USA: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2000 through 2019", Small-Scale Forestry, 2022, Accessed from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11842-022-09529-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11842-022-09529-5
No additional information available.
People: Mary Tyrrell , Myrna H. Hall , Neil Sampson
Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry , Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Tyrell M. L., Hall M. H. P., Sampson R. N., "Dynamic Models of Land Use Change in Northeastern USA", Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, August 2004, Accessed from: https://yff.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/landuse_complete.pdf
https://yff.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/landuse_complete.pdf
This article speaks to the important role of oaks and the production of acorns to support the wildlife in many deciduous forests. Forest management, introduced pests and pathogens and increased deer populations have resulted in significant changes in teh demography of oaks in eastern North America. Effective forest management is important. This article provides reccomendations on management practices.
People: Frank Koch , William M. Healy
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
McShea W. J., Healy W. M., Devers P., Fearer T., Koch F. H., Stauffer D., Waldon J., "Forestry Matters: Decline of Oaks Will Impact Wildlife in Hardwood Forests", The Journal of Wildlife Management, v. 71, iss 5, p. 1717-1728, 13 December 2010, https://doi.org/10.2193/2006-169
The purpose of this study is to estimate a model of non-industrial forest landowner behavior that considers certain types of behavior that have escaped discussion and rigorous investigation in the literature, yet which are critical to future policy making.
People: David Wear
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Conway M. C., Amacher G. S., Sullivan J., Wear D., "Decisions Nonindustrial Forest Landowners Make: An Empirical Examination", v. 9, iss. 3, 2003, pp. 181-203, https://doi.org/10.1078/1104-6899-00034
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S110468990470029X
This article is a history of developments and the progression of fragmentation throughout Rhode Island and other New England areas.
People: Paul Davis
Institutions: Providence Journal
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Davis, P.D. "R.I. Forests are Losing Ground" The Providence Sunday Journal, 19 August, 2007. Accessed from (https://www.fosterpreservationsociety.org/RI_Forests.htm)
The goal of this study was to recommend an effective, long-term monitoring strategy for the New England cottontail that would be adaptable to other species. Based on their findings, the suthors give monitoring recommendations and conservation implications.
People: Colin Shea, Mitchell Eaton, Darryl MacKenzie
Institutions: North Carolina State University
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
This study projects the Urban growth in the US until 2050. Because of this urban growth, more regional planning and management may be needed to sustain forest products and ecosystem services required by a growing urban population.
People: David J. Nowak , Jeffrey T. Walton
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
No location information available
Article
urban, impacts, resource
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/jof/article/103/8/383/4598675?login=true
New Hampshire's Coastal Watershed Conservation Plan identifies key conservation priorities across the lands in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts that drain to the Atlantic Ocean via the Piscataqua River and through the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary.
People: Peter Steckler
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Steckler P., Ormiston A., "New Hampshire's Coastal Watershed Conservation Plan", 30 June 2021, accessed from: http://www.greatbaypartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/NH-Coastal-Watershed-Conservation-Plan-20210630.pdf
This book outlines the rise and fall of eastern hemlock, an iconic and important tree in the northeast. Drawing on a century of studies at Harvard University's Harvard Forest, the authors explore what hemlock's modern decline due to the invasive pest, hemlock woolly adelgid, can tell us about the challenges facing nature and society in an era of habitat changes and fragmentation, as well as global change.
People: David Foster , John Aber
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest
New England
Book
global change, habitat fragmentation, land use change
wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Foster, D.R. and Aber, J.D. (Eds). (2006). Forests in time: the environmental consequences of 1,000 years of change in New England. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Forests_in_Time.html?id=GENV8N2qgiMC
Ownership patterns and the associated management characteristics are related to forest structures, biodiversity patterns, and their conservation worldwide. A literature review on this topic is missing so far. This research will fill this gap with an emphasis on the temperate forests of Europe and North America.
People: Andreas Molder , Tobias Plieninger , Malin Tiebel
Institutions: Northwest German Forest Research Institute (NW-FVA), Department of Forest Nature Conservation , University of Gottingen, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development , University of Kassel, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Molder A., Tiebel M., Plieninger T., "On the Interplay of Ownership Patterns, Biodiversity, and Conservation in Past and Present Temperate Forest Landscapes of Europe and North America", Topical Collection on Forest Management, 29 November 2021, Current Forestry Reports v. 7, 195-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-021-00143-w
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40725-021-00143-w
The authors of this study looked for genetic diversity and population structure differences between contemporary (2010-2017) and historic (1952-1964) bobcats. They found that there was a decline in both genetic diversity and differences in genetic population structures over time, suggesting that habitat fragmentation and range dynamics "may play a significant role in population structure."
People: John Litvaitis, Rory Carroll, Marian Litvaitis, Sarah Clements, Clark Stevens
Institutions: University of New Hampshire
New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://www.uvm.edu/femc/fragnet/search/?search-query=&filterType=article
While there are methods to mitigate, contain, control, or even eradicate some nonnative invasive insects, EAB continues to spread across North America. Considering strong evidence suggesting >99 percent probability of host tree mortality, the loss of the North American ash resource is possible. To examine anticipated effects of EAB on tree species composition, they modeled future spatial and temporal changes in forest composition over the next 50 years with and without ash mortality anticipated from EAB spread.
People: David Wear , W. Keith Moser
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
DeSantis R. D., Moser W. K., Huggett R. J. Jr., Li R., Wear D. N., Miles P. D., "Modeling the Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Forest Composition in the Midwest and Northeast United States", September 2012, accessed from: https://shareok.org/bitstream/handle/11244/336492/DeSantis et al. 2013a.pdf?sequence=2
The authors developed a hierarchical model to assess the community response of breeding birds in the Hudson River Valley, New York, to habitat fragmentation and analysed the model using a Bayesian approach. The model revealed that species richness of the observed bird community was maximized in small forest fragments with a high perimeter/area ratio.
People: Elise Zipkin , Amielle DeWan , Andrew Royle
Institutions: Cornell University, Hudson River Estuary Program , United States Geological Survey (USGS), Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester
Article
biodiversity, species richness, fragmentation, occupancy modeling, hierarchical modeling, imperfect detection
methods, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Zipkin, E.F., DeWan, A. & Andrew Royle, J. (2009). Impacts of forest fragmentation on species richness: a hierarchical approach to community modelling. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46(4), pp.815-822.
https://blogs.cornell.edu/hudsonbiodiversity/files/2016/10/Zipkin_DeWan_Royle_2009-1i83ib0.pdf
Through an exploratory research approach, this study enhances the understanding of the characteristics of community forests (CFs) in the U.S. and the ecosystem services and other benefits that they provide. Through online web searches, we compiled one of the first comprehensive lists of CFs in the Eastern U.S.
People: Gregory Frey
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Hovis M., Frey G., McGinley K., Cubbage F., Han X., Lupek M., "Ownership, Governance, Uses, and Ecosystem Services of Community Forests in the Eastern United States", Forests, 2022; 13(10):1577. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101577
This study characterizes soils in fragmented forests along an urban to rural gradient, evaluating the sensitivity of soil respiration to changes in soil temperature and moisture near the forest edge.
People: Andrew Reinmann , Lucy Hutyra , Pamela Templer , Erin A. Pierce , Sarah M. Garvey
Institutions: Boston University, Department of Biology, Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment, The City University of New York (CUNY), Advanced Science Research Center, Environmental Sciences Initiative, Hunter College, Department of Geography and Environmental Science , Advanced Science Research Center (CUNY), Graduate Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biology
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Garvey S. M., Templer P. H., Pierce E. A., Reinmann A. B., Hutyra L. R., "Diverging Patterns at the Forest Edge: Soil Respiration Dynamics of Fragmented Forests in Urban and Rural Areas", 15 February, 2022, Global Change Biology, V. 28, Iss. 9, p.3094-3109 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16099
In this article are listed some of the factors seen as combining to increase forest fragmentation at an even faster pace, and the consequent challenges that this crisis presents to foresters.
People: Lester A. DeCoster , Neil Sampson
Institutions: The DeCoster Group
New York, New England
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
Forests often act as a net carbon sink, while forest soils emit carbon dioxide via decomposition and biological activity, called soil respiration. The effects of forest fragmentation on a forest's ability to store carbon are unknown, so the authors studied forest soil respiration in fragmented forest edges and compared their results to soil respiration in unfragmented forest interiors. They found that forest soils from fragmented edges emit more carbon dioxide than interior forest soils, identifying a phenomenon in the carbon cycle that has implications for understanding carbon exchange in fragmented landscapes.
People: Andrew Reinmann , Jonathan Thompson , Lucy Hutyra , Ian Smith , David Allen
Institutions: Boston University , Harvard University , City University of New York, Hunter College, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Massachusetts
Article
ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GL082459
The State and Private Forestry programs promote the health, resilience, and productivity of trees and forests across all ownerships for the benefit of people and wildlife; establish and manage urban and community forests; empower private landowners with information and technical assistance to sustainably manage their forests; and protect critically important rural forests and watersheds.
Institutions: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Eastern Region State and Private Forestry
Rhode Island
Report
private forests, state-owned forests
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet: Rhode Island 2021" Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, US Forest Service Eastern Region, 12 September 2021. Accessed from (https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf)
https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf
No additional information available.
People: James Wickham , Kurt Riitters , Timothy Wade, John Coulston
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory
New York
Report
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
As a result of changes in natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes, the extent of early-successional forest across much of eastern North American is near historic lows, and continues to decline. This has caused many scientists to identify the conservation of early-successional species as a high priority. This synthesis discusses the conservation implications of this loss of early-successional habitats using examples from the literature on songbirds.
People: David King
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
King D. I., Schlossberg S., "Synthesis of the conservation value of the early-successional stage in forests of eastern North America", Forest Ecology and Management, v. 324, 15 July 2014, p. 186-195, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.001
This Maine statute mandates the establishment of a process to assess forest sustainability building on the principles of sustainability developed by the Northern Forest Lands Council.
Institutions: Maine Legislature
Maine
Policy
forest harvest, forest resources, forestry, laws, sustainability
conservation, management, ecosystem services
management, policy
No citation available.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/12/title12sec8876-A.html
The objective of this research was to determine whether changes in populations of forest-interior bird species were related to changes in extent of interior forest along Breeding Bird Survey census routes in Massachusetts. The authors found that changes in some bird populations seem to reflect forest succession, while others were unexplained and may be due to changes on migratory routes or wintering grounds.
People: Timothy Gardner
Institutions: College of the Holy Cross, Biology Department
Massachusetts
Article
populations, bird breeding surveys, forest birds, forest loss, forest succession, interior forest
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Gardner, T.J., Eagan, C.R., and Bertin, R.I. (2017). Forest bird populations in Massachusetts: breeding habitat loss and other influences. Northeastern Naturalist, 24(3), 267-288.
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1946214509?pq-origsite=gscholar
This interactive web map depicts landcover changes in coastal regions of the US over various timesteps.
Institutions: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
New York, New England
Map
growth, fragmentation, forest cover, forest loss, landcover
landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2017). C-CAP Land Cover Atlas [map]. Available at https://coast.noaa.gov/ccapatlas/
The sawmill industry in the Northeastern United States is represented by a wide variety of mills with highly variable round wood requirements and diverse procurement operations. Data collected from 211 sawmills in seven states are used to characterize wood procurement, with an emphasis on quantifying variation in operations among different types of firms.
People: Nate Anderson , Rene Germain
Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry
New England
Article
mill
methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Anderson, N.; Germain, R. (2007). "Variation and Trends in Sawmill Wood Procurement in the Northeastern United States." Accessed from: https://www.esf.edu/for/germain/Anderson & Germain 2007. Variation Wood Procurement Northeast. Forest Products Jo..pdf
A focus on the species that need intact blocks of interior forests and will not be protected well enough by the New England Clean Energy Connect. This part focuses specifically on Ovenbirds.
People: Eliza Donoghue
Institutions: Maine Audubon Society
New England
Poster
ovenbird
conservation, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education, policy
Donoghue, E. 3 April 2019. "NECEC and Forest Fragmentation Part 2: The Ovenbird." Accessed from (https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-2-the-ovenbird/)
https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-2-the-ovenbird/
This article by Michael Snyder, the Commisioner of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, describes fragmentation and its impacts on forest ecosystems in the Autumn 2014 issue of the Northern Woodlands Magazine.
People: Michael Snyder
Institutions: Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation , Northern Woodlands
New England
Website
human disturbance, education, fragmentation drivers
drivers
education
Snyder, M. (2014, October 13). What is forest fragmentation and why is it a problem? Nothern Woodlands Magazine. Retrieved from https://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/forest-fragmentation
https://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/forest-fragmentation
This article is a summary of work done by Dr. Adrienne Kovach and affiliates on the impacts of habitat fragmentation on the New England cottontail. Dr. Kovach and her affiliates' research has helped conservationists determine where New England cottontail populations are located, better methodologies to survey for New England cottontails, what the genetic structure of different populations is, and how habitat fragmentation can have negative effects on the genetic diversity and health of New England cottontails. Links to the report and other research articles can be found at the bottom of this summary article: https://newenglandcottontail.org/content/connecting-populations.
People: Lindsey Fenderson , Adrienne Kovach, Kathleen O'Brien, Kelly Boland, Walter Jakubas, Katrina Amaral, Michael Palace, Thea Kristensen
Institutions: University of New Hampshire , US Fish & Wildlife Service , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Maine, Connecticut
Report
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Kovach, A. (2016). Final Report for the Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serice and the University of New Hampshire (#F13AC00103).
https://newenglandcottontail.org/content/connecting-populations
In this study, the authors compard the relationship between fragmentation metrics calculated using FIA plot data and satellite imagery at two different spatial resolutions.
People: Dacia Meneguzzo
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
No location information available
Report
aerial imagery, forest fragmentation
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Meneguzzo, D.M. and Hansen, M.H. (2006). Quantifying Forest Fragmentation Using Geographic Information Systems and Forest Inventory and Analysis Plot Data. In Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 408 p.
The authors studied the influence of forest roads on Ovenbird density in an extensively forested region of Vermont, evaluating habitat use and reproductive success relative to mechanisms proposed to explain the density-edge relationship. They concluded that habitat quality for Ovenbirds may be lower within 150 m of unpaved roads in extensive forested landscapes, affecting territory density and possibly reproductive success.
People: Yvette Ortega
Institutions: University of Vermont
Middlebury, Green Mountain Range
Article
forest edge, forest interior species, neotropical migrants
wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Ortega, Y.K. and Capen, D.E. (1999). Effects of forest roads on habitat quality for ovenbirds in a forested landscape. The Auk, pp.937-946.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4089673.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:e1e7a6099fe76ce140970d49029c768d
No additional information available.
Institutions: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, The Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
Massachusetts
Report
forests
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Forest Core, BioMap2 Components", 2010, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Accessed from (https://www.mass.gov/doc/forest-core/download)
The book covers such topics as colonization of trees by insects, population dynamics of forest insects, insect natural enemies, the effects of climate change and pollution on forest pests, spatial variation in the abundance of insects,the mineralization of carbon by termites, the impact of herbivorous insects, and the conservation of forest insect diversity, including the effects of forest fragmentation and deforestation.
People: Allan D. Watt , Nigel R. Stork , Mark D. Hunter
Institutions: University of Georgia , James Cook University, Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management , Edinburgh Research Station, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Book
insects
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Watt, A. D., Stork, N. E., Hunter, M. D. "Forests and Insects" Royal Entomological Society, Chapman and Hall, issue 18, 1997. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=wTNnPaLszyQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA303&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+york&ots=Awpuxu4D0l&sig=s77ja_eQ3dAVmQVyzAVb1jjSDc8#v=onepage&q&f=false)
No additional information available.
Institutions: Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry
New York, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
"Guide for State Forest Action Plans" 31 August, 2018, Accessed from https://www.stateforesters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NMSFA-NA-StateForestActionPlan-Guide-20180831-1-1.pdf
An overview of the New England - Acadian forests by the WWF regarding conservation status, remaining blocks of intact habitat, degree of protection for those blocks, and severity of threats.
People: M. Davis
Institutions: World Wildlife Fund
New York, New England
Website
conservation, disturbance, threats, wildlife habitat
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Davis, M., Gratton, L., Adams, J., Goltz, J., Stewart, C., Buttrick, S., Mann, G. (n.d.). New England-Acadian forests. Available at https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0410
The author investigated the short-term effects of the 1998 ice storm on breeding birds in a northern hardwood forest in central Vermont. Overall, species richness and diversity increased only at ice storm sites, whereas total abundance increased at controls.
People: Steven Faccio
Institutions: VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science)
Vermont
Article
forest disturbance, birds, forest management, wildlife
management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
management, education
Faccio, S.D. (2003). Effects of ice storm-created gaps on forest breeding bird communities in central Vermont. Forest Ecology and Management, 186(1), pp.133-145.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002329
To promote a healthy and sustainable forest that contains a balance of age classes necessary for a sustainable timber supply and spatial and compositional diversity, forest harvesting and liquidation harvesting are regulated pursuant to this subchapter.
Institutions: Maine Legislature
Maine
Policy
clearcutting, clearcuts, forest harvest, forest resources, laws
conservation, management, ecosystem services
management, policy
No citation available.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/12/title12sec8869.html
The Indicators of Forest Condition include Forest Degredation and Forest Recovery. Newly available data provide the first globally consistent understanding of forest integrity, as determined by the degree of anthropogenic modification, and will improve our understanding of forest condition in future editions of the Global Forest Review.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Website
conservation, drivers
conservation
"Indicators of Forest Condition", Global Forest Review, 2022, Accessed from: https://research.wri.org/gfr/forest-condition-indicators
A focus on the species that need intact blocks of interior forests and will not be protected well enough by the New England Clean Energy Connect. This part focuses specifically on the American Marten.
People: Eliza Donoghue
Institutions: Maine Audubon Society
New England
Poster
american marten
conservation, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education, policy
Donoghue, E. 3 April 2019. "NECEC and Forest Fragmentation Part 2: The Ovenbird." Accessed from (https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-2-the-ovenbird/)
https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-3-the-american-marten/
This map provides locations of threatened species along with areas of forest fragmentation
Institutions: Data Basin
New York, New England
Map
endangered species, wildlife, habitat threats, landcover, risk assesment, threats, wildlife habitat
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Conservation Biology Institute. (2010). Threatened Species and Forest Fragmentation, Northeast US [map]. Retrieved from https://databasin.org/maps/1177a5b4fec4470e829e29cf575527a3/active
https://databasin.org/maps/1177a5b4fec4470e829e29cf575527a3/active
Focusing primarily on the United States, this book examines the ways that social scientists work with communities, their role in facilitating social learning, informing policy decisions, and contributing to community well being.
People: Ellen Donoghue , Victoria Sturtevant
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
communities
conservation, methods, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management
Donoghue, E., Sturtevant, V. "Forest Community Connections: Implications for Research, Management, and Governance". First edition, 8 December, 2008. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781936331451
This web article discusses the status of forest fragmentation within Rhode Island's forest.
People: Frank Carini
Institutions: EcoRI
Rhode Island
Website
agriculture, ecology, fragmentation, development, forestry
conservation
education
Carini, F. (2017). New Partnership Concerned About Forest Fragmentation. ecoRI News. Available at https://www.ecori.org/smart-growth/2017/2/14/new-partnership-concerned-about-forest-fragmentation
https://www.ecori.org/smart-growth/2017/2/14/new-partnership-concerned-about-forest-fragmentation
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) supports land use and land management policies that strive to minimize forest loss and recognize the ecological, economic, and social importance of privately-owned forestland.
Institutions: Society of American Foresters
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
private land
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, policy
"Position Statements: Parcelization, Fragmentation, and the Loss of Private Land in the United States" The Society of American Foresters. Accessed from (https://www.eforester.org/Main/Issues_and_Advocacy/Statements/Loss_of_US_Private_Forestland.aspx)
https://www.eforester.org/Main/Issues_and_Advocacy/Statements/Loss_of_US_Private_Forestland.aspx
This report, the second in a three part series, identifies the impacts of migration patterns within the towns on the Connecticut River in New Hampshire and Vermont. Terrestrial impacts from development and urbanization include fragmentation and sprawl, increased impervious surface, runoff, and flooding, loss of biodiversity and forests, disruption of nutrient cycles and weakened climate resiliency. Watershed impacts include a disrupted hydrological cycle, loss of biodiversity and aquatic habitat, degraded water quality, loss of recreational opportunity, and water scarcity
Vermont, New Hampshire
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Sylvia M., Corvus J., "Assessing the Migration System of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Impacts on Ecology and Social Systems from Human Migration and Public Desire", 30 April, 2021, Accessed from: https://www.communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration-Impacts.pdf
https://www.communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration-Impacts.pdf
This is an overview of the third workshop of the National Nongame Bird Steering Committee. The purpose of this workshop is to share state of the art nongame bird research and management in various ecoregions of the United States.
People: Robert A. Hann
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
New York, New England
Report
birds
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
Hann, R. A. "Workshop Proceedings: Management of North Central and Northeastern Forests for Nongame Birds" 1992, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3vcTAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA198&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=ZQbkzT-qqF&sig=4Kf_Jg5yuZqvaCeuKKNYphk9rSk#v=onepage&q&f=false
This plan outlines landscape-level planning processes that can identify how to value forestland and what measures can be taken to ensure that forests will be maintained in a healthy state in order to keep forests intact.
Institutions: Northwest Regional Planning Comission
Vermont
Report
fragmentation, forest value, landscape
landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Landscape-Based Forest Stewardship, Northwest Region. (2014). Vermont Northwest Regional Planning Commission. 74 p. Available at https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/cf375c_815632a56aa34a9ab222f39951eb7158.pdf
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/cf375c_815632a56aa34a9ab222f39951eb7158.pdf
This short article in Vermont Coverts outlines the concern and causes of forest fragmentation in Vermont.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Report
climate change, recreation, landuse planning, current use, forest economy, forest fragmentation, parcelization
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, education
Fidel, J. (2008). Seeing the forest for the trees: reducing forest fragmentation in Vermont. Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife. Retrieved from http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fragmentation_insert_final.pdf.
https://mrvpd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fragmentation_insert_final.pdf
The authors assembled a global dataset on species responses to fragmentation and developed a statistical approach for quantifying edge impacts in heterogeneous landscapes to quantify edge-determined changes in abundance of 1,673 vertebrate species. They show that the abundances of 85% of species are affected, either positively or negatively, by forest edges.
People: Marion Pfeifer
Institutions: Newcastle University , Imperial College London , Flowminder Foundation
New York, New England
Article
biodiversity, vertebrates, edge effects
wildlife and habitat
education
Pfeifer, M., Lefebvre, V., Peres, C.A., Banks-Leite, C., Wearn, O.R., Marsh, C.J., Butchart, S.H.M., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Barlow, J., Cerezo, A. and Cisneros, L. (2017). Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates. Nature, 551(7679), p.187.
This article identifies geographic concentrations (hot spots) of forest located near holes in otherwise intact forest canopies (perforated forest) in the eastern United States, and describes the proximate causes in terms of the nonforest land-cover types contained in those hot spots.
People: Kurt Riitters , John Coulston
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
The Roundtable on Parcelization and Forest Fragmentation was convened in August 2006 by Vermont Natural Resources Council in order to identify possible causes of and solutions to parcelization and forest fragmentation.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Report
forests, fragmentation, education, parcelization, stakeholders
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Fidel, J. (2007). Roundtable on Parcelization and Forest Fragmentation. Vermont Natural Resources Council. Available at https://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/Forest_and_Forestry/Vermont_Forests/Library/Forest-Roundtable-Report.pdf
The authors examined how forest destruction and fragmentation could increase a region's susceptibility to Lyme disease through a decrease in mammalian diversity and an increase in white-footed mouse populations, which carry the Lyme bacterium.
People: Brian F. Allan , Felicia Keesing, Richard Ostfeld
Institutions: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies , University of Illinois, Bard College
Dutchess, New York
Article
ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
A look at the ongoing disturbance of forest harvesting and the interaction with land use conversion.
People: C. John Burk , David Foster , David Kittredge , Robert McDonald , Glenn Motzkin , Michael S. Bank
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Massachusetts
Article
harvesting, disturbance, forest conversion
management, ecosystem services, planning
management, education
McDonald, R.I.; Motzkin, G.; Bank, M.S.; Kittredge, D.B.; Burk, J.; Foster, D.R. 15 May 2006. "Forest harvesting and land-use conversion over two decades in Massachusetts." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 227, Issues 1-2, Pages 31-41. Accessed From (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112706000983)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112706000983
No additional information available.
People: James Wickham , Kurt Riitters
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
New York, New England
Article
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-019-00820-z
The goal of this study was to identify threshold responses among bird species and habitat guilds to (1) overall forest loss and fragmentation in affected landscapes, and (2) distance from anthropogenic disturbance, both related and unrelated to shale gas.
People: Randy Dettmers, Petra Wood , Laura S. Farwell , Margaret C. Brittingham
Institutions: United States Geological Survey (USGS) , University of Wisconsin, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology , Pennsylvania State University, School of Forest Resources , West Virginia University, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
New York
Article
songbirds, northern appalachians
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-020-01019-3
Connect The Coast used spatial models to identify connecting lands for wildlife across the 10-mile buffered portion of the Piscataqua-Salmon Falls watershed that drains through New Hampshire.
People: Peter Steckler , Dea Brickner-Wood
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter, Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership
New Hampshire
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Steckler, P and Brickner-Wood, D. 2019. "Connect The Coast final report." The Nature Conservancy and the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership. Concord, NH.
https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/nh-connect-the-coast-report.pdf
In this paper, the authors argue that maintaining and, where possible, restoring the integrity of dwindling intact forests is an urgent priority for current global efforts to halt the ongoing biodiversity crisis, slow rapid climate change, and achieve sustainability goals. Furhter, they argue that retaining the integrity of intact forest ecosystems should be a central component of proactive global and national environmental strategies, alongside current efforts aimed at halting deforestation and promoting reforestation.
People: James Watson, Tom Evans, Oscar Venter
Institutions: ECHO Lake Aquarium , The University of Queensland, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Wildlife Conservation Society
New York, New England
Article
biodiversity, climate change, acid deposition, sustainability
ecosystem services
education
Watson, J.E., Evans, T., Venter, O., Williams, B., Tulloch, A., Stewart, C., Thompson, I., Ray, J.C., Murray, K., Salazar, A. and McAlpine, C. (2018). The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature ecology & evolution, p.1.
This research involved a mixed methods approach that included 1) identifying non-native plant species on WMNF at thirty five construction sites, 2) determining the source of the gravel used at these sites, and 3) reviewing Master Plans from forty-two towns surrounding the WMNF to determine whether NNIS are a concern at the municipal level and identify what NNIS actions are implemented.
People: Jessica Casterline
Institutions: Plymouth State University
New Hampshire
Article
white mountain national forest, non-native
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Casterline, J. "A Survey of Non-Native Plants Associated with Gravel Sediment Projects in White Mountain National Forest". Plymouth State University, 1 May 2020. Accessed from (https://www.proquest.com/openview/6d062e7707bc83574261dfe2d26464cb/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=44156)
https://www.proquest.com/openview/6d062e7707bc83574261dfe2d26464cb/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=44156
The Southern New England Exurban Affiliate Oak project, located in eastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island, is participating in a study called the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) Network. This project is a collaborative effort to establish a series of experimental silvicultural trials across different forest ecosystem types. They are currently implementing an affiliate trial within Southern New England to test different silvicultural approaches to climate change and forest health adaptation that will also serve as useful examples across the U.S. and Canada.
People: Thomas E. Worthley , Christopher Riely
Connecticut, Rhode Island
Website
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Worthley T., Fahey R., Riely C., "Southern New England Exurban Oak", 2022, Accessed from: https://www.adaptivesilviculture.org/SNEoak
The authors applied the land use change model UrbanSim to Vermont's Northern Forest region to assess future patterns of urban, suburban, exurban and rural residential development under baseline conditions and alternative infrastructure investment and land use policy scenarios.
People: Austin Troy , Brian Voigt
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , Northeastern States Research Cooperative
Vermont
Report
fragmentation, forest, forest planning, parcelization, residential management
landscape pattern and connectivity
management
Troy, A. and Voigt, B. (2012). Analaysis of the drivers of urban growth and second home development in the Northern Forest Region of Vermont. University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and Northeastern States Research Cooperative. Retrieved from http://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/troy08full.pdf.
http://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/troy08full.pdf
The authors examined the response of a forest bird community to the presence of small openings created by patch clear-cutting 0.4-ha plots within an extensive northern hardwood forest. Overall, bird species diversity increased in forested areas containing small openings due to the addition of edge and open- area nesters, but several forest-interior species were adversely affected by the presence of openings.
People: Dave Capen , Stephen Germaine, Stephen Vessey, Stephen Germaine , Stephen Vessey
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , Bowling Green State University, Department of Biological Sciences
No location information available
Article
birds, forest management, wildlife, fragmentation
Germaine, S.S., Vessey, S.H. & Capen, D.E. (1997). Effects of small forest openings on the breeding bird community in a Vermont hardwood forest. Condor, pp.708-718.
https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v099n03/p0708-p0718.pdf
The Yale Forest Forum and the Southern New England Forest Consortium hosted a public forum and workshop titled 'A Fragmented End? How Parcelization and Land Use Conversion May Mark the End of Working Family Forests' at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in New Haven, Connecticut in 2000. The purpose of the forum was to discuss the potential risk of forest fragmentation, parcelization, and land use conversion on the viability of working family forests specifically to address the scope, impact, possible solutions, policy implications, and research priorities.
People: Mary Tyrrell
Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
New Hampshire
Report
fragmentation, education, forum, planning
management, planning
management, education
Tyrrell, M. and Dunning, G. (Eds.). (2000). Forestland, Conversion, Fragmentation, and Parcelization: A summary of a forum exploring the loss of forestland and the future of working family forests. Yale Forest Forum Series: 3 (6).
On the one hand, forests look good: lush and leafy. They may, in fact, be as robustly wooded and healthy as they have been since the beginning of the 19th century. The fall foliage color should be great. On the other hand, commercial and residential development, an onslaught of new invasive insect species and climate change seriously threaten the health and viability of the forests in the immediate future.
People: Steve Grant
Institutions: Hartford Courant
Connecticut, New England
Poster
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Grand, S. "Lush And Leafy Forests Will Need Protection" Hartford Courant, 5 October, 2013, Accessed from https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2013-10-05-hc-forest-change-study-20131005-story.html
This report introduces an approach for extracting landscape pattern information from gradient surfaces using a thresholding approach to discretize gradient surfaces into multiple discrete maps according to forest cover density. These maps can then be analyzed using conventional landscape metric tools.
People: Amy E. Frazier , Peter Kendron
Institutions: Oklohoma State University, Department of Geography
New York, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Frazier, A. E.; Kendron, P. "Comparing Forest Fragmentation in Eastern U.S. Forests Using Patch-Mosaic and Gradient Surface Models" vol. 41, September 2017, pp. 108-115, Accessed from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1574954117301437
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1574954117301437
This article describes a few results of studies on forest fragmentation and how it relates to blacklegged tick populations in the north eastern United States.
People: Robin Meadows
Institutions: Society For Conservation Biology
New York, New England
Poster
ticks
wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Society For Conservation Biology. "Forest Fragmentation May Increase Lyme Disease Risk." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 January 2003.
https://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/forest-fragmentation-may-increase-lyme-disease-risk/
Where the potential natural vegetation is continuous forest (e.g., eastern US), a region can be divided into smaller units (e.g., counties, watersheds), and a graph of the proportion of forest in the largest patch versus the proportion in anthropogenic cover can be used as an index of forest fragmentation. If forests are not fragmented beyond that converted to anthropogenic cover, there would be only one patch in the unit and its proportional size would equal 1 minus the percentage of anthropogenic cover.
People: James Wickham , Kurt Riitters , Timothy Wade, K. Bruce Jones
Institutions: United States Geological Survey (USGS) , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
New York, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
This is a testimony of the Eastern Forest partnership and member groups representing citizens from Mississippi to Maine concerning FY07 appropriations for the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior - Specifically the Forest Legacy Program and Land and Water Conservation Fund.
People: Jad Daley
Institutions: Eastern Forest Partnership , House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
New England
Report
conservation, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Charles H. Taylor; Daley, J. March 15, 2006. "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007" Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?id=j97kLzGzYjcC&pg=PA675&lpg=PA675&dq=forest+parcelization+maine&source=bl&ots=DhCBn8xLDX&sig=ACfU3U1Qzb7vZh2CJHpk4rBVuE6Kol5skw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6pOmPytToAhWTgnIEHZ75DnI4ChDoATAGegQICxA0#v=onepage&q=forest parcelization maine&f=false
This study demonstrates that the highly fragmented nature of urban forests compared to rural forests makes them a stronger carbon sink per unit area, but also much more vulnerable to a warming climate. Collectively, the results highlight the need to include the effects of both urbanization and fragmentation when quantifying regional carbon balance and its response to a changing climate.
People: Andrew Reinmann , Jonathan Thompson , Lucy Hutyra , Ian Smith
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment, Hunter College, The City University of New York (CUNY), Advanced Science Research Center, Environmental Sciences Initiative, Hunter College, Department of Geography and Environmental Science , Advanced Science Research Center (CUNY), Graduate Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biology
Massachusetts
Report
climate, carbon, fragmentation, urbanization
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Reinmann, A.B., Smith, I.A., Thompson, J.R., Hutyra, L.R. 3 November 2020 "Urbanization and Fragmentation Mediate Temperate Forest Carbon Cycle Response to Climate" Environmental Research Letters, Accessed From (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abbf16/pdf)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abbf16/pdf
The map layer is an excerpt from a global assessment of forest fragmentation (Riitters et al., 2000). Each pixel value represents an index of forest fragmentation for the surrounding 81 sq. km. The map layer was created by applying spatial algorithms to a 1 sq. km. resolution map of global land cover (Loveland and Belward 1997) known as NAIGBP1_2L, obtained from the USGS Center for EROS Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) as part of the Global Land Cover Characteristics database (GLCC)(Loveland et al. 1991, 1999).
People: Kurt Ritters
Institutions: University of California , National Atlas of the United States
New York, New England
Map
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Ritters, K. "Classification of Forest Fragmentation in North America, 1992" 1993, Accessed from https://geodata.lib.berkeley.edu/catalog/stanford-gf689bt9239
https://geodata.lib.berkeley.edu/catalog/stanford-gf689bt9239
The author writes about Maine Audubon's position on New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), a transmission line that would carve a 150 foot corridor through a 53 mile stretch of remote woods in Maine. Maine Audubon reviewed the environmental impacts study provided by Central Maine Power (CMP) and felt that habitat fragmentation was not adequately addressed to properly protect sensitive wildlife species. To read more articles related to this story, including impacts on the Wood Turtle, American Marten, and Ovenbird, please visit Maine Audubon North Woods blog at: https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/category/advocacy/north-woods/
People: Eliza Donoghue
Institutions: Maine Audubon Society
Maine
Website
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Donoghue, E. (2019, April 2). New England Clean Energy Connect and the Impacts of Forest Fragmentation. Retrieved from https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/new-england-clean-energy-connect-and-the-impacts-of-forest-fragmentation/
https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/category/advocacy/north-woods/
Forest fragmentation leads to a dramatic increase in forest edge, and these edges may function as traps and concentrators for wind-borne nutrients and pollutants. This study assessed the influence of forest edges on atmospheric deposition and subsequent inputs to the forest floor in deciduous-forest fragments in the eastern United States.
People: Kathleen Weathers
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation
Weathers K. C., Cadenasso M. L., Pickett S. T. A., "Forest Edges as Nutrient and Pollutant Concentrators: Potential Synergisms between Fragmentation, Forest Canopies, and the Atmosphere", Conservation Biology, 12 January 2002, v. 15, iss. 6, p. 1506-1514, https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.01090.x
This article includes many of the major nonindustrial private forest or family forest studies, from early to current, and classifies them both by themes used by other authors and categories that relate to major research areas in the current literature. A major focus of this literature deals with promoting management on family forest holdings and possible land management incentives and disincentives. Natural trends in family forest ownership, like parcelization, also impact upon forest management opportunities. By developing a taxonomy that classifies these studies by research objective, methodology, owner motivation, and problem definition, this article serves to organize the family forest literature in a manner that provides a temporal framework for better understanding the historical motivation for and development of family forest research in the United States.
People: Thomas J. Straka
Institutions: Clemson University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation
New York, New England
Article
conservation, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Straka, T. J. "Taxonomic Review of Classical and Current Literature on the Perennial American Family Forest Problem" Forests, vol. 2, issue 3, pp. 660-706, Accessed from https://doi.org/10.3390/f2030660
No additional information available.
People: Sherri Wormstead , Stephen Shifley, Francisco Aguilar, David J. Nowak , Eric J. Greenfield , Susan Stewart , Nianfu Song , Dale D. Gormanson , W. Keith Moser
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers
conservation, management
Shifley S. R., Aguilar F. X., Song N., Steward S. I., Nowak D. J., Gormanson D. D., Moser W. K., Wormstead S., Greenfield E. J., "Forest conditions and trends in the northern United States", 2012, Accessed from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/40222
This is a report of a model that considers forest fragmentation within a spatial hierarchy that includes regional or biogeographic effects, landscape-level fragmentation effects, and local habitat effects. This model is largely a hypothesis based on retroduction from existing studies; nevertheless, the belief is that it has important conservation and research implications.
People: Therese Donovan , Richard DeGraaf , Frank Thompson , John Faaborg , Scott K. Robinson
Institutions: The Cooper Ornithological Society
New England, New York
Report
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Thompson, Frank R.; Donovan, Therese M.; DeGraff, Richard M.; Faaborg, John; Robinson, Scott K. 2002. "A Multi-Scale Perspective of the Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Birds in Eastern Forests." In: George, T. Luke; Dobkin, David S., eds. Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Birds in Western Landscapes: Contrasts With Paradigms from the Eastern United States. Studies in Avian Biology. 25:8-19
This is a presentation of data indicating that the trends reported by quail-egg experiments do not constitute compelling evidence that forest fragmentation increases rates of predation on passerine nests.
People: David G. Haskell
Institutions: Cornell University
New York, New England
Report
predation
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Haskell, D.G. (1995), "A Reevaluation of the Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Rates of Bird?Nest Predation." Conservation Biology, vol 9, issue 5, pp. 1316-1318, Accessed from https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1995.9051312.x-i1
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1995.9051312.x-i1
The Exchange looked into the rise in tick and mosquito-borne illness in New England, including what may be causing the increase in these pests and the diseases they carry, and what residents can do to protect themselves.
Institutions: New Hampshire Public Radio
New Hampshire
Website
public health, ticks
wildlife and habitat
education
The Exchange. (2018). N.H. Braces For More Ticks & More Tick-Borne Disease. NHPR. Available at http://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-braces-more-ticks-more-tick-borne-disease#stream/0
http://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-braces-more-ticks-more-tick-borne-disease#stream/0
Massachusetts has more than 3 million acres of forested land, and about 75% of that land is privately owned. This means that private landowners are positioned to be the most significant contributors to creating and maintaining habitat for forest birds and other wildlife.
Institutions: Massachusetts Audubon
Massachusetts
Report
timber harvest, coarse woody debris, leaf litter, understory vegetation, forest management, forest birds, forest patch
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. (2018). Managing Forests for Trees and Birds in Massachusetts. Available at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=2ahUKEwjig7OPpazeAhXRmeAKHeTiA7gQFjACegQIBhAC&url=https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/04/24/ma-management-guide-for-web.pdf&usg=AOvVaw39Tt0wBr4OOXZdh5P-NIUT
https://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work/wildlife-research-conservation/forest-birds
In 2010, State forestry agencies nationwide completed a Statewide Forest Resource Assessment and Strategy. These documents outline important issues, opportunities, and strategies for each State, and meet the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (CFAA) (as amended by the 2008 Farm Bill)1 Key elements of the State Forest Resource Assessments and Strategies: requirement for the State to be eligible for funds authorized by the CFFA.
People: Sherri Wormstead , Tom Luther , Martina Barnes
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New England
Report
northeast, strategic plan
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Wormstead, S.; Luther, T.; Barnes, M. "2010 Statewide Forest Resource Assessments and Strategies in the Northeast and Midwest: A Regional Summary." April 8, 2011. Accessed from https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/ne/ne-mw-reg-summary-stateassessstrategy.pdf
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/ne/ne-mw-reg-summary-stateassessstrategy.pdf
This website page is a part of the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission. It explains the plan for implementing Act 171 which will address forest fragmentation.
People: Jamey Fidel , Jens Hilke, Clare Rock
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources , Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
Vermont
Poster
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
Hilke, J.; Rock, C.; Fidel, J. "Forest Fragmentation - New Forest Fragmentation Town Plan Requirement." Accessed from https://www.trorc.org/forestry/forest-fragmentation/
No additional information available.
People: David Foster
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Foster, D. "Meeting the Conservation Challenge in New England" Harvard Forest, 2010. Accessed from: https://harvardforest1.fas.harvard.edu/sites/harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/files/publications/pdfs/Foster_chpt2ConservationCapital_2010.pdf
This report by VNRC identifies the importance of Vermont's forests to wildlife for the human community, including the benefits of preserving forests. The report also discusses the issues of forest loss and fragmentation, and identifies the drivers that lead to loss and fragmentation as being incremental development and the subdivision of forest management.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Report
forests, fragmentation, benefits, guidance, historical, landscape, preservation, prevention, reforestation
management, ecosystem services
conservation
Vermont Natural Resources Council. (2013). Keeping Forests as Forests - Minimizing Loss and Fragmentation of Forest Land. VNRC, Montpelier, VT.
This article, published in Bostonia, provides an overview of reserach by two Boston University scientistis on their work looking at the effects of forest fragmentation under a changing climate.
People: Lucy Hutyra
Institutions: Boston University
Boston
Website
communities, biology, chemistry, climate change, ecology, carbon, education, environment, global health, heat stress
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Moran, B. (2016). Good News and Bad News about Forest Fragmentation - New England Forests May Be More Sensitive To Climate Change. Available at https://www.bu.edu/research/articles/forest-fragmentation/
The authors presented a methodology to create a forest fragmentation database for the conterminous United States by utilizing the high-resolution National Land Cover Database, roads, and indices that quantify forest landscape patterns, as well as propose some of its potential uses for conservation scientists, restoration scientists, land managers, policymakers, and others.
People: Gerald Heilman , James Strittholt, Nicholas Slosser, Dominick Dellasala
Institutions: Conservation Biology Institute, World Wildlife Fund
New York, New England
Article
remote sensing, fragmentation, disturbance
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Heilman, G.E., Strittholt, J.R., Slosser, N.C., & Dellasala, D.A. (2002). Forest Fragmentation of the Conterminous United States: Assessing Forest Intactness through Road Density and Spatial Characteristics: Forest fragmentation can be measured and monitored in a powerful new way by combining remote sensing, geographic information systems, and analytical software. AIBS Bulletin, 52 (5), 411-422.
This working paper, which is aimed at forest practitioners, landscape planners and land-use decision-makers, reviews published literature on the impacts of forest and landscape management practices on pollinators. It also addresses the implications of climate change, collates 36 case studies, and makes recommendation on measures for maintaining pollinator diversity and abundance in forests and landscapes.
People: Chris J. Kettle , Smitha Krishnan , Gabriela Wiederkehr Guerra , Damien Bertrand , Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff
Institutions: ETH Zurich and Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Biodiversity International , Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New England
Book
conservation, methods, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Krishnan, S., Guerra, G. W., Bertrand, D., Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S., Kettle, C. "The Pollination Services of Forests: A Review of Forest and Landscape Interventions to Enhance Their Cross-Sectoral Benefits" Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2020. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=JhvtDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA81&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+hampshire&ots=D-JDi3YKLF&sig=AszPARpfR7BiisW5YABYqjmNFA0#v=onepage&q&f=false)
This map was displays the extent of fragmentation in Maine's forests.
People: Lindsay Dreiss
Institutions: Middlebury College
Maine
Map
fragmentation, maine, map, developed and agricultural lands, forest cover, harvested forest, human fragmentation, roadways
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Dreiss, L.M. (2008). Fragmentation and Clearing of Maine Forest Habitats, 2005 [map]. Retreived from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lindsay_Dreiss/publication/254600864_Fragmentation_and_Clearing_of_Maine_Forest_Habitats_2005/links/543ffa7c0cf2be1758cff522/Fragmentation-and-Clearing-of-Maine-Forest-Habitats-2005.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Eric J. Gustafson , Craig Loehle
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
simulation, landscape
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Gustafson, E. J., Loehle, C., "Effects of Parcelization and Land Divestiture on Forest Sustainability in Simulated Forest Lanscapes" Forest Ecology and Management, vo. 236, issues 2-3, 1 December 2006, pp. 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.015
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112706009030
The Center for Watershed Protection works to advance clean water resources and healthy ecosystems through responsible land and water management. Some projects include forest planning and assessment which is important for conservation and the health of our nation's watersheds.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
"Forest Planning and Assessment", Center for Watershed Protection, Accessed from: https://cwp.org/forest-planning-and-assessment/
The authors examined the changes in biomass and forest growth on a gradient from the forest interior to edge. Using climate projections, the authors showed that future heat stress could reduce the forest edge growth enhancement by one-third by the end of the century.
People: Andrew Reinmann
Institutions: Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment
Belmont, Lynn
Article
tree growth, carbon, fragmentation, forest edge
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Reinmann, A.B. and Hutyra, L.R. (2017). Edge effects enhance carbon uptake and its vulnerability to climate change in temperate broadleaf forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(1), 107-112.
Stakeholders from nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, professional organizations, private corporations, and state and federal agencies representing public, private, and tribal interests also provided input to the assessment. Input from these stakeholders helped to frame the subject matter content and management options presented in this report, ensuring relevance for decision-makers and resource managers.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, State and Private Forestry
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, management, drivers
conservation, management
Poland T. M., Patel-Weynand T., Finch M. D., Miniat C. F., Hayes D. C., Lopex V. M., "Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the United States Forest Sector", 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45367-1
In 2011, with the input of many groups and individuals from across Massachusetts, Harvard Forest launched a new project to evaluate potential futures for the Massachusetts landscape, and for forests in particular. The purpose of the project was to compare a set of contrasting scenarios to help inform and motivate conservation and land-use decisions.
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Harvard University
Massachusetts
Report
land use, fragmentation, forest, education, outreach, planning, trends
drivers
management, education
Thompson, J., Lambert, K.F., Foster, D., Blumstein, M., Broadbent, E., and Zambrano, A.A. (2014). Changes to the Land: Four Scenarios for the Future of the Massachusetts Landscape. Harvard Forest, Harvard University. 39 p.
A review of 58 papers on effects of forest fragmentation reveals that general conclusions from fragmentation research are biased due to a focus on birds, on size-effects rather than isolation, and on species presence rather than population sizes. Perhaps the most important finding is that current knowledge on fragmentation effects is based mainly on studies in small fragments (<10 ha).
New England, New York
Article
analysis, assessment
conservation, methods, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Zuidema, P.A., Sayer, J.A., Dijkman, W. "Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity: The Case for Intermediate-sized Conservation Areas." Cambridge Core, Cambridge University Press. vol. 23, issue 4, December 1996, pp. 290-297. Accessed from (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/forest-fragmentation-and-biodiversity-the-case-for-intermediatesized-conservation-areas/34D3DEA131ABA80454D095F505EBAFF7#fndtn-information)
This review paper explores differences in carbon dynamics observed across biomes through a trade?offs framework that considers edge microenvironmental changes and limiting factors to productivity. The review concludes that in the mesic northeastern US, large increases in carbon stocks and productivity are found near the temperate forest edge, with over 23% of the forest area within 30 m of an edge. Changes in the wind, fire, and moisture regimes near tropical forest edges result in decreases in carbon stocks and productivity.
People: Andrew Reinmann , Jonathan Thompson , Lucy Hutyra , Ian Smith , Julia Marrs
Institutions: Boston University , Harvard University
New York, New England
Article
stand structure, biodiversity, microclimate, carbon sequestration, edge effects
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Smith, I.A., Hutyra, L.R., Reinmann, A.B., Marrs, J.K. and Thompson, J.R. (2018). Piecing together the fragments: elucidating edge effects on forest carbon dynamics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(4), pp.213-221.
Concerned about the issues facing forests, a group of foresters and ecologists has gathered periodically in southwestern Vermont since 1997 to discuss the ecology and management of these woods, called Rich Northern Hardwood Forests.
People: Alan Calfee , Chris Olson
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
Vermont, New York, New England
Article
ecology, landowners, timber
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
"Managing Rich Northern Hardwood Forests for Ecological Values and Timber Production: Recommendations for Landowners in the Taconic Mountains"" The Nature Conservancy, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/managing_rich_northern_hardwood_forest.pdf)
The Forest Fragmentation Action Plan is a coordinated land use plan to reduce forest fragmentation at the local, regional, and state levels. This plan was developed by the Vermont Natural Resources Council with input from local planning and conservation commissions, selectboards, regional planning commissions, the VT Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation, the VT Fish and Wildlife Dept., the VT Dept. of Housing and Community Development, the VT Planners Association, and UVM Extension.
People: Emma Zavez
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Report
resource management, fragmentation, habitat connectivity, forest planning, parcelization
methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Zavez, E. and Fidel, J. (2014). Forest Fragmentation Action Plan. Vermont Natural Resources Council.
http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Final-Forest-Fragmentation-Action-Plan-1.pdf
The authors described regional variation in boreal bird community composition to understand how climate change may affect the boreal avian community.
People: Jeremy Kirchman, Jeremy Kirchman , Joel Ralston, Alyssa FitzGerald, Sara Scanga , Sara Scanga
Institutions: Saint Mary's College, The State University of New York (SUNY), New York State Museum, Utica College
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Chris J. Kettle , Lian Pin Koh
Institutions: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Department of Environmental System Science , University of Adelaide
No location information available
Book
forests, fragmentation
ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Kettle, C.J., Koh, L.P., 2014 "Global Forest Fragmentation" Department of Environmental System Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich Switzerland, Accessed from (https://www.cabi.org/environmentalimpact/ebook/20143317935)
This article describes the 2015 Fragmentation Report, prepared by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, which explores the value of structurally diverse vegetation, as well as the drivers of fragmentation. The authors highlight key benefits of intact forests by going beyond general forest descriptions (such as composition, arrangement, size, etc.) to tell a story of forest structure and function.
People: Sam Talbot
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Vermont
Poster
conservation, management, planning
conservation, education, policy
Talbot, S. "New Report Unravels the Complex Issue of Forest Fragmentation in Vermont." econews Vermont, 27 April 2016, Accessed from http://www.econewsvt.org/news/new-report-unravels-the-complex-issue-of-forest
http://www.econewsvt.org/news/new-report-unravels-the-complex-issue-of-forest
Despite being conducted in rural Petersham, Massachusetts, the inspiration for my summer research project comes from patterns observed in urban environments. We live in a growing world in which cities are expanding, both in terms of population and geography. As cities sprawl outwards, forested regions, such as New England, are converted into fragmented landscapes where the forest is interrupted by human land use. Replacing forests with something else can have significant impacts on the carbon cycle as forests play a key role in removing and storing atmospheric carbon. However, the data that I have collected this summer suggests that forests have the ability to mitigate some of the carbon storage loss associated with forest fragmentation.
People: Ian Smith
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest
Massachusetts
Website
cities, edge effects, forest edge, human land use, urban forests
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Smith, I. (2016). Life on the Edge. Harvard Forest. Available at http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/blog/ian-smith
Across the Northern United States, growing human populations will place increased service demands on forests for the foreseeable future. The type, magnitude, and stability of future services from northern forests will depend in part on the level of biological diversity in those forests.
People: Rachel Riemann , Mark Nelson , W. Keith Moser , James D. Garner , Barry T (Ty) Wilson , Brent Dickenson , Brian G. Tavernia
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Tavernia, B.G., Nelson, M.D., Riemann, R., dickenson, B., Moser, W.K., Wilson, B.T. (Ty), Garner, J.D. "Conservation of Biological Diversity". In: Shifley, Stephen R.; Moser, W. Keith, eds. Future forests of the northern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-151. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 43-76. Chapter 3, 2016. Accessed from (https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/50452)
Urbanization and the spread of agriculture have resulted in high levels of forest loss and fragmentation in many regions of the world. The impact of this anthropogenic fragmentation on ecological functioning has been poorly studied. This chapter assesses the responses of selected plant- and animal-mediated processes to forest fragmentation.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Peh K. S. H., YangChen L., Luke S. H., Foster W. A., Turner E. C., "Forest Fragmentation and Ecosystem Services", 1 January 2014, https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780642031.009
https://cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1079/9781780642031.0096
This book summarizes findings from the first scientific conference to address fragmentation in relationship to forest management and the consequences for wildlife populations in the forests of the western United States and Canada.
People: James Rochelle, Leslie Lehmann, Joe Wisniewski
No location information available
Book
forest management, connectivity, habitat fragmentation, habitat threats, threats
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Rochelle, J. A., Lehmann, L. A., and Wisniewski, J. (1999). Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife and Management Implications. Boston, MA: Brill.
The article discusses the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) Powerline and the impacts this powerline could have on sensitive wildlife, as the porposed powerline path would cut the right-of-way through previously unfragmented swaths of forest in Maine.
People: Lori Valigra
Institutions: Bangor Daily News
Maine
Website
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
This study uses national NWOS data to explore whether and how FFO and land characteristics differ with the intention to transfer forestland in the next 5 years.
People: Brett Butler , David Kittredge , Marla Markowski-Lindsay
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Family Forest Research Center , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Markowski-Lindsay M., Butler B. J., Kittredge D. B., "The future of family forests in the USA: Near-term intentions to sell or transfer", 2017. Accessed Online: https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271740/1-s2.0-S0264837717X00082/1-s2.0-S0264837716313102/Marla_Markowski_Lindsay_Near_term_intentions_2017.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=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&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20220804T191817Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTYTHF5MQM3/20220804/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=b5ed6117a808f56c50d1f8671128335f039115185bcaf2cb0e68c383ab4a190d&hash=825de334d21e057e3cfd1c0fea1b3d570fa7dc2194e0cf5005cc7266ed698764&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S0264837716313102&tid=pdf-41c6f48e-f625-4bf0-ba43-d77c0cdf02d0&sid=ea52a4d4144d5341f608db6708e3683a163egxrqa&type=client
No additional information available.
People: Sherri Wormstead , Stephen Shifley, Francisco Aguilar, David J. Nowak , Eric J. Greenfield , Susan Stewart , Nianfu Song , Dale D. Gormanson , W. Keith Moser
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, policy
Shifley S. R., Aguilar F. X., Song N., Stewart S. I., Nowak D. J., Gormanson D. D., Moser W. K., Wormstead S., Greenfield E. J., "Criterion 7: Legal, institutional, and economic framework for forest conservation and sustainable management", 2012, General Technical Report, Accessed from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/40229
No additional information available.
People: Brett Butler , David Kittredge , W. Keith Moser
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Columbia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Mondal P., Butler B. J., Kittredge D. B., Moser W. K., "How are America's private forests changing? An integrated assessment of forest management, housing pressure, and urban development in alternate emissions scenarios" Land Use Policy, May 2013, v. 32, pp 230-238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.10.014
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264837712002025
No additional information available.
People: Brett Butler , David Kittredge , W. Keith Moser
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Harvard University, Harvard Forest , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Mondal P., Butler B. J., Kittredge D. B., Moser W. K., "How are America's private forests changing? An integrated assessment of forest management, housing pressure, and urban development in alternate emissions scenarios", Land Use Policy, v. 32, p. 230-238, 16 October 2012, Accessed from: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/47884817/How_are_Americas_private_forests_changi20160808-9002-1p709ec-libre.pdf?1470659666=&response-content-disposition=inline;+filename=How_are_Americas_private_forests_changin.pdf&Expires=1666120463&Signature=Dtrwpket~u840ueYs6Wa0j9SAmhMA~LWl-nQ4fNAJBZ4bHbeLvi5rdIks1IHZKUCzeLRsgLkhL1rcXQyeLB9Z9Hro5GzKwyygEX2SWj-rYuNjuri6arxRpc3C~EwZnjE1DAQ9ESC4BN7IR1MgItMwCq-HXVGwANX0K-s5MIRQxWmh3DYXdk9eiCjGz459tH98wqxRvTvIKCjvTGRe0fgsjn3volA~H81mw51bUI5LKGUGFcvxi3Fy-IcSepsxKMedygBGrg4zKOcfFKIKZsbFSBDOS08tkVfEcXeIWNZ-Yu8sHfV9gJBMeFSxjNHoGzCMpuvvwIM7GyNsZqGpUXj4A__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
This article quantifies forest ownership transitions among ownership categories between 2007 and 2017 and investigates how and why large corporate ownerships own and manage their forestlands. Ownership transitions were determined from refined USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis data; they also conducted a survey of large corporate forestland ownerships.
People: Brett Butler , Emily Huff , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Jesse Caputo , Amanda Robillard , Emma Sass , Andrew Hartsell
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Michigan State University , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Family Forest Research Center , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
The authors placed artificial nests containing quail eggs in forests of different sizes and at various distances from the edge to test which of these factors was most important in describing predation. In doing so, they found that large areas and those bordered on at least one side by a large water body had lower predation rates.
People: Mark Small
Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology
Lincoln, Sagadahoc
Article
artificial nests, forest fragmentation, nest predation, passerines
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Small, M.F. & Hunter, M.L. (1988). Forest fragmentation and avian nest predation in forested landscapes. Oecologia, 76(1), 62-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379601
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4218636?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
The authors studied territory placement and foraging behavior of breeding birds in relation to juxtaposition of forest vegetation and logged patches in southern Vermont. They found that different bird species used disturbed vegetation at differing spatial scales, depending on territory size.
People: Richard Lent
Institutions: University of Vermont
Vermont
Article
forest disturbance, birds, wildlife, fragmentation
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Lent, R.A. & Capen, D.E. (1995). Effects of small-scale habitat disturbance on the ecology of breeding birds in a Vermont (USA) hardwood forest. Ecography 18: 97-108.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3682757.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A49578939eb13d4b88886915ee5b46a2f
This study sought to understand perceptions among family forest specialists of: climate impacts and adaptation options across different forested US regions; how family forest owners are taking climate adaptation into consideration in their forest management, if at all; and major barriers to more active management for adaptation among family forest owners.
People: Courtney Schultz
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
vonHedemann N., Schultz C. A., "U.S. Family Forest Owners' Forest Management for Climate Adaptation: Perspectives From Extension and Outreach Specialists", Frontiers in Climate, 14 October 2021, vol. 3, issn 2624-9553, Accessed from: https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10339178
This document provides sample conservation easement language designed to address issues of habitat connectivity.
Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative
New York, New England
Poster
habitat connectivity, conservation easements, forest conservation, habitat corridor, landscape connectivity, landscape permeability
conservation, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Staying Connected Initiative. (2012). Potential Conversation Easement Provisions Designed to Explicitly Address Connectivity in the Northern Appalachians. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/connectivityconservationeasementlanguage_final.pdf
http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/connectivityconservationeasementlanguage_final.pdf
These dataset provide information on various ecosystems throughout New England created by the Conservation Biology Institute.
Institutions: Data Basin , Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas
New York, New England
Map
ecosystems, formations, landcover
landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Conservation Biology Institute. (2018). Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas [map]. Retrieved from https://nalcc.databasin.org/maps/new#datasets=20f6caffbec545c29b7e391f934e2651
https://nalcc.databasin.org/maps/new#datasets=20f6caffbec545c29b7e391f934e2651
The authors reviewed the literature on habitat fragmentation, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF), and related fields. From this, they developed a framework to analyze how habitat fragmentation affects the BEF relationship through altering biodiversity and environmental conditions based on the pattern-process-scale perspective in landscape ecology. They concluded that habitat fragmentation can affect the BEF relationship directly by altering community composition, as well as indirectly by changing environmental conditions within and among habitat patches on both local and landscape levels.
People: Jiajia Liu, Maxwell Wilson, Guang Hu
Institutions: Zhejiang University , Arizona State University , Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , Beijing Normal University
New York, New England
Article
biodiversity, community composition, habitat, fragmentation, forest composition, landscape ecology
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Liu, J., Wilson, M., Hu, G., Liu, J., Wu, J. and Yu, M. (2018). How does habitat fragmentation affect the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relationship?. Landscape Ecology, 33(3), pp.341-352.
Farms Under Threat is American Farmland Trust's multi-year effort to produce the most comprehensive assessment ever undertaken of U.S. agricultural land use, clearly identifying the loss of farmland and ranchland to date while examining different scenarios for the future.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management
Pottern J. B., Barley L. N., "Special Report: Farms Under Threat, A New England Perspective, New Findings to Guide Our Work and Inspire Action", American Farmland Trust, October 2020, Accessed from: https://s30428.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/AFT_NE_FUT-10_14_20_rev.pdf
https://s30428.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/AFT_NE_FUT-10_14_20_rev.pdf
An article summarizing the issues of the New England Clean Energy Connect and the disappointment of the support it is receiving.
People: John Nicholas
Institutions: Portland Press Herald
New England
Poster
conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Nicholas, J. 12 May 2019. "Letter to the editor: CMP power line would fragment forest." Accessed From (https://www.pressherald.com/2019/05/12/letter-to-the-editor-cmp-power-line-would-fragment-forest/)
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/05/12/letter-to-the-editor-cmp-power-line-would-fragment-forest/
The authors compared pairing and reproductive success of ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapilla) in three large and nine small forest reserves in a suburban landscape over six years and related ovenbird success to patch-scale and landscape-scale features. They found that the probability of nest survival, reproductive success, and fledging success were significantly higher in the large reserves.
People: David Morimoto
Institutions: Lesley University, Natural Science and Mathematics Division, Connecticut Audubon Society , Boston University, Department of Biology
Wellesley, Wayland, Middlesex
Article
populations, conservation, land use, fragmentation, forest, forest edge, forest reserves, ovenbird, pairing sucess, reproductive success, suburban
conservation, ecosystem services
conservation, education
Morimoto, D.C., Frankel, M.A., Hersek, M. & Wasserman, F.E. (2012). Forest fragmentation effects on ovenbird populations in the urban region of eastern Massachusetts, USA. Urban habitats, 7.
http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v07n01/forestfragmentation_full.html
The Massachusetts Forest Cutting Practices Act was created to ensure the long-term public benefits provided by forests.
Institutions: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Massachusetts
Policy
timber harvest, forest resources, forestry, laws, permitting, policy, private land, timber cutting
methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
management, policy
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. (2013). Chapter132-MA Forest Cutting Practices Act. Available at http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/conservation/forestry-and-fire-control/chapter-132-ma-forest-cutting-practices-act.html
This study examined the effects of forest loss and regrowth on bee pollinators in eastern North America using three datasets totaling 36,605 individual specimens.
People: Colleen Smith
Institutions: Rutgers University, University of Ottawa
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Smith C., Harrison T., Gardner J., Winfree R., "Forest-associated bee species persist amid forest loss and regrowth in eastern North America", August 2021, v. 260, 109202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109202
With a focus on implementing the responses necessary to safeguard a resilient social, environmental, and economic system, this report examines the newest analysis of migration trends and population projections influencing the migration system of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River towns.
Vermont, New Hampshire
Report
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Sylvia M., Corvus J., "Assessing the Migration System of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Migration Trends, Evidence, and Indicators", 30 April, 2021, Accessed from: https://www.communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration-Impacts.pdf
https://communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration_Trends.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Cynthia Drummond
Institutions: The Westerly Sun
Rhode Island
Poster
forest economy
conservation, methods, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Drummond, C. "R.I. Forest Preservation and Energy Goals are at Odds" The Sun, 20 February, 2020, Accessed from https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/richmond-hopkinton/r-i-forest-preservation-and-energy-goals-are-at-odds/article_9924ffd2-5420-11ea-bf13-4b3632d6a2f0.html
This dissertation focuses on two types of specialization found in wild bees. The first of these is foraging-bout specialization, whereby an individual bee will visit a single plant species during a foraging bout. The second focus is on forest specialist bee species, which depend exclusively on forest habitat for their survival. Evidence from non-bee taxa suggests that, in general, forest specialists are particularly vulnerable to decline, given widespread deforestation.
People: Colleen Smith
Institutions: Rutgers University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
The authors comparted density of infected nymphal blacklegged ticks, which is the primary risk factor for Lyme disease, in small and large forest patches. They found a significant linear decline in nymphal infection prevalence with increasing patch area and a significant exponential decline in nymphal density with increasing patch area.
People: Brian F. Allan
Institutions: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies , Rutgers University, Bard College, Department of Biology
Dutchess
Article
ecology, forests, impacts, lyme disease, public health, ticks
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Allan, B.F., Keesing, F. & Ostfeld, R.S. (2003). Effect of forest fragmentation on Lyme disease risk. Conservation Biology, 17(1), pp.267-272.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01260.x
To investigate the effects of forest fragmentation on genetic variation in Acer saccharum Marsh. (Aceraceae) populations, aflozyme variation in eight populations in fragmented forest patches was compared to variation in eight population samples from extensive continuous forest.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Young A. G., Merriam H. G., Warwick S. I., "The effects of forest fragmentation on genetic variation in Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple) populations", Heredity, 1993, v. 71, pp. 277-289
This study asks the questions: how does regeneration, vis-a-vis the buried seed bank, vary in heterogenous urban forests? And, can forest patch size be used to predict regeneration and consequent management interventions?
People: Mark Ashton, Marlyse Duguid, Danica A Doroski
Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Connecticut
Report
seed banks, forest patch, patch size, composition
conservation, methods, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Doroski, D. A., Duguid, M. C., Ashton, M. S. "Forest Patch Size Predicts Seed Bank Composition in Urban Areas" Appl Veg Sci. 2021;24:e12534. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12534
The Maine Tree Growth Tax Law provides for the valuation of land that has been classified as forest land on the basis of productivity value, rather than on just value. The law is based on Article IX, Section 8 of the Maine Constitution that permits such valuation of forest land for property tax purposes. The purpose of this bulletin is to explain the more important features of the law.
Institutions: Maine Forest Service , Maine Forest Service, Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Revenue Service
Maine
Poster
land management, landowners, laws, long-term management, policy, private forests, taxation
conservation, management
management, policy
Maine Forest Service. (2018). Maine's Tree Growth Tax Law: The Basics. Available at https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/policy_management/tgtl/tgtl_basics_presentation.pdf
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/policy_management/tgtl/tgtl_basics_presentation.pdf
This research explored northeastern Family Forest Owners (FFO) likelihood of Conservation easements (CEs) adoption through contingent behavior responses to permanent and temporary CE scenarios. For each commitment length, they tested a range of financial compensation amounts and FFO characteristics.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Marla Markowski-Lindsay
Institutions: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/jof/article-abstract/120/2/208/6377833
Fragmentation has had important consequences for the animal host communities that support tick populations and transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete in the region, including evidence that fragmented forests support fewer vertebrate species, higher abundance of reservoir hosts for the bacteria and larger populations of ticks.
People: Andrew MacDonald
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
lyme disease
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Macdonald, A. J.. "Forest Fragmentation and Lyme Disease in the Northeastern US" 2014. Accessed from (https://andrewjmacdonald.weebly.com/forest-fragmentation-and-lyme-disease-transmission-in-the-us-northeast.html)
Using 1-km advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) satellite-based land cover, this study presents a method to seperate forest fragmentation into natural and anthropogenic components, and report results for all inhabited continents summarized by World Wildlife Fund biomes.
People: Timothy Wade
Institutions: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Wade T. G., Riitters K. H., Wickham J. D., Jones K. B., "Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation", 2003, Conservation Ecology 7(2): 7 (online) URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss2/art7
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26271943#metadata_info_tab_contents
The objective of this study was to examine artificial nest predation dynamics along a fragmentation gradient (farm woodlots, logged forest stands and contiguous forest) in the conifer dominated Boreal Mixedwood.
People: Keith Hobson, Erin Bayne
Institutions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Saskatoon , University of Saskatchewan, Department of Biology
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
predation, artificial nests
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Bayne, E., Hobson, K. "Artificial Nest Predation Dynamics Along a Forest Fragmentation Gradient: A Preliminary Analysis" Journal of Sustainable Forestry, V. 5, 1997, Issue 1-2, 17 October 2008. https://doi.org/10.1300/J091v05n01_06
No additional information available.
People: Kurt Ritters , Samuel F. Ward , Benjamin S. Taylor , Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil , Songlin Fei
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Purdue University, Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources , University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Department of Economics
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
plants, corridors, terrestrial habitat
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-020-02308-3
The purpose of this research was to develop an understanding of Connecticut's forests and how fragmentation has progressed over time. The Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) and the University of Connecticut created a forest fragmentation model for researchers, land use officials, natural resource professionals and the public to understand the health and condition of Connecticut's forested areas.
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research
Connecticut
Report
mapping, modelling, analysis, edge effects, forest cover, gis, research
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Wilson, E. and Arnold, C. (2010). Forest fragmentation in Connecticut, 1985-2006 research summary.Center for Land Use Education and Research. Available at https://cslib.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p128501coll2/id/142009/rec/1
https://cslib.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p128501coll2/id/142009/rec/1
This article talks about the negative effects of forest fragmentation specifically in Vermont.
People: Ethan Tapper
Institutions: Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Poster
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Tapper, E. "Forest Fragmentation." The Charlotte News, 13 June 2019. Accessed from https://www.charlottenewsvt.org/2019/06/13/forest-fragmentation/
https://www.charlottenewsvt.org/2019/06/13/forest-fragmentation/
Through a systematic review from 1990 to 2019, this paper examined forest vulnerability to climate change and its management practices. In this paper, descriptive, mechanism and thematic analyses were carried out to analyze the state of existing research, in order to understand the concept of vulnerability arising from climate change and forest management issues.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Roshani S. H., Kumar P., Masroor Md, Rahaman H. Md, Rehman S., Ahmed R., Sahana M., "Forest Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Review for Future Research Framework" 12 June 2022, Forests, 13(6), 917; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13060917
The authors classified the pattern of forests in Massachusetts using fragmentation indicators to address these objectives: 1) characterize the spatial pattern of forest fragmentation in Massachusetts towns using Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis, and (2) identify regional trends using archetypal towns in relation to town history, geography and socioeconomic characteristics. We identified six representative towns that typify different types of forest fragmentation.
People: J. Rogan
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Clark University, Clark Graduate School of Geography, Université de Montréal, Département de Géographie, McGill University, Department of Natural Resource Sciences and McGill School of Environment, Temple University, Geography and Urban Studies Department, Clark University, Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, US Forest Service, Research Triangle Park
Massachusetts
Article
affinity propagation, forest fragmentation, morphological spatial pattern analysis
methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Rogan, J., Wright, T.M., Cardille, J., Pearsall, H., Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Riemann, R., Riitters, K. & Partington, K. (2016). Forest fragmentation in Massachusetts, USA: A town-level assessment using Morphological spatial pattern analysis and affinity propagation. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 53(4), pp.506-519.
https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2016/ja_2016_riitters_001.pdf
The focus of this thesis is to uncover how differences in land use, from grazing to successional states in forests, influence a number of aspects wild bee diversity and community structure. Relative abundance and species richness have been used as standard methods for measuring the health of wild bee communities yet neither abundance nor richness are able to quantify how landscape change affects the traits found in members of the population. Phylogenetic methods are a novel tool that can measure community structure by examining how traits influence population structure.
People: Katherine A. Odanaka
Institutions: University of New Hampshire
Strafford, New Hampshire
Report
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Odanaka, K. A. "Effects of Land Use on Wild Bee Functional Diversity." University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository, Spring 2019. Accessed from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1fa5/32100d68f1f3130c386b7c7d68e4472cc3ed.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1fa5/32100d68f1f3130c386b7c7d68e4472cc3ed.pdf
This study used drift fences and pitfall traps to intercept dispersing amphibians and examine amphibian movements relative to roads, forest edges, and streambeds in a forest tract in southern Connecticut.
People: James Gibbs
Institutions: The Wildlife Society
Connecticut
Report
amphibians
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Gibbs, J. P. "Amphibian Movements in Response to Forest Edges, Roads, and Streambeds in Southern New England" The Journal of Wildlife Management, vol. 62, no. 2 (April, 1998), pp. 584-589
This article provides information on recent land purchases that will help to augment town revenue, while ensuring clean drinking water, protecting wildlife habitat, and providing enhanced recreational opportunities
People: Ann Simonelli
Institutions: The Conservation Fund
Gorham, Milan, New Hampshire
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Simonelli, A. "New Hampshire Towns of Gorham And Milan Expand Protection For Community Forests" The Conservation Fund, August 3, 2020. Accessed from (https://www.conservationfund.org/impact/press-releases/2278-community-forests-expand-protection-in-new-hampshire)
This article highlights the challenges and threats such as forest fragmentation, over-harvesting, development pressures, climate change, invasive pests, pathogens and plants, and a rapidly aging cohort of small woodland owners.
Institutions: Maine Tree Foundation
Maine
Article
forests, threats
management, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://mainetree.org/2020/04/threats-challenges-facing-maines-forests-html/
This study examined three types of ubiquitous, narrow, forest-dividing corridors for effects that influence the relative abundance and community composition of forest-nesting birds.
People: Adam C. Rich , David S. Dobkin , Lawrence J. Niles
Institutions: Society For Conservation Biology , High Desert Ecological Research Institute
No location information available
Article
birds, corridor, nesting
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Rich, A.C., Dobkin, D.S. and Niles, L.J. (1994), "Defining Forest Fragmentation by Corridor Width: The Influence of Narrow Forest-Dividing Corridors on Forest-Nesting Birds in Southern New Jersey". Conservation Biology, 8: 1109-1121. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041109.x
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041109.x
This paper reviews recent econometric studies focusing on how nonindustrial private forest landowners make decisions. They use a synthesis of previous work and a discussion of emerging problems involving these landowners as motivation for future research.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
Gregory S. A., Conway M. C., Sullivan J., Gregory S. A., "Econometric analyses of nonindustrial forest landowners: Is there anything left to study?", Journal of Forest Economics, v. 9, iss 2, 2003, pp. 137-164, https://doi.org/10.1078/1104-6899-00028
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1104689904700264
This short article on WBUR outlines the problems with light pollution and forest fragmentation in the northeastern US.
People: Bill Eccleston
Institutions: Rhode Island Public Radio, New England News Collaborative
Rhode Island
Website
wildlife, development, connectivity, corridor, land conservation
conservation, drivers
conservation, education
Brookins, A. (2017, October 9). R.I. Land Conservationists Worry Power Plant Will Fragment Forest, Harm Species. WBUR News. Available at http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/10/09/rhode-island-power-plant-conservationists
http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/10/09/rhode-island-power-plant-conservationists
Both the federal government and most states in the region are actively engaged in assessments of the potential role of forest biomass in renewable energy standards and portfolios. This study addressed two critical components of those assessments: the amount of biomass that can be sustainably harvested from Northeastern forests for energy purposes, and which conversion technologies and end?use applications should be pursued to most effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and promote the rural economy of the region.
People: Thomas Buchholz , Charles D. Canham
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies , Environmental Defense Fund
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Buchholz T., Canham C. D., Hamburg S. P., "Forest Biomass and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Constraints in the Northeastern United States", 17 February 2011, Accessed from: https://forestindustries.eu/sites/default/files/userfiles/1file/report_biomass_2011.pdf
https://forestindustries.eu/sites/default/files/userfiles/1file/report_biomass_2011.pdf
This memo was prepared to assess the potential for habitat fragmentation impacts to breeding birds and bats from construction of the proposed Baron Winds Project.
People: Sarah Gravel
Institutions: Stantec Consulting Services, LLC, EverPower Wind Holdings Inc.
Steuben
Report
fragmentation, songbirds, bats, certificate application, consulting, permit, wind turbines
ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Gravel, S.B. and DiBello, F. (2017). Analysis of Potential Habitat Fragmentation Impacts to Songbirds and Bats Associated with the Baron Winds Project, New York [memo]. Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
This research project addresses the deficit in the existing literature that identifies and demonstrates the process a forest owner will experience working with the planning professionals in developing strategies and plans to achieve the forest legacy outcome by engaging planning professionals to understand and delineate this process in two key sectors: estate attorneys and financial planners.
Institutions: The Pennsylvania State University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management
conservation, management, education
Roth P. A., "Investigating the Role of Professional Planners for Enhancing Private Forest Legacy Decisions", 2019, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/b9930918a69ff1d53eb1547718d12fe0/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
This study used spatial overlay analyses to quantify recent (1984-2016) and predicted (2016-2050) forest disturbance in each U.S. ecoregion and the extent to which each ecoregion falls into protected areas.
People: Lindsay Dreiss, Jacob Malcom
Institutions: Center for Conservation Innovation, Defenders of Wildlife
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
diseases, global
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Dreiss, L., Malcom. J. "Degradation of Visible Autumn Icons and Conservation Opportunities: Trends in Deciduous Forest Loss in the Contiguous US" 29 March, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.29.437570
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.29.437570v1.abstract
This report outlines the findings of forest specialists and their hope of creating a stewardship of forests that would include private and public lands that would be managed collaboratively.
People: David Foster , Charles H. W. Foster , Perry R. Hagenstein
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , New England Natural Resources Center
Massachusetts
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management
Foster, C.H.W.; Hagenstein, P.R.; Foster, D.R. 2004. "Forest Conservation and Stewardship in Massachusetts." Accessed from (https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/sites/harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/files/publications/pdfs/FosterCHW_ForestConservation_2004.pdf)
This study used classified satellite imagery to document a net loss of?~?13,682 km2 (8%) of forested coastal wetlands across the NACP between 1996 and 2016. Most forests transitioned to scrub-shrub (53%) and marsh habitats (24%). Even within protected areas, they measured substantial rates of wetland deforestation and significant fragmentation of forested wetland habitats.
People: Elliott E. White , Emily A. Ury , Emily S. Bernhardt , Xi Yang
Institutions: Duke University, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-021-00686-w
Selected forestry officials in each of the 20 northern states were surveyed concerning their opinions on the public and private financial incentive programs available to nonindustrial private forest owners in their state. The officials were asked to name and describe the programs and to assess forest owners' awareness of each one, its appeal among the owners aware of it, its effectiveness in encouraging sustainable forestry and enabling owners to meet their objectives, and the percentage of program practices that remain in place and enrolled acres that remain in forest over time. They also were asked to suggest ways to improve the programs.
People: Michael Kilgore, John L. Greene , Thomas J. Straka
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Utah State University, University of Minnesota, The Pennsylvania State University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Jacobson M. G., Straka T. J., Greene J. L., Kilgore M. A., Daniels S. E., "Financial Incentive Programs' Influence in Promoting Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Region", Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, V. 26, Iss. 2, June 2009, p. 61-67, https://doi.org/10.1093/njaf/26.2.61
This study sought to 1) assess the effects of forest structural characteristics on avian species richness in a CTNF-managed forest in the eastern USA; 2) compare the results to county-level eBird data to identify the challenges of assessing the impacts of forestry practices on birds at landscape scales; 3) highlight the ambiguities in current forest management guidelines for improving avian habitats in the USA and 4) suggest long-term direction for evaluating the impacts of alternative forest management practices on birds.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Gresh J. M., Courter J. R., "Assessing the effects of Close-to-Nature Forestry on forest birds in the eastern United States: A case study and way forward", 27 August 2022, https://doi.org/10.1177/1758155922112171
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17581559221121712
In 2017/2018 the NH Fish and Game Department (NHFG) partnered with the NH Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and NH Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) to research wildlife corridors in New Hampshire and address Senate Bill 376, an act relative to wildlife corridors. The research topics included identifying (1) existing and needed wildlife corridors, (2) voluntary mechanisms that affect wildlife corridors and (3) any existing statutes, rules and regulations that affect wildlife corridors.
People: Michael Marchand , Sandra Houghton , Mark Ellingwood , Glenn Normandeau , Rebecca Martin , Lori Sommer , Collis Adams
Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Project, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department , New Hampshire Department of Transportation , New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
New Hampshire
Report
corridors
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Houghton, S.; Marchand, M.; Ellingwood, M.; Normandeau, G.; Martin, R.; Sommer, L.; Adams, C. June 2018. "New Hampshire Wildlife Corridors." Accessed From (https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/nongame/documents/nh-wildlife-corr-rpt.pdf).
This website provides and overview of the threats to biodiversity in the Hudson River Estuary Watershed. It also has a section that offers conservation and land-use approaches to avoid and minimize these challenges.
People: Randall Morin , Rachel Riemann , William McWilliams , Brett Butler , Mark Nelson , William H. McWilliams , Rachel Riemann , Jason Drobnack , Cassandra M. Kurtz , Susan J. Crocker , Thomas A. Albright
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Natural Resources
New York
Website
biodiversity, watershed
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, education
"Threats to Biodiversity in the Watershed" Cornell University. Accessed from (https://hudson.dnr.cals.cornell.edu/natural-areas-biodiversity/threats-biodiversity-watershed)
https://hudson.dnr.cals.cornell.edu/natural-areas-biodiversity/threats-biodiversity-watershed
This report summarizes a 1998 inventory of the forests resources of Rhode Island.
People: Tonya Lister , Andrew Lister , Brett Butler , Eric H. Wharton , Catherine Sparks , Paul Ricard , Marla Emery , Thomas A. Dupree , Paul Dolan , Charles J. Barnett
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Rhode Island
Report
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
The authors researched the effects of forest management techniques on eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) and eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), examining communities in harvest zones that had regenerated for different periods of time.
People: Angus Mossman, Max Lambert, Mark Ashton, Jessica Wikle, Marlyse Duguid
Institutions: Yale University, University Of California, Berkeley
Connecticut
Article
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://peerj.com/articles/7604/?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_campaign=PeerJ_TrendMD_0&utm_medium=TrendMD
A gallary of map layers about the future projection of the human footprint within North America.
Institutions: Two Countries One Forest
New York, New England
Website
disturbance patterns, human disturbance, disturbance, human footprint, human impacts
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Two Countries One Forest. (2013). Future Human Footprint. Available at https://2c1forest.databasin.org/galleries/f76fc910963340849b23373c5804e6c5#expand=56636
https://2c1forest.databasin.org/galleries/f76fc910963340849b23373c5804e6c5#expand=56636
This case study focuses on the concerns of protecting contiguous forest habitat in Dummerston, Vermont.
Institutions: New Hampshire Project Learning Tree
Vermont, Dummerston, New Hampshire, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"Background: Protecting Contiguous Habitat" New Hampshire Project Learning Tree. Accessed from (https://www.plt.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/1/f1e63ab150f34a365494a91fc32545ad/files/background.pdf)
https://www.plt.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/1/f1e63ab150f34a365494a91fc32545ad/files/background.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Front Porch Community Planning and Design
Vermont
Report
forest conservation, planning
conservation, management
conservation, management
Fidel, J., McCarthy, K. and Murry, S. (2013). Community strategies for Vermont's forest and wildlife: a guide for local action. Vermont Natural Resources Council. Available at http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/VNRC-Forestland-Conservation-10-1-links.pdf
http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/VNRC-Forestland-Conservation-10-1-links.pdf
The objective was to determine the effects of even-aged timber management on bird species diversity and composition in an extensively forested landscape, the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. The authors found that bird species diversity was greater on managed than on reserved areas, and there were no species unique to reserved areas.
People: Christopher Welsh
Institutions: The Wildlife Society
Coos, Carroll
Article
timber harvest, edge habitat, neotropical migrants
management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Welsh, C.J. & Healy, W.M. (1993). Effect of even-aged timber management on bird species diversity and composition in northern hardwoods of New Hampshire. Wildlife Society Bulletin, pp.143-154.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3782916.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A340771089c7a3322a0d2ec7093060abd
This dissertation seeks to elucidate the motivations and actions of private landowners in the United States using a variety of data sources, including Zillow home estimates, the American Community Survey, satellite remote sensing imagery, and the Forest Inventory and Analysis database, and by implementing interpretable modeling frameworks, such as the hedonic pricing method and structural equation modeling.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Holt R. J., "America's Evolving Relationship with Trees: A Statistical Analysis of Social, Economic, and Environmental Drivers of Forest Management", 2021, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/335f97dee9733feec42e51c92d4bb2a8/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
Deer browsing/grazing pressure varies among sites, potentially affecting herbivory on nonindigenous plants and their invasion success. We aimed to identify a useful deer pressure indicator for suburban forests and then use it to relate deer pressure to grazing on and abundance of two herbaceous invaders, Microstegum vimineum and Alliaria petiolata.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Morrison J. A., Fertitta M., Zymaris C., diBartolo A., Akparanta C., "Deer and invasive plants in suburban forests: assessing variation in deer pressure and herbivory", Ecoscience, 2022, v. 29, iss. 2, https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2021.1958535
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11956860.2021.1958535
No additional information available.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
New England
Website
trends
conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
USDA Forest Service. 2020." Northern Forest Futures Project." Accessed from (https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/futures/)
This fact sheet is a guide for forest owners that suggests sustainable management practices for smaller parcels and alternatives to tradition wood production.
Institutions: Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment
Rhode Island
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
No citation available.
This is an article with many photos to highlight the impacts of commercial logging in Massachusetts public forests.
People: Chris Matera
Institutions: Grass Roots Fund, Massachusetts Forest Watch
Massachusetts
Article
forests, forestry, protection
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management
No citation available.
No additional information available.
Institutions: NYC Department of Environmental Protection , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Watershed Agricultural Council
New York
Poster
watershed
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Watershed Agricultural Council, Forestry Program, 10 Year Anniversary (1997-2007), New York, Accessed from https://www.nycwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FP-10yr-Anniversary.pdf
https://www.nycwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FP-10yr-Anniversary.pdf
The evidence that fragmentation of forests in eastern North America increases rates of nest predation based on the results of experiments in which artificial nests baited with Japanese Quail eggs are used to compare rates of predation in fragments of different sizes. The lack of parental and nestling activity and the potentially unnatural positioning and appearance of artificial nests complicates the interpretation of artificial nest experiments. This paper discusses wheather quail-egg experiments are an appropriate tool for investigating among fragment differences in the rate of predation on Neotropical migrant bird nests.
People: David G. Haskell
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Haskell D. G., "Forest Fragmentation and Nest Predation: Are Experiments with Japanese Quail Eggs Misleading?", The Auk, July 1995, v. 112, no. 3, pp. 767-770, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4088694
The maps and data sets in this gallery are the result of the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion Human Footprint Project. This project was designed to create a down scaled (90m) version of the Global Human Footprint mapped at a scale of 1km by Sanderson et al (2002).
Institutions: Data Basin , Two Countries One Forest
New York, New England
Map
human footprint, human influence index, northern appalachians
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
Two Countries One Forest. (2013). Human Footprint [map]. Retrieved from https://2c1forest.databasin.org/galleries/ff9e496d5eb14aadafa22064462c5e65
https://2c1forest.databasin.org/galleries/ff9e496d5eb14aadafa22064462c5e65
This December, CC and David White protected 74 acres in Sandwich, New Hampshire as wilderness with a generous donation of a conservation easement to Northeast Wilderness Trust.
Institutions: Northeast Wilderness Trust
Sandwich
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
"Rewilding, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Couple Protects 74 Acres", Northeast Wilderness Trust, 2020, Accessed from: https://newildernesstrust.org/heath-brook-nh/
No additional information available.
People: Jessica Leahy, Stephanie Snyder, John Daigle , Crista Straub , Sandra de Urioste-Stone , Janet Gorman
Institutions: University of Maine, Center for Research on Sustainable Forests
Maine
Website
family forest, outreach, sustainability
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Leahy, J.; Gorman, J.; Daigle, J.; Urioste-Stone, S.; Straub, C.; Snyder, S. 2019. "Family Forests Research Program Overview", Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, The University of Maine. Accessed From (https://crsf.umaine.edu/resources-2/family-forests-research/)
https://crsf.umaine.edu/resources-2/family-forests-research/
This map identifies priority landscape linkages for wildlife connectivity.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Wildlife Conservation Society , Two Countries One Forest , Conservation De La Nature - Canada , Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
New York
Map
communities, wildlife, connectivity, corridors, wildlife connectivity
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
The Nature Conservancy. (2012). The Three Borders Linkage Area [map]. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/3borderslinkagepathways_aug12_.pdf
http://216.92.98.160/assets/3borderslinkagepathways_aug12_.pdf
This study employs an updated version of the Ecosystem Demography (ED) model, an improved lidar initialization strategy, and an expanded calibration/validation approach to updated and expanded a high-resolution forest carbon modelling approach previously developed for the state of Maryland to 11 states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) domain .
People: Lei Ma , George Hurtt , Hao Tang , Rachel Lamb
Institutions: University of Maryland
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Article
carbon, modelling, climate change mitigation
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management
Ma, L., Hurtt, G., Tang, H., Lamb, R. "High-resolution forest carbon modelling for climate mitigation planning over the RGGI region, USA" Environmental Research Letters, V. 16, No. 4. Accessed from (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abe4f4/meta)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abe4f4/meta
This study was conducted in the Yale -Myers Experimental Forest. It is a temperate deciduous forest. This study asked (1) whether light from a gap promotes asymmetrical growth of tree crowns, (2) if the asymmetrical growth diminishes as a function of distance from the gap edge, and (3) if the response was species specific and related to a given species of shade tolerance.
Connecticut
Report
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Godfrey K. N., "How Forest Gaps Affect Tree Crown Architecture: The Response of Some New England Deciduous Forest Tree Genera", 2017, Accessed from: https://w3.ric.edu/faculty/rdegouvenain/kate godfrey 2017.pdf
https://w3.ric.edu/faculty/rdegouvenain/kate godfrey 2017.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: LandScope America
New Hampshire
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management
"New Hampshire Conservation Summary" Landscope America, 2021. Accedded from (http://www.landscope.org/new-hampshire/overview/)
This article is an abstract of the work of Jim Bove with the Forest Service. The primary objective of this work is to assess and understand how socio-economic factors relate to changes in forest fragmentation.
People: Jim Bove
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Vermont
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Bove, J. "Vermont Forest Fragmentation." Accessed from https://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/sal/lumodel/bove_abs.html
The Black River Valley lies between the Tug Hill Plateau and the Adirondack Park -- the two largest core habitat blocks in the western part of the Northern Appalachian region -- and consists of 650,000 acres of forest. Mapping and modeling work by Two Countries, One Forest, The Nature Conservancy, and others identified the Black River Valley as a regionally important linkage.
People: Gustave Goodwin , Michelle Brown
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Staying Connected Initiative
New York
Report
black river valley, core habitat, landscape connectivity
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Goodwin, G., Rinehart, K., Rafferty, A., Brown, M., Cheeseman, C. (2012). Securing permeable roadways for wide-rangingwildlife in the Black River Valley. The Nature Conservancy, Adirondack Chapter.
The Wildlands and Woodlands strive to retain and permanently protect at least 70 percent of the New England landscape. Forest lands have been experiencing a loss starting in 2010.
People: Jonathan Thompson , Kathy Fallon Lambert , David Foster , David Kittredge , Brian M. Donahue , Clarisse Hart , William Lahich , Spencer Meyer , Mary Buchanan
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Wildlands and Woodlands
New England
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
Foster, D.; Lambert, K.F.; Kittredge, D.; Donahue, B.; Hart, C.; et al. 2017. "Wildlands and Woodlands Farmlands and Communities." Harvard Forest, Harvard University. Accessed From (https://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org/sites/default/files/Wildlands and Woodlands 2017 Report.pdf)
https://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org/sites/default/files/Wildlands and Woodlands 2017 Report.pdf
This strategic plan builds from the past as it looks to the future, providing guidance for the next five years. The mission, vision and guiding principles ensure accountability for activities that make a positive difference on the ground and in people's lives.
People: Kathryn P. Maloney
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry
New York, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Maloney, K. P.; "Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry: Strategic Plan, FY 2004 to FY" July 2003, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?id=mefnRDMbgGkC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=forest+parcelization+northeast+us&source=bl&ots=zSeD1J_Cka&sig=ACfU3U0nZHbMTOlYW6BnbnL-6ocC8VMtOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqyuX44ZrpAhVDgnIEHftvBAY4ChDoATAIegQIChAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
The forests and trees add to the quality of life in The Last Green Valley. They are fundamental to the character of not just local communities but also the entire New England region. It is the woods and deeper forest blocks that provide the conditions supporting healthy ecosystems for animals and humans alike.
People: Bill Reid
Institutions: The Bulletin
Connecticut
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
Reid B., "Our forests are a precious resource", The Bulletin, 1 December 2019, Accessed from: https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/news/columns/2019/12/01/our-forests-are-precious-resource/2178154007/
No additional information available.
People: David Theobald, Ron McRoberts , Mark Nelson , Mike Eley , Mike Dechter , Susan Stein
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
New York, New England
Report
water, timber
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Stein, Susan; McRoberts, Ron; Nelson, Mark; Theobald, David; Eley, Mike; Dechter, Mike. 2006. "Forests on the Edge: A GIS-based Approach to Projecting Housing Development on Private Forests." In: Aguirre-Bravo, C.; Pellicane, Patrick J.; Burns, Denver P.; and Draggan, Sidney, Eds. 2006. Monitoring Science and Technology Symposium: Unifying Knowledge for Sustainability in the Western Hemisphere Proceedings RMRS-P-42CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 736-743, accessed from https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/26564
This paper documents how the term fragmentation has developed, the types of studies dominant in literature, and where the studies occurred. Several methods were employed to obtain literature used in this research.
People: Sarah Crim , Mark R. Dubois , James Finley , Rick Fletcher , Laura J. Robinson , Catalino Blanche
Institutions: Oregon State University , The Pennsylvania State University , Auburn University , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research Extension and Education Service , The Sustainable Forestry Partnership
New England, New York
Report
global analysis
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Crim, S.; Dubois, M. R.; Finley, J.; Fletcher, R.; Robinson, L. J.; Blanche, C. "Forest Fragmentation Extension Programming: A National Initiative" 9 September 2002, Accessed from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fe5/4d05eb99fff45046ccfdf710216993e61414.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fe5/4d05eb99fff45046ccfdf710216993e61414.pdf
No additional information available.
People: John A. Kapfer
Institutions: University of South Carolina, Department of Geography
New York, New England
Article
planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education, policy
Kaupfer, J. A. "National Assessments of Forest Fragmentation in the US" Global Environmental Change, vol 16, issue 1, February 2006, pp. 73-82, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378005000701Accessed from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378005000701
This article is an overview of the forces that have changed and shaped the northeastern united states, one of which is fragmentation, a newer issue.
People: William A. Niering
Institutions: Connecticut College
New York, New England
Report
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
Quieter forests are cause for concern as conservationists see decreasing populations and diversity of songbirds in New England, many of which call New Hampshire home. NASA satellite data helped map the changing forest landscape, better equipping land managers to react to the effects of forest fragmentation and changing songbird populations.
Institutions: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Vermont, New Hampshire
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Where Have the Songbirds Gone", NASA, 2022, Accessed from: https://www.nasa.gov/SpaceforUS/?story=4036
An overview of Massachusetts forests quality based on data from the USDA Forest Service periodic inventories.
People: Richard H. Widmann
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Massachusetts
Book
trends
conservation, methods, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
Widmann, R.H. 2002. "Trends in Massachusetts Forests: A Half-century of Change." Accessed From (https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKI0sqcTw4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false)
The authors developed a temporal model of forest fragmentation effects on densities of forest- breeding birds and test our model using data from an active industrial forest landscape. The model and our empirical data indicate that densities of several forest-dwelling bird species can increase within a forest stand soon after the onset of fragmentation as a result of displaced individuals packing into remaining habitat.
People: John Hagan
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Maine
Article
models, birds, fragmentation, breeding birds, habitat loss
methods, ecosystem services
education
Hagan, J.M., Haegen, V., Matthew, W., & McKinley, P.S. (1996). The early development of forest fragmentation effects on birds. Conservation Biology, 10 (1), 188-202.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2386955.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:3692f61fe3ddc10b0d55e0c69ab7262e
Rapid land ownership changes in the Northern Forest have spurred development as well as conservation. Local people have experienced differing degrees of participation in land use decisions. This study compares two conservation projects from Maine to assess the policy processes and local attitudes about the conservation project and land use. One was a top-down approach, the second a grassroots, private effort by local citizens to conserve forest land.
Institutions: University of Maine , University of New Hampshire
Maine
Report
conservation, management
conservation, management, policy
Cottle M. A., "Conflict resolution and community support for conservation in the Northern Forest: A comparative case study from Maine", December 2009, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/e8577a9f51ac040769aa9e8fba611f5a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
https://www.proquest.com/openview/e8577a9f51ac040769aa9e8fba611f5a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
This article reviews the causes of parcelization suggested in the existing literature and attempts to provide some empirical evidence concerning their validity. Death, urbanization, income, regulatory uncertainty, and financial assistance for landowners are found to have significant impacts on the change in average parcel size in the United States.
People: Sayeed R. Mehmood , Daowei Zhang
Institutions: Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
New York, New England
Article
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Kenneth V. Rosenberg , James D. Lowe , Andre A. Dhondt
Institutions: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
New York, New England
Article
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Rosenberg, K. V.; Lowe, J. D.; Dhondt, A. A. "Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Breeding Tanagers: A Continental Perspective
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98020.x
This book addresses issues related to the wildland-urban interface. The material in the sections of this book collectively represent a wide range of interests involving research and management on the wildland-urban interface.
People: Alan W. Ewert , Deborah J. Chavez , Arthur W. Magill
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , Indiana University, Department of Environmental Health
New York, New England
Book
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Ewert, A. W.; Chavez, D. J.; Magill, A. W. "Culture, Conflict, and Communication in the Wildland-Urban Interface." 1993, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ogScDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT8&dq=forest+parcelization+new+york&ots=wPsVZQ5tva&sig=OnC2NN6pARKdO6JLwDcpNOAKuAM#v=snippet&q=parcelization&f=false
In eastern North America, remnant patches of forest surrounded by open habitat constitute unfavorable habitat for many species of migratory forest birds because of high rates of nest predation and cowbird parasitism. This article discusses the negative effects of corridors that divide forest patches and the best practices to positively impact the forests and bird habitats.
People: Robert Askins
Institutions: Connecticut College
New England
Article
predation
conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
No citation available.
This map represents threatened species in relation to forest fragmentation in the Northeastern US.
Institutions: Conservation Biology Institute
New England
Map
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
"Threatened Species and Forest Fragmentation, Northeast US" 13 October 2010, Accessed from https://databasin.org/maps/1177a5b4fec4470e829e29cf575527a3
The goad of the Upper Valley Land Trust is to support the working forest economy and connect the places plants and animals need to adapt and thrive.
New Hampshire
Website
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"Unfragmented Forest and Natural Habitat" Upper Valley Land Trust, 2016, Accessed from: https://uvlt.org/our-strategic-goals/unfragmented-forest-natural-habitat/
https://uvlt.org/our-strategic-goals/unfragmented-forest-natural-habitat/
This book synthesizes the latest scientific discoveries regarding changing forest conditions in the Maine Woods
People: Andrew Barton
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Book
ecology, history, landscape change, habitat, forest, forest resources
management, ecosystem services, drivers
education
Barton, A. M., White, A. S., and Cogbill, C. V. (2012). The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Press.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy7e6imrltIC&dq=Maine+forest+fragmentation&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Organized into three sections on changing ecosystems, changing human dimensions, and the dynamic integration of human and natural systems, this book is a must read for anyone who works in the real world, where natural and human systems are joined. This is the new sustainability science, an emerging discipline that integrates social and economic values with the physical, chemical, and ecological functions of ecosystems. The goal is optimal management, since our human impact is often significant and far-reaching in both space and time.
People: Wayme Zipperer , David N. Laband , B. Graeme Lockaby
Institutions: American Society of Agronomy , Soil Science Society of America , Crop Science Society of America
New York, New England
Book
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Laband, D. N.; Lockaby, B. G.; Zipperer, W. C. "Ruban Rural Interfaces: Linking People and Nature" 2012, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?id=fmDMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=Forest+parcelization+rhode+island&source=bl&ots=owPlsQCmxI&sig=ACfU3U1gawZlS8K68idNALQHJlqUdRkckQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY677LhZHpAhULlnIEHRbMDAEQ6AEwGnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
The authors researched small family forest owners (<4 ha) to see how they managed their forests in comparison to larger family forest owners, since small family forest owners are often excluded from research due to the small size of their forest holding yet they make up 60% of all family forest owners in the United States.
People: Brett Butler , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Stephanie Snyder
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station
No location information available
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
management
No citation available.
Map identifying priority landscape linkages for wildlife connectivity
Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative , Two Countries One Forest
Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Map
connectivity, corridors, wildlife connectivity, wildlife connectivity planning
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Two Countries One Forest. (2015). Priority Linkages in the Northern Appalachian-Acadian Region [map]. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/SCILinkageBoundaries_May_2015.pdf
http://216.92.98.160/assets/SCILinkageBoundaries_May_2015.pdf
No additional information available.
People: David Foster , Malcolm Hunter, David Orwig , David Kittredge , Kathleen Lambert, Brian M. Donahue , Brian R. Hall , Lloyd C. Ireland , Robert J. Lilieholm
Institutions: Wildlands and Woodlands
New England
Website
conservation, ecosystem services
conservation, education
"Wildlands & Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape." 2013, Accessed from https://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org/
This resolution outlines the many ways that ecological connectivity supports climate change resilience, forest health and wildlife health goals in the New England states and eastern Canadian provinces, and directs agencies within these jurisdictions to elevate ecological connectivity in the natural resource and transportation planning work.
New England
Policy
biodiversity, climate change resilience, landscape connectivity, transportation
planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
policy
New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers. 2016. Resolution 40-3 : Resolution on Ecological Connectivity, Adaptation to Climate Change, and Biodiversity Conservation
https://www.coneg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/40-3-Ecological-Connectivity-EN.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: Vermont Business Magazine
No location information available
Poster
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
"New Report on Vermont Forests Adresses Fragmentation" Vermon Business Magazine, 16 April 2015, Accessed from https://vermontbiz.com/news/april/new-report-vermont-forests-addresses-fragmentation
https://vermontbiz.com/news/april/new-report-vermont-forests-addresses-fragmentation
A required component of the forest legacy program, the assessment of need (AON) process determines areas where the state's most valuable forestlands face the greatest threats, solicits and receives input from the public, and seeks approval of these forest legacy areas from the secretary of agriculture.
People: James E. Hubbard
Institutions: Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
"Vermont Forest Legacy Program Assessment of Need (AON)" Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, James E. Hubbard, February 2010. Accessed from https://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/Forest_and_Forestry/Vermont_Forests/Library/2017_VT_ForestActionPlanAppC.pdf
To establish eligibility for funding, each state is required to complete a state-wide forest Assessment of Need (AON) that analyzes forest conditions and trends, delineates priority forest legacy areas, and outline the policies and procedures for implementation of the Program.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Legacy Program, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Article
assessment
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management
"Rhode Island Forest Legacy Assessment of Need" Forest Legacy Program, October 2020. Accessed from (http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/legacy/forasse.pdf)
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/legacy/forasse.pdf
The author summaries forest fragmentation trends in the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2011, using multiscale forest area density as the primary indicator. By looking at fragmentation as a change in forest area density on several different magnitudes of scale, forest fragmentation could be summarized more accurately.
People: Kurt Riitters
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station
No location information available
Book
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
The Rhode Island Forest Resources Assessment and Strategies was updated from these two documents, the Rhode Island Forest Resources Management Plan and Rhode Island Urban and Community Forest Plan, with input from the Forest Resources Assessment and Strategies Committee, (RI Stewardship Committee members and other invited environmental partners) to incorporate other statewide planning documents.
Institutions: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Rhode Island
Report
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
DEM, Division of Forest Environment "Rhode Island Forest Resources Assessment and Strategies" June 2010, Accessed from http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/assestra.pdf
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/assestra.pdf
The authors conducted an analysis of global forest cover to reveal that 70% of remaining forest is within 1 km of the forest's edge, subject to the degrading effects of fragmentation. A synthesis of fragmentation experiments spanning multiple biomes and scales, five continents, and 35 years demonstrates that habitat fragmentation reduces biodiversity by 13 to 75% and impairs key ecosystem functions by decreasing biomass and altering nutrient cycles.
People: Nick Haddad
Institutions: Michigan State University , University of Colorado
New York, New England
Article
spatial methods, fragmentation, global analysis
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Haddad, N.M., Brudvig, L.A., Clobert, J., Davies, K.F., Gonzalez, A., Holt, R.D., Lovejoy, T.E., Sexton, J.O., Austin, M.P., Collins, C.D. & Cook, W.M. (2015). Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth's ecosystems. Science Advances, 1(2), p.e1500052.
State wildlife agencies are generally charged with conserving all native wildlife and their habitats within their respective state. However, some have suggested that state wildlife agencies in the region are not addressing the decline of early-successional wildlife and habitats sufficiently. This study investigated the extent to which 11 state agencies in this region are creating and maintaining early-successional habitats on public and private lands.
People: James Oehler
Institutions: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Oehler J. D., "State efforts to promote early-successional habitats on public and private lands in the northeastern United States", v. 185, iss 1-2, p. 169-177, 3 November 2003, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00253-6
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002536
No additional information available.
Institutions: Wildlands and Woodlands, Northern Forest Canoe Trail
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
This article is an overview of land use changes and patterns in the United states.
Institutions: Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
land use change
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Issue: Land Use Change" Northeast-midwest State Foresters Alliance, Accessed from (https://www.nmsfa.org/issues/land-use-change/)
No additional information available.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Policy
forest health, landuse planning, forestland conservation
management, landscape pattern and connectivity
policy
The Vermont General Assembly (2017). H.233 - The Forest Integrity Bill. Available at http://vnrc.org/programs/forests-wildlife/forest-and-habitat-fragmentation-campaign/h-233/
https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0233/H-0233 As Introduced.pdf
CLEAR's National NEMO Network, in partnership with the USDA CSREES Forestry Program (through the RREA NFF program) and the U.S. Forest Service, launched the Forest Resources Education for Municipal Officials (FREMO) project in 2006 to augment traditional forestry outreach practices with new educational tools and approaches targeting local land use officials.
People: David W. Dickson
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Report
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management, education
Dickson D., "Expanding Forest Resource Education For Municipal Officials", University of Connecticut, 2011, Accessed from: https://reeis.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0216077-expanding-forest-resource-education-for-municipal-officials.html
ECOSUD is a challenge for the creation of a new science in line with Prigogine's statement that "at all levels we observe events associated with the emergence of novelties and narrative elements, which we may associate with the creative power of nature". This is not only a platform to present novel research related to ecological problems from all over the world; it also gives opportunities for new emergent ideas in science arising from the cross fertilization of different disciplines, including mathematical models and eco-informatics, evolutionary thermodynamics and biodiversity, structures in ecosystems modelling and landscapes to mention but a few.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, education
Brebbia C. A., Tiezzi E., "Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VII", 2009, Accessed from: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4nzNS-veZFMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA141&dq=forest+parcelization+rhode+island&ots=EkWCfY5XTr&sig=gCc8CPTAopF2vUAaYOwgValW82k#v=onepage&q&f=false
Forest property tax programs are widely and effectively used to incentivize good forest stewardship on privately-owned lands. The authors were interested in characterizing family forest owners who are enrolled in forest property tax programs to better understand why a portion of family forest owners do not participate in these programs. Through a better understanding of these dynamics, increased participation in these programs may be attained.
People: Michael Kilgore, Charles Blinn, Justin Meier, Stephanie Snyder, Gregory Frey
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Minnesota
No location information available
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934118304386
This study compared demographic traits of post metamorphic salamanders among old fields, forest interior, and edge habitats over 2 years in order to observe the consequences of forest fragmentation on these salamanders.
People: Betsie B. Rothermel , Raymond D. Semlitsch
Institutions: University of Missouri
New England
Article
salamanders
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Rothermel, B.B.; Semlitsch, R.D. "Consequences of Forest Fragmentation for Juvenile Survival in Spotted (Ambystoma maculatum) and Marbled (Ambystoma opacum) salamanders." Canadian journal of Zoology, 11 July 2006, Accessed from (https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z06-056#.XoSlMohKiUk)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112706000983
The Maine Legislature enacted the Tree Growth Tax Law in 1972 to help Maine landowners maintain their property as productive woodlands, and to broadly support Maine's wood products industry.
Institutions: Maine Forest Service, Maine Department of Conservation
Maine
Policy
landowners, laws, long-term management, policy, private forests, taxation
conservation, management, ecosystem services
management, policy
Maine Forest Service (n.d.). Tree Growth Tax Law Information: Be Woods Wise: Forest Policy and Management. Available at http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/policy_management/woodswise/tree_growth_tax_law.html
http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/policy_management/woodswise/tree_growth_tax_law.html
This dissertation challenges the presumptions with which PFL research has been previously conducted, lays a foundation for sound, future research, and begins exploring important aspects of private forest landowership. The research presented here focuses primarily on the approaches employed by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service to sample PFLs and estimate parameters of the PFL population and of private forestland across the nation.
People: James Finley , Alexander Leventon Metcalf , A. E. Luloff , Allyson B. Muth , Richard C. Stedman , Eric K. Zenner , Michael G. Messina
Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, School of Forest Resources
New York, New England
Report
methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
management, education, policy
Metcalf, A. L.; Finley, J. C.; et. al. "Human Dimensions Of Private Forestland Ownership: Sampling, Estimation, Decision Making Processes, And Implications
The authors analyzed forest fragmentation across Canada that has occurred in the last 30 years and examined the ability of fragmented forest regions to return to a pre-disturbance state.
People: Txomin Hermosilla, Michael Wulder, Joanne White, Nicholas Coops, Paul Pickell, Douglas Bolton
Institutions: Boston University , Canadian Forest Service, University of British Columbia
No location information available
Article
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425718305807
The study examined the effects of forest fragmentation on nutrient cycling in coniferous and deciduous forests.
People: Elena Vanguelova, Rona Pitman
Institutions: Centre for Ecosystem, Society and Biosecurity, Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge
No location information available
Article
management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112718318437
To evaluate impacts of future residential development in Vermont's Northern Forest, NSRC researchers used the land use change model UrbanSim and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). They predicted where development is likely to occur, how it will affect forest habitat, and how the resultant land use pattern might change under alternative infrastructure investment and policy scenarios, such as construction of new Interstate highway exits and more stringent implementation of the Current Use forest property tax program. Using pre-determined population forecasts, researchers modeled residential development over the next 25 years based on soil type, slope, housing density, and proximity to retail establishments, ski resorts, and protected areas. They then mapped forest cover change based on results of the model.
People: Austin Troy
Institutions: University of Vermont
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
A required component of the Forest Legacy Program, the Assessment of Need (AON) process determines areas where the state's most valuable forestlands face the greatest threats, solicits and receives input from the public, and seeks approval of these forest legacy areas from the secretary of agriculture. Vermont's most recent AON was completed in 2010.
Institutions: Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Report
conservation, methods
conservation, policy
"Vermont Forest Legacy Program Assessment of Need (AON), February 2010", July 2010, Accessed from: https://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/Forest_and_Forestry/Vermont_Forests/Library/2017_VT_ForestActionPlanAppC.pdf
No additional information available.
People: James Hurd , Daniel Civco, Chester L. Arnold , Sandy Prisloe
Institutions: University of Connecticut, University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Connecticut, New England, New York
Report
global change
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Civco, D. L.; Hurd, J. D.; Arnold, C. L.; Prisole, S. "Characterization of Suburban Sprawl and Forest Fragmentation Through Remote Sensing Applications." Accessed from http://clear.uconn.edu/\/publications/research/tech_papers/Civco_et_al_ASPRS2000.pdf
Mike LeVert, Charles Colgan and Charles Lawton discuss the transformation of the economic environment of Maine's forests over the past two decades. Paper companies have sold most of their holdings; residential and conservation demand for land has increased; forestland prices have skyrocketed; and new classes of landowners have different strategies, objectives, and time horizons than the old industrial landowners. The authors believe that management of Maine's forests must now address changes in the economic environment with the same intensity as threats such as the spruce budworm were addressed if we are to keep Maine's forests as forests.
People: Mike LeVert , Charles Lawton
Institutions: Maine State Planning Office
Maine
Article
conservation, management, drivers
conservation, management
LeVert M., Colgan C. S., Lawton C., "Are the Economics of a Sustainable Maine Forest Sustainable?", Maine Policy Review 16.2 (2007) : 26 -36, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol16/iss2/5.
The author examined data collected on birds and vegetation in the Connecticut College Arboretum in New London that initiated in 1953. Many changes in bird species abundance were evident, which were possibly realted to winter habitat destruction and the creation of habitat islands in the breeding sites through forest fragmentation.
People: Robert Askins
Institutions: Connecticut College
Connecticut
Article
birds, habitat islands, migratory birds
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Askins, R. A. (1992). Forest fragmentation and the decline of migratory songbirds. Bird Observer, 20(1). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=biofacpub
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=biofacpub
The goal of this article is to present a framework that serves as a first step in explaining the trends in the use and management of private land for timber production in an urbanizing environment.
People: Maria A. Canha-e-Sa , Sofia F. Franco
Institutions: Nova School of Business and Economics, Nova University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
urban
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Cunha-e-Sa, M. A., Franco, S. F. "Interface Urban Forest Management in an Urbanizing Landscape" 28 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.666
This article communicates the importance of keeping habitats connected and examples of actions that can be taken to help protect wildlife corridors.
Institutions: University of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Article
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
"Taking Action for Wildlife: Identify and Protect Wildlife Corridors", University of New Hampshire, 2022, Accessed from: https://www.takingactionforwildlife.org/resource/identify-protect-wildlife-corridors
https://www.takingactionforwildlife.org/resource/identify-protect-wildlife-corridors
NSRC researchers used the forest landscape computer model LANDIS-II (LANDscape DIsturbance and Succession) to simulate forest conditions for the next 100 years (2010-2110) across 10 million acres of commercial forestland in Maine in predominately spruce-fir forest.
People: Erin Simons-Legaard, Kasey Legaard, Steve Sader
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Maine
Maine
Report
timber
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
Simons-Legaard E., Legaard K., Sader S., Lister A., Sturtevant B., "Hundred Year Predicted Benefits of Including Clearcutting in Management of Maine's Forests" Northeastern States Research Cooperative, 2010, accessed from: https://nsrcforest.org/project/hundred-year-predicted-benefits-including-clearcutting-management-maines-forests
This is a preliminary report in book form that focuses on the health of forests on several watersheds located in southern Maine as housing development is expected to significantly increase.
People: Eric M. White
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Maine
Book
watersheds
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
White, E.M. "Forests on the Edge: A Case Study of South-Central and Southwest Maine Watersheds" USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 2007. Accessed from (https://www.fs.fed.us/openspace/fote/maine-casestudy-ew-062506.pdf)
https://www.fs.fed.us/openspace/fote/maine-casestudy-ew-062506.pdf
This website provides information about Cold Hollow to Canada, which aims to provide a healthy and intact forested landscape that supports a strong and sustainable local economy through stewardship, with protection of core wildlife habitat and connectivity across the entire Northern Forest.
Institutions: Cold Hollow to Canada
Enosburg, Westfield, Bakersfield, Belvidere, Waterville, Fletcher, Montgomery, Richford
Website
conservation, northern forest, wildlife, forestland conservation, northeast, forest conservation, wildlife movement
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Cold Hollow to Canada. (n.d.). Available at https://www.coldhollowtocanada.org/
This map layer is a grid map of the conterminous United States, created from National Land Cover Data (NLCD). The NLCD data was reclassified into four categories: forest, other natural (e.g. grassland, wetland, etc.), human land use (e.g. agriculture, urban, etc.), and nodata (water, ice and snow, and bare rock/sand).
People: Timothy Wade
Institutions: United States Geological Survey (USGS) , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
New York, New England
Map
landuse
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Wade, T. 27 September 2011. "Causes of Forest Fragmentation in the United States - 270 Meter Resolution." National Atlas of the United States. Accessed From (https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/4f4e4a60e4b07f02db634d97).
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/504f821ae4b03f3ccc0290d4
Forest owners in Massachusetts (U.S.) live in a densely populated state and near forestland that is under pressure of development and characterized by small parcel size. Forest-based biomass harvesting in Massachusetts is a renewable energy topic generating a great deal of discussion among all constituents. To provide perspective on these discussions, this analysis asks how much forested land in Massachusetts could be available for biomass supply
People: Paul Catanzaro , Brett Butler , David Kittredge , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, David T. Damery
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , Family Forest Research Center , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation , University of Massachusetts, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Resource Economics
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Markowski-Lindsay M., Catanzaro P., Damery D., Kittredge D. B., Butler B. J., Stevens T., "Forest-Based Biomass Supply in Massachusetts: How Much is There and How Much is Available" Journal of Environmental Management 106 (20 March 2012), Accessed online: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1089.1381&rep=rep1&type=pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: Vermont Business Magazine
Vermont
Poster
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Vermont Business Magazine "New Report Reveals 'Breaking Up' of Vermont Forest Parcels." 25 October 2018, Accessed from https://vermontbiz.com/news/2018/october/25/new-report-reveals-breaking-vermont-forest-parcels
https://vermontbiz.com/news/2018/october/25/new-report-reveals-breaking-vermont-forest-parcels
Using a geographic information system and live trapping of turtles, the authors compared the proportion of males, the proportion of adults, and the relative abundance of turtles in 37 ponds to understand the demography of a common aquatic turtle (Chrysemys picta) along a gradient of urbanization in southeastern New Hampshire. They found that turtle abundance increased as the distance to neighboring wetlands decreased and the amount of nesting habitat near pond edges increased.
People: Michael Marchand
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Strafford, Rockingham
Article
demography, fragmentation, aquatic organisms, road crossings, turtles
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Marchand, M.N. & Litvaitis, J.A. (2004). Effects of habitat features and landscape composition on the population structure of a common aquatic turtle in a region undergoing rapid development. Conservation Biology, 18(3), 758-767.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00019.x
No additional information available.
People: Frank Carini
Institutions: Eco RI News
Rhode Island
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Carini, F. "Rhode Island Needs to Act on Forest Conservation" ecoRI News, 26 March, 2021. Accessed from (https://www.ecori.org/natural-resources/2021/3/25/rhode-island-needs-to-action-on-forest-conservation)
The widening agenda of the research group is being determined by the interaction of law with a variety of social, political, economic, and cultural conditions that affect forestry in the different countries and regions of the world. Persons with an interest in the challenging subject are invited to join the group. The invitation is extended not only to those in research, but also to those in academic, executive and managerial positions.
People: Franz Josef Schmithüsen , William C. Siegel
Institutions: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Vermont, New York, New England
Report
methods, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education, policy
"Schmithusen, F. J.; Siegel, W. C. ""Developments in Forest and Environmental Law Influencing Natural Resource Management and Forestry Practices in the United States of America and Canada"" IUFRO World Series Vol. 7, issn 1016-3263, 1997, Accessed from https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/143363/1/eth-2558-01.pdf"
https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/143363/1/eth-2558-01.pdf
The purpose of this testimony is to describe the adverse impacts of habitat fragmentation that would be caused by the New England Clean Energy Connect Project.
People: Janet McMahon
Institutions: Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, Land Use Planning Commission
Maine
Article
permit, policy
conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, policy
McMahon, J.S., "Application for Site Location of Development Act Permit and Natural Resources Protection Act permit for the New England Clean Energy Connect ("NECEC")" State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection, State of Maine Land Use Planning Commission in the Matter of Central Maine Power Company, 2019, Accessed from (https://www11.maine.gov/dacf/lupc/projects/site_law_certification/slc9/party_testimony/slc9_Group1_Direct_Testimony.pdf)
This review focuses on complex tree diseases (declines) caused by native pathogens and the key environmental drivers that contribute to this phenomenon. These systems are frequently complex, with multiple drivers at work.
Institutions: University of Canterbury
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40725-022-00163-0
No additional information available.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Forest Health Protection , The University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/jof/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jofore/fvac021/6648424
This project is a stud of the levels of genetic and plastic variation for phenology and growth traits in populations of red spruce (Picea rubens), from the range core to the highly fragmented trailing edge.
People: Stephen Keller , John Butnor
Institutions: University of Vermont, Department of Plant Biology , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Prakash A., DeYoung S., Lachmuth S., Adams J. L., Johnsen K., Butnor J. R., Nelson D. M., Fitzpatrick M. C., Keller S. R., "Genotypic variation and plasticity in climate-adaptive traits after range expansion and fragmentation of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.)", 21 February 2022, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to reintroduce New England Cottontail rabbits onto the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge in order to establish a population. To help insure the success of the reintroduction effort, a small number of eastern cottontails could be live-trapped and moved to the barrier beach portion of the refuge. This will minimize competition between eastern cottontails and the New England Cottontail at the reintroduction site. The reintroduction effort is not anticipated to effect ongoing recreational activities, public use, or habitat management activities on the refuge.
Institutions: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Rhode Island
Report
rabbits
conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education, policy
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "Reintroduction of New England Cottontail (Sylvigaus transitionalis) on Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge" February, 2018, Accessed from https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Rhode_Island_Complex/Ninigret/NEC.NewsRelease.withProjectDescription.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Scott Millar
Institutions: Eco RI News
Rhode Island
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
Millar, S. "Time for the General Assembly to Finally Act on Forest Conservation" ecoRI News, 21 April, 2021. Accessed from (https://www.ecori.org/green-opinions/2021/4/21/time-for-rhode-island-to-finally-act-on-forest-conservation)
This document describes Massachusetts Current Use Programs that give preferential tax treatment to landowners who maintain their property as open space for timber production, agriculture or recreation
People: Jennifer Fish
Institutions: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Massachusetts
Policy
timber harvest, forest resources, forest stewardship, land management, laws, long-term management, policy, recreational land, taxation
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, policy
Massachusetts Forest Tax Program Chapter 61. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2018, from https://www.mass.gov/service-details/forest-tax-program-chapter-61
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/forest-tax-program-chapter-61
No additional information available.
Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management
Sheban K., "Preserving Biodiversity in Appalachian Mixed Mesophytic Forests Through the Permit-Based Harvest of American Ginseng and Other Forest Botanicals", In: Montagnini, F. (eds) Biodiversity Islands: Strategies for Conservation in Human-Dominated Environments. Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92234-4_24
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-92234-4_24
No additional information available.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers
conservation, management
"A Safe Harbor for Nature: New England's Resilient and Connected Network of Land", The Nature Conservancy, 2021, Accessed from: https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/New_England_Focal_Lands_Booklet.pdf
https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/New_England_Focal_Lands_Booklet.pdf
The authors incorporated a multiscaled approach (using site, plot, and landscape) to investigate the distribution of activity of medium-sized carnivores relative to habitat edges and the numeric responses of these predators to habitat diversity. They found that populations of generalist predators (raccoons and wild canids) increased as landscapes became more diverse.
People: James Oehler
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Strafford
Article
land use, wildlife, carnivores, canids, generalist predators, habitat edges, human-dominanted habitats
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Oehler, J.D. & Litvaitis, J.A. (1996). The role of spatial scale in understanding responses of medium-sized carnivores to forest fragmentation. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74(11), 2070-2079.
Changing Landscape is a remote sensing-based land cover study that charts landscape changes in Connecticut and portions of New York. It covers the 25-year period from 1985 to 2010 (with in-between dates of 1990, 1995, 2002 and 2006). It includes information on basic land cover, as well as subsidiary analyses of riparian corridor land cover, impervious cover and agricultural field and soil analysis.
People: Chester L. Arnold
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Arnold, C. "Connecticut's Changing Landscape: What We're Measuring." Volume 2, Forest Fragmentation, 2010, Accessed from http://clear.uconn.edu/projects/landscape/v2/forestfrag/measuring/index.htm
https://media.clear.uconn.edu/projects/landscape/v2/measuring/index.htm
This article discusses some significant land aquisitions and conservation of forested lands.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Dunn M. L., "Good Moves for the Great Woods", New Solutions, v.12(2), 129-134, 2002, https://doi.org/10.2190/N2M7-E1EL-8CR8-C3KB
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2190/N2M7-E1EL-8CR8-C3KB?journalCode=newa
Led by the Public Lands Policy Group (PLPG) at Colorado State University, researchers at PLPG, the Ecosystem Workforce Program at University of Oregon, and the University of Georgia are jointly conducting a five-year study to understand Shared Stewardship perspectives from agency leadership, state officials, land managers, and other stakeholders in states where Shared Stewardship partnerships exist.
People: Destin Kee , Tyler Aldworth , Jesse Abrams , Chad Kooistra , Courtney Schultz , Heidi Huber-Stearns
Institutions: University of Georgia , Colorado State University, Warner College of Natural Resources , University of Oregon , University of Oregon, Ecosystem Workforce Program , Colorado State University, Forest, Fire, and Public Lands Policy and Governance, Public Lands Policy Group
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers
conservation, management
Kee D., Alderworth T., Abrams J., Kooistra C., Schultz C., Huber-Stearns H., "Early Implementation of the US Forest Service's Shared Stewardship Strategy in the Eastern United States" The University of Oregon, 2021, Accessed from: https://ewp.uoregon.edu/sites/ewp.uoregon.edu/files/WP_110.pdf
https://ewp.uoregon.edu/sites/ewp.uoregon.edu/files/WP_110.pdf
Act 171 amended Vermont Planning Statutes to encourage and allow municipalities to address protection of forest blocks and habitat connectors, while also supporting the local forest products industry. After January 1, 2018, municipalities seeking to have their plans approved by their Regional Planning Commission must include additional information on the future land use map and language that identifies state, regional or locally significant forest blocks and habitat connectors. The plan may also include specific policies on how the community will take steps to reduce forest fragmentation, enhance forest health, and support essential ecological functions.
People: Julie Moore
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department , Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Policy
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
Moore, J. "Act 171 Guidance - Planning: A Key Step Towards Protecting Forest and Wildlife Resources." Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, March 2018, Accessed from https://anr.vermont.gov/sites/anr/files/co/planning/documents/guidance/Act171Guidance.pdf
https://anr.vermont.gov/sites/anr/files/co/planning/documents/guidance/Act171Guidance.pdf
The Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program benefits rural communities and businesses across Vermont. It supports entrepreneurs in early stages of business as well as mature operations, all the way through to succession. The proportion of businesses enrolling in the program for help planning a transfer to new ownership rapidly increased in the past year, and they now work not only with farm and forestry businesses on succession but forest landowners as well, in an effort to reduce the likelihood of parcelization of Vermont's forest blocks.
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, management
conservation
No citation available.
This study uses designed scenarios to compare the current harvest regime in Maine, characterized by a reliance on partial harvesting, to the regime that was present prior to forest policy change in the early 1990's, which included more clearcutting but fewer total acreage harvested anually. Simulations allowed us to address the hypothesis that management strategies that include very limited even-aged management and extensive partial harvesting in a predominantly spruce-fir forest will result in timber harvesting rates that are unsustainable, reduced forest carbon stocks, and negative impacts on wildlife habitats.
People: Andrew Lister , Erin Simons-Legaard, Kasey Legaard, Jeremy Wilson , Steve Sader , Brian Stuartevant
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , Harris Center for Conservation Education
Maine
Report
timber, harvest
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Simons-Legaard, E.; Legaard, K.; Wilson, J.; Sader, S.; Lister, A.; Sturtevant, B. "Long-term Outcomes and Tradeoffs of Forest Policy and Management Practices on the Broad-Scale Sustainability of Forest Resources: Wood Supply, Carbon, and Wildlife Habitat." 31 July 2013, Accessed from https://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/simons-legaard10full.pdf
https://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/simons-legaard10full.pdf
American marten (Martes americana) are a conservation priority in many forested regions of North America. Populations are fragmented at the southern edge of their distribution due to suboptimal habitat conditions. Facilitating gene flow may improve population resilience through genetic and demographic rescue. They used a multiscale approach to estimate the relationship between genetic connectivity and landscape characteristics among individuals at three scales in the northeastern United States: regional, subregional, and local.
People: William Kilpatrick , James Murdoch , Cody Aylward
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , University of Vermont, Department of Biology
Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Article
american marten
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
The authors studied the effects of dam removal on the structure, function, and composition of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a stream in Conecticut.
People: Helen Poulos, Kate Miller, Ross Heinemann, Michelle Kraczkowski, Adam Whelchel , Adam Whelchel, Barry Chernoff , Barry Chernoff
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Wesleyan University, University of Saint Joseph, University of New Haven
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
This study evaluates the relationships between the degree of forest cover in a landscape and 1) avian nest success rates and 2) the existence of elevated predation rates near habitat edges. Data is combined from 13 previous studies in 33 U.S. landscapes to explore patterns of nest predation and landscape composition.
People: Malcolm Hunter, Mitschka J. Hartley
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine, New Hampshire
Report
predation
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
The authors studied beetle diversity and species composition using pitfall traps placed along three parallel transects that extended from the center of a downhill ski trail, 100 m into a large, unfragmented spruce-fir forest on Mount Mansfield State Park, VT. The results suggest that ski trails were strong barriers to dispersal for forest beetles, several of which were flightless or dimorphic and primarily short-winged.
People: Allan Strong
Institutions: University of Vermont
Chittenden, Lamoille, Washington
Article
fragmentation, dispersal barriers, edge effects, montane forests, skiing
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Strong, A.M., Dickert, C.A. and Bell, R.T. (2002). Ski trail effects on a beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Elateridae) community in Vermont. Journal of Insect Conservation, 6(3), pp.149-159.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023/A:1023223532149.pdf
No additional information available.
People: David Kittredge , Mark Rickenbach
Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology , University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
The Broad-winged Hawk (BWHA, Buteo platypterus) is a small, secretive hawk with distinguishing broad black tail bands that breeds in northeastern North America. The hawk nests in deciduous or mixed forest, often near water, and close to clearings or forest edges. Land conversion and fragmentation alters the landscape and reduces the area of contiguous forest used by BWHA. This study seeks to determine the landscape characteristics influencing the apparent breeding range declines of the BWHA at the landscape scale.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Pruitt R., Goodrich L., Shumar M. B., Wilson A. M., "Range contractions of the Broad-winged Hawk in the Northeast United States", 8 October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.06.463411
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.06.463411v1.abstract
This study was designed to 1) determine the composition, dynamics, and natural disturbance regimes of presettlement forest communities in the northeast, 2) describe the changes and biodiversity impacts imposed on the landscape by human land use over the past 400 years, and 3) offer realistic suggestions for sustainable forest management that could simulate presettlement ecological processes while supplying timber resources, thus favoring natural species assemblages and promoting long-term conservation of biodiversity in managed forests.
People: Thomas Lee , John Litvaitis
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, methods, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Elizabeth Adams , Clem Clay , Brenda Faber , Jim Hafner , Lexi Shear , Christian Smith
Institutions: The Trust For Public Land
Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Report
rivers, watershed
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, education
"Clay, C., et al. 2006. ""The Connecticut River Watershed: Conserving the Heart of New England."" The Trust for Public Land, viii+56 pages, Accessed from http://cloud.tpl.org/pubs/local_ct_river_report.pdf"
In order to continue to receive federal funds for certain programs, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Federal Farm Bill) required each state to complete a Statewide Forest Resource Assessment and Strategy (A & S). This is a flyer explaining the assessment.
Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Connecticut Audubon Society , Connecticut Forest and Park Association, Yale University, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) , Natural Resources Conservation Service of Connecticut
Connecticut
Poster
assessment
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, "Connecticut's Forest Resource Assesment and Strategy 2010-2015" 2015, Accessed from https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/assessment_and_strategy/AssessmentFlyerpdf.pdf?la=en
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/assessment_and_strategy/AssessmentFlyerpdf.pdf?la=en
Development fragments forests that remain reducing their ability to provide habitat, recreation, and timber. Private family ownerships continue to get smaller through parcelization and isolated in an increasingly fragmented landscape, which impairs their ability to provide the full range of benefits. The US Forest Service nationally estimates over 2,500 ac/day are lost to development (Stein et al. 2005). These "Forests on the Edge" (Stein et al. 2005) provide invaluable ecosystem services and are incredibly vulnerable to permanent conversion because they are owned by hundreds of thousands of private families and individuals. This "fire in the East" continues to "burn" and acres of forestland are permanently lost.
People: David Kittredge
Institutions: UMass Amherst Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Kittredge D. B., "The Fire in the East", Journal of Forestry, April/May 2009
http://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20Fire_in_the_East.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Tonya Lister , Andrew Lister , Richard H. Widmann , Chuck Barnett , Don Smith , Carol L. Alerich, Eric H. Wharton , Fred Borman
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Forest Inventory and Analysis, FIA, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Connecticut
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, education
Wharton, W. H.; Widmann, R. H.; Alerich, C. L.; Barnett, C. J.; Lister, A. J.; Lister, T. W.; Smith, D.; Borman, F. "The Forest of Connecticut" April 2004, Accessed from https://mafiadoc.com/the-forests-of-connecticut-usda-forest-service_5994b7891723ddcd6988d59c.html
https://mafiadoc.com/the-forests-of-connecticut-usda-forest-service_5994b7891723ddcd6988d59c.html
No additional information available.
People: Robert Perschel , Frank Lowenstein
Institutions: New England Forestry Foundation
Massachusetts
Poster
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Perschel, B.; Lowenstein, F. "MA Forest Scenarios Study - Changes to the Land: Four Scenarios for the Future of the Massachusetts Landscape" 2020, Accessed from https://newenglandforestry.org/connect/publications/ma-forest-scenarios-study/
https://newenglandforestry.org/connect/publications/ma-forest-scenarios-study/
This map compares forested and non-forested lands in the state of Vermont.
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Vermont
Map
landcover
landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. (2012). Forested and Non-forested Landscape in Vermont. Vermont [map]. Retrieved from http://anr.vermont.gov/sites/anr/files/gis/documents/Forested Landscape in Vermont.pdf
http://anr.vermont.gov/sites/anr/files/gis/documents/Forested Landscape in Vermont.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Joel Prince
Institutions: National Association of State Foresters
Maine
Poster
conservation, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
Prince, J. 2019. "Maine Forest Action Plan." Accessed From (https://www.stateforesters.org/districts/maine/)
The aim of this review is to propose and evaluate a novel tick-based evolutionary hypothesis wherein forest fragmentation in hominin paleoenvironments created conditions that were favourable for tick proliferation, selecting for hair loss in hominins and grooming behaviour in chimpanzees as divergent anti-tick strategies. It is argued that these divergent anti-tick strategies resulted in different methods for carrying babies, driving the locomotor divergence of humans and chimpanzees.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
drivers, wildlife and habitat
education
Brown J.G., "Ticks, Hair Loss, and Non-Clinging Babies: A Novel Tick-Based Hypothesis for the Evolutionary Divergence of Humans and Chimpanzees." Life 2021, 11, 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11050435
This study aimed to examine the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination separately. For this purpose, first, they generated different simulated agricultural landscapes, including two habitats of forest and agriculture. Then, according to the Lonsdorf model, they estimated the potential of the simulated landscapes in providing pollination in different scenarios. Finally, using statistical models, they estimated the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination at the landscape and farm levels.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Rahimi E., Barghjelveh S., Dong P., "Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service", Ecological Processes 10, no. 22, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00291-8
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13717-021-00291-8
This map depicts draft structural pathways that may be used to conserve wildlife connectivity in northern Vermont and New Hampshire.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
Vermont, New Hampshire
Map
wildlife, connectivity, corridors, wildlife connectivity, wildlife connectivity planning
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
The Nature Conservancy. (2012). Northeast Kingdom Northern NH Linkage [map]. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/nek-nnh_proj_area_sps.pdf
Foresters for the Birds is an innovative project that works to keep forests as forests and common birds common by helping landowners integrate the practices of timber and songbird habitat management. The project was established through a partnership between Audubon Vermont and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation in 2008. It has grown to become a network of foresters, biologists, and forest landowners across Vermont and the Atlantic Flyway who are working together to make a positive difference for forests, birds, and land stewardship in the region.
Institutions: Audubon Vermont
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
"Foresters for the Birds", 2022, Audubon Vermont, Accessed from: https://vt.audubon.org/conservation/foresters-birds
No additional information available.
People: Nathan H. McElroy , David L. Trauger , Gary Evans , Milagros Alvarez , A. L. Hammett
Institutions: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
New York
Report
watersheds
conservation, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
McElroy, N. H.; Trauger, D. L.; Evans, G.; Alvarez, M.; Hammett, A. L. "Parcelization in the Chesapeak Bay Watershed and Implications for Sustainable Forestry." 7 December 2006. Accessed from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265528431_Parcelization_in_the_Chesapeake_Bay_Watershed_and_Implications_for_Sustainable_Forestry
This website provides and overview of the threats to biodiversity in the Hudson River Estuary Watershed. It also has a section that offers conservation and land-use approaches to avoid and minimize these challenges.
Institutions: Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Natural Resources
New York
Website
biodiversity, watershed
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, education
"Threats to Biodiversity in the Watershed" Cornell University. Accessed from (https://hudson.dnr.cals.cornell.edu/natural-areas-biodiversity/threats-biodiversity-watershed)
https://hudson.dnr.cals.cornell.edu/natural-areas-biodiversity/threats-biodiversity-watershed
This report discusses the problem of fragmentation of the forest, which negatively impacts biodiversity. Also discussed is the lack of old growth forest and late successional forests which limits biodiversity of all species, and thereby reduces the level of ecosystem services provided.
Maine
Report
biodiversity, forestland conservation, education, land conservation
conservation, management, drivers
education
The Maine Mountain Conservancy. (2013). State of the Forests. Available at http://mainemountainconservancy.org/state-of-the-forests.html
http://mainemountainconservancy.org/state-of-the-forests.html
This chapter provides an overview of manipulative experiments conducted at spatial extents of 15 ha or larger in forest, grassland, and aquatic systems. They compare and contrast experiments from around the world, illustrating how the researchers have addressed issues of control, replication and randomization, with replication as the biggest challenge with this kind of experiment. They also discuss advantages and disadvantages of large-scale manipulative experiments, and offer recommendations for researchers considering embarking on large-scale manipulative experiments.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Wiersma Y. F., "Large-Scale Manipulative Experiments", Experimental Landscape Ecology, Landscape series, 2022, v. 29pp. 73-90, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95189-4_6
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95189-4_6
This conference brought together scientists and managers from federal, state and local agencies, along with private-sector interests to examine key concepts involving sustainable ecological systems and ways in which to apply these concepts to ecosystem management. Session topics were: ecological consequenses of land and water use changes, biology of rare and declining species and habitats, conservation biology and restoration ecology, developing and applying ecological theory to management of ecological systems, sustainable ecosystems and forest health, and sustainable ecosystems to respond to human needs. A plenary session established the philosophical and historical contexts for ecosystem management.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Covington W. W., DeBano L. F., "Sustainable Ecological Systems: Implementing an Ecological Approach to Land Management", 12-15 July 1993, Accessed From: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RRqHo7br_L4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA85&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+york&ots=f31o8FtREe&sig=gzEKjbyoq-RiwBIJ16FUxXEnFGo#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation new york&f=false
The authors examined the effects of clearcut size on bird species richness in a forest-dominated landscape in eastern Maine. They found that species richness increased with clearcut size but the number of species present per plot did not differ significantly over the size range of cuts.
People: Tamia Rudnicky
Institutions: University of Maine
Baring Plt, Hancock, Washington
Article
clearcuts, bird species richness, edge effects, forest fragmentation, landscape ecology, patch size
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Rudnicky, T.C. & Hunter, M.L., (1993). Reversing the fragmentation perspective: effects of clearcut size on bird species richness in Maine. Ecological Applications, 3(2), pp.357-366.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1941838.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:66a4deafcb1c6633bf0c10cda580a9c4
The issue of forest fragmentation in Vermont, explained by the Vermont Natural Resources Council.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
No location information available
Website
conservation, community based planning, planning
Vermont Natural Resources Council. (n.d.). Forest Fragmentation. Available at http://vnrc.org/resources/community-planning-toolbox/issues/forest-fragmentation/
https://vnrc.org/healthy-forests-wildlife/forest-fragmentation/
This website provides basic information about forest fragmentation and how it impacts wildlife.
Vermont
Website
human disturbance, roads, education
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Forest Fragmentation. (n.d.). Available at http://www.web.ca/~nwatch/fmp/Issue_Pages/forestfragmentation.html
http://www.web.ca/~nwatch/fmp/Issue_Pages/forestfragmentation.html
No additional information available.
Institutions: Northern Forest Canoe Trail
New England
Article
methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
http://www.northernforestcanoetrail.org/media/Policy Agenda for Conserving New England's Forests.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: Vermont Family Forests
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Vermont Family Forests "Spring 2019 Community Engaged Practicum - Future of the Northern Forest: Exploring Opportunities for Common Wealth Conservation in One Vermont Ecoregion - Project Statement for collaboration with Vermont Family Forests." Accessed from http://sites.middlebury.edu/envs0401/files/2019/02/Project-Statement_S19_Final.pdf
http://sites.middlebury.edu/envs0401/files/2019/02/Project-Statement_S19_Final.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: Maine Forest Service, Forest Policy and Management
Maine
Report
agriculture, forestry
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"Report on Maine Forest Service District Forester Program to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry of the 129th Maine Legislature, First Regular Session" Maine Forest Service, Forest Policy and Management Devision, March 1, 2019
https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1246&context=for_docs
This report focuses on the issue arising in fragmentation in Vermont from the years of land-use and deforestation. With a vast majority of the land privately and publicly owned by residents, foretes have isolated from one another and lost their enrichment of wildlife and tree species.
People: Michael Snyder
Institutions: Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Report
water quality, wildlife, fragmentation, advocacy, decision making, edge effects, parcelization, policy
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, policy
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. (2015). 2015 Vermont Forest Fragmentation Report. Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. 62 p.
No additional information available.
People: Q. Ashton Acton
New York, New York
Book
watershed
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Tonya Lister , Andrew Lister , Brett Butler , Catherine Sparks , Paul Ricard , Marla Emery , Thomas A. Dupree , Paul Dolan , Charles J. Barnett
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
No location information available
Report
urban
Barnett, C. J.; Butler, J.; Dolan, P.; Dupree, T. A.; Emery, M.; Lister, A.; Lister, T. W.; Ricard, P.; Sparks, C. "The Forests of Rhode Island" September 2002, Accessed from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/80aa/82e7dc7e796e4516ada6e248eba3f47a8d52.pdf
The authors investigated the habitat use and movements of two turtle species to assess the importance of conserving multiple wetlands and the upland matrix in which they occur. They found that individuals of both species used multiple wetlands throughout the year, including permanent and seasonal pools, forested swamps, and wet meadows.
People: L. Joyal
Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology
York
Article
blanding's turtles, mating, nesting, spotted turtles, turtles
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Joyal, L.A., McCollough, M., & Hunter, M.L. (2001). Landscape ecology approaches to wetland species conservation: a case study of two turtle species in southern Maine. Conservation biology, 15(6), 1755-1762.
After January 1, 2018, municipalities seeking to have their plans approved by their Regional Planning Commission must include additional information on the future land use map and language that identifies state, regional or locally significant forest blocks and habitat connectors. The plan may also include specific policies on how the community will take steps to reduce forest fragmentation, enhance forest health, and support essential ecological functions.
Institutions: Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission
Vermont
Poster
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
"Forest Integrity & Forest Stewardship." Central Vermont Regional Planning Comission, Accessed from http://centralvtplanning.org/programs/forest-stewardship/
This Article evaluated the effectiveness of three tools commonly suggested for meeting the financial demands of property taxes: (1) use of economic returns from timber management, (2) enrollment in a current-use tax program, and (3) sale of a conservation easement, within a rural watershed in western Massachusetts.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Anthony D'Amato , David Kittredge , David T. Damery , Kristina A. Ferrare
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst , University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension , University of Minnesota
Massachusetts
Article
watersheds, conservation easements, taxation, timber
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
No citation available.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of three tools commonly suggested for meeting the financial demands of property taxes: (1) use of economic returns from timber management, (2) enrollment in a current-use tax program, and (3) sale of a conservation easement, within a rural watershed in western Massachusetts.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Anthony D'Amato , David Kittredge , David T. Damery , Kristina A. Ferrare
Institutions: University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension , University of Minnesota, University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
D'Amato A. W., Catanzaro P. F., Damery D. T., Kittredge D. B., Ferrare K. A., "Are Family Forest Owners Facing a Future In Which Forest Management Is Not Enough", Journal of Forestry, 01 January 2010, v. 108, iss. 1, pp 32-38, https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/108.1.32
No additional information available.
People: Michael Snyder , Steven Sinclair
Institutions: Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
Snyder, M. C.; Sinclair, S. J. "2017 Vermont Forest Action Plan" 2016, Accessed from https://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/Forest_and_Forestry/Vermont_Forests/Library/2017_VT_ForestActionPlan.pdf
No additional information available.
People: James N. Levitt , Leigh Youngblood
Institutions: Massachusetts Commission on Financing Forest Conservation
Massachusetts
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Levitt J. N., Youngblood L., "Report of the Massachusetts Commission on Financing Forest Conservation", Massachusetts Commission on Financing Forest Conservation, July 2011. Accessed online: http://cpicfinance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/forest-consv-financing-rpt-jul15-2011.pdf
http://cpicfinance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/forest-consv-financing-rpt-jul15-2011.pdf
No additional information available.
People: David J. Nowak , Paula B. Randler , Paula B. Randler, Eric J. Greenfield , Sara J. Comas , Mary A. Carr , Ralph J. Alig
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
No location information available
Report
urban
Nowak, D. J.; Greenfield, E. J.; Stein, S. M.; Randler, P. B.; Comas, S. J.; Carr, M. A.; Alig, R. J. "Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests: a Forests on the Edge Report" June 2010, Accessed from https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/gtr/gtr_nrs62.pdf
This study examined the distribution and abundance (cover and frequency) of invasive plants in natural habitats of the Quinebaug Highlands forest block in northern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts in relation to current and historical land use and site conditions.
People: Marjorie Lundgren , Christine Small, Glenn Dreyer
Institutions: Connecticut College , Wesleyan University
Massachusetts, Connecticut
Article
land use, competition, plants, displacement, exotic, flora, invasives
conservation, management, ecosystem services
education
No citation available.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3858421.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:f8ebac9140612042c6bbee5e99cd1a83
A description of the information on Vermont's forest fragmentation and parcelization by the Mad River Valley Planning District.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Mad River Valley Planning District
Vermont
Poster
wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
"Forest Fragmentation and Parcelization" mad River Valley Planning District, Accessed from https://mrvpd.org/forest-fragmentation-and-parcelization/
This presentation highlights the problems facing vermont forests and possible methods or management to minimize the losses.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Poster
conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Fidel J., "Maintaining Sustainabl Forests", 2021, Accessed from: https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/WorkGroups/Senate Natural Resources/Forests/W~Jamey Fidel~Sustainable Forests.~4-28-2021.pdf
This report outlines the current state of Maine's forest habitats and potential future conditions.
People: Barbara Charry
Institutions: Maine Audubon Society
Cumberland, York
Report
amphibians, birds, insects, mammals, mollusks, reptiles, education, outreach, wildlife habitat
ecosystem services
education
Charry, B. (2000). Conserving Wildlife in Maine's Developing Landscape. Maine Audubon Society. Available at http://www.maineaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MEAud-Conserving-Wildlife-Developing-Landscape.pdf
A new Yale-led study provides important new insights into the attitudes, objectives, and behaviors of these landowners, findings that will help conservation and forestry professionals to more strategically communicate with forest owners about stewardship and develop programs that meet their needs.
People: Kevin Dennehy
Institutions: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Connecticut
Poster
conservation, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Dennehy, K. "Private Owners, Land Stewardship, And the Future of Connecticut's Forests." 8 July 2015, Accessed from https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/yale-report-explores-attitudes-objectives-of-connecticuts-private-forest-owners/
The purpose of this Forest Management Plan (FMP) is to accompany the Andrews Community Forest (ACF)'s 2018 Management Plan, adopted by the Richmond Selectboard on November 19, 2018. This FMP provides detailed, specific rreccomendations for the management of forested areas of the ACF using forest inventory data and a scientific process.
People: Ethan Tapper
Institutions: Vermont Land Trust
Richmond
Article
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management
Tapper E., "Forest Management Plan For the Andrews Community Forest" 2019, Town of Richmond Chittenden County, Vermont, Accessed from: https://www.richmondvt.gov/fileadmin/files/Archive/2018/04/2019-Forest-Management-Plan.pdf
https://www.richmondvt.gov/fileadmin/files/Archive/2018/04/2019-Forest-Management-Plan.pdf
This report is on a study of the distribution of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in a forested landscape in central Vermont to better understand the effects of forest disturbance on the occurrence of this species in New England.
People: Dave Capen , Daniel R. Coker
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Vermont
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
This document provides information about the Berkshire Widllife Linkage, and how the vision and goals provided by the Staying Connected Initiative will be achieved.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Staying Connected Initiative
Vermont, New York
Poster
landuse planning, appalachian trail, habitat corridor, habitat islands, parcelization, road crossings
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Staying Connected Initiatve. (2015). The Berkshire Wildlife Linkage: A Corridor for Wildlife and People. Available at http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Berkshire-Wildlife-Linkage-A-Corridor-for-Wildlife-and-People.pdf
This research addresses the conservation research-implementation gap by developing a framework relating science-based conservation plans, local and regional government planning capacity, and municipal government policy actions.
People: Margaret Bryant
Institutions: Northeastern States Research Cooperative , Staying Connected Initiative
Vermont, New York
Report
climate change, monitoring, conservation implementation, residential management
conservation, management
conservation, management
Byrant, M.M. (2015). Implementing Conservation Plans Through Municipal Land Use Planning. Nothern States Research Cooperative (NSRC). Retrieved from http://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/bryant12full.pdf.
http://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/bryant12full.pdf
CT DEEP monitors and assesses the factors that influence the health of Connecticut's state forests. They work in cooperation with state, federal, and municipal agencies to detect, manage, and treat all factors that negatively impact the state forests.
Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Connecticut
Poster
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
"Connecticut's Forest Health." Connecticut's Official State Website, February 2020, Accessed from https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Forestry/Forest-Protection/Forest-Health
https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Forestry/Forest-Protection/Forest-Health
The need to permanently protect wild lands and waters has never been greater. The Northeast Wilderness Trust is meeting this challenge, working with private landowners and other partners to save wildlife habitat from the Adirondacks to Maine.
Institutions: Northeast Wilderness Trust
Montpelier
Website
conservation, northeastern forests
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Northeast Wilderness Trust. (n.d.). Available athttp://www.newildernesstrust.org/
This is the website to the Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation in Vermont.
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Website
conservation, diversity, forestland conservation, natural resource management, natural resources, research
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
Agency of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation. Available at http://fpr.vermont.gov/
Grouse are a species that require early successional forests. The populations of Grouse in New England have declined as the forests have matured. This study focuses on habitat selection and home range size of ruffed grouse in oak-hickory forests in Rhode Island.
People: Brian Tefft, Erik G. Endrulat , Scott R. McWilliams
Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife, Rhode Island Natural History Survey
Rhode Island
Article
habitat selection, home range, ruffed grouse
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
The authors mapped the geographic pattern of human risk for infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the tick-borne pathogen that causes Lyme disease, for the eastern United States.
People: M. Diuk-Wasser
Institutions: Michigan State University , Yale School of Public Health , Institut National de la Recherche Agronomoique , California State University , University of California , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Dartmouth Medical School , University of Nebraska , University of Tennessee , Vilnius University , Emory University , University of Richmond
New York, New England
Article
lyme disease, risk assesment
management, planning
education
Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Hoen, A.G., Cislo, P., Brinkerhoff, R., Hamer, S. A., Rowland, M., Cortinas, R., Vourc'h, G., Melton, F., Hickling, G.J., Tsao, J.I., Bunikis, J., Barbour, A.G., Kitron, U., Piesman, J., and Fish, D. (2012). Human risk of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, in eastern United States. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 86(2), 320-327.
In 2008, the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and its partners developed a multi-state monitoring framework to take stock of the condition and conservation of the species and habitats that characterize the region. Building on the 2008 report, this report is the first attempt to implement the recommendations of the monitoring framework.
People: Mark Anderson, Arlene Olivero Sheldon
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
New York, New England
Report
conservation, resource management, policy
conservation, management
education
Anderson, M.G. & Olivero Sheldon, A. (2011). Conservation status of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the Northeast landscape. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Conservation Science.289 p.
The central idea of this project was that by mapping key geophysical settings and evaluating them for landscape characteristics that buffer against climate effects, the most resilient places in the landscape can be identified.
People: Mark Anderson, Arlene Olivero Sheldon, Melissa Clark
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
New York, New England
Report
climate change, conservation, diversity, habitat, natural communities, ecoregion, permeable landscape, resilience
methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Anderson, M.G., Clark, M. and Olivero Sheldon, A. (2012). Resilient Sites for Terrestrial Conservation in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Conservation Science. 168 pp.
This mapping tool that identifies areas of core habitat that could be targeted for conservation.
People: Kevin McGargal
Institutions: DataBasin
New York, New England
Report
conservation, parcelization, private land
conservation
conservation
McGarigal, K. (2017). Terrestrial and Wetland Core-Connector Network, Northeast U.S. University of Massachusetts Amherst Landscape Ecology Lab. Retrieved from https://databasin.org/datasets/a045195633fc479ba71652b8b8c23a9b
https://databasin.org/datasets/a045195633fc479ba71652b8b8c23a9b
This website provides information about the Staying Connected Initiative.
Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative
New York, New England
Website
communities, community patterns, wildlife connectivity, wildlife habitat, wildlife movement
conservation, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Staying Connected Initiative. (n.d.) Available at http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/
This website provides information about The Conservation Fund.
Institutions: The Conservation Fund
New York, New England
Website
communities, conservation, natural resources
conservation, planning
conservation
The Conservation Fund. (n.d.). Available at https://www.conservationfund.org/
Maps identifying areas of terrestrial resilience to climate change
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
New York, New England
Map
climate change, habitat, resilience
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
The Nature Conservancy. (2011). Map Set. Available online at http://216.92.98.160/assets/terrestrialresiliencetabloidmaps013012.pdf.
http://216.92.98.160/assets/terrestrialresiliencetabloidmaps013012.pdf
Northeast Conservation planning atlas gallery of terrestial related projects, data, and maps.
Institutions: Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas
New York, New England
Map
community patterns, conservation, conservation planning, terrestrial habitat
conservation, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas. (2014). Terrestrial [map]. Retrieved from https://nalcc.databasin.org/galleries/012067d1312f463b9c0a7aa1d594b887
https://nalcc.databasin.org/galleries/012067d1312f463b9c0a7aa1d594b887
The National Land Cover database for the United states contains spatially-explicit raster images of land cover types for 1992, 2001, 2006 and 2011.
Institutions: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
New York, New England
Dataset
modeling, fragmentation, land use change
management
education
Varies by dataset, see site.
The authors used generalized linear mixed-effect models in an information theoretic framework to assess the factors that explained species presence in remnant habitat patches. They found that the size of remnant habitat patches was the most important driver of species presence indicating that habitat relationships were more important than life history characteristics in predicting the effects of fragmentation.
People: Douglas Keinath, Daniel Doak, Karen Hodges
Institutions: University of Colorado , US Fish and Wildlife Service , The University of British Columbia, Department of Biology
New York, New England
Article
birds, vertebrates, fragmentation, patch size
drivers, wildlife and habitat
education
Keinath, D.A., Doak, D.F., Hodges, K.E., Prugh, L.R., Fagan, W., Sekercioglu, C.H., Buchart, S.H. and Kauffman, M. (2017). A global analysis of traits predicting species sensitivity to habitat fragmentation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(1), pp.115-127.
No additional information available.
People: Robert Fletcher, Raphael Didham, Cristina Banks-Leite
Institutions: University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation , University of Western Australia, School of Biological Sciences , Floreat - CSIRO
New York, New England
Article
biodiversity, conservation, fragmentation, habitat loss
conservation, ecosystem services
education
Fletcher Jr, R.J., Didham, R.K., Banks-Leite, C., Barlow, J., Ewers, R.M., Rosindell, J., Holt, R.D., Gonzalez, A., Pardini, R., Damschen, E.I. and Melo, F.P. (2018). Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity?. Biological conservation, 226, pp.9-15.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718305779
No additional information available.
People: Kevin Crooks, Christopher Burdett, David Theobald
Institutions: Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Lab , Colorado State University, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology , Colorado State University, Department of Biology , Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions , The University of Queensland, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Sapienza University di Roma, Global Mammal Assessment Program
New York, New England
Article
mammals, fragmentation, terrestrial habitat
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Crooks, K.R., Burdett, C.L., Theobald, D.M., King, S.R., Di Marco, M., Rondinini, C. and Boitani, L. (2017). Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(29), pp.7635-7640.
The author found that landscape-scale density in wood thrush was lower and population declines steeper in higher quality, less fragmented landscapes (an inverse buffer effect) than in poor quality landscapes. These patterns suggest that wood thrush was not limited by availability of breeding habitat but that declines were primarily driven by non-breeding season events.
People: Caz Taylor
Institutions: Tulane University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
New York, New England
Article
fragmentation, habitat connectivity, breeding
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Taylor, C.M. (2017). The shape of density dependence in fragmented landscapes explains an inverse buffer effect in a migratory songbird. Scientific reports, 7(1), p.14522.
A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary analysis of suburban sprawl development and smart growth alternatives within the contexts of culture, ecology, and politics. It offers a mix of theoretical inquiry, historical analysis, policy critique, and case studies, written by academics and practitioners from around the world. In addition, each chapter is coupled with featured interviews with leading activists and policymakers working on sprawl issues.
People: Matthew Lindstrom , Hugh Bartling
Institutions: University of Florida
New York, New England
Book
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
Lindstrom, M. J.; Bartling, H. 2003. "Suburban Sprawl: Culture Theory and Politics." Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?id=RQN0OXl02qMC&lpg=PA16&dq=forest fragmentation new hampshire&pg=PP1#v=snippet&q=rhode island&f=false)
No additional information available.
People: Marion Pfeifer , Cristina Banks-Leite, Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, Danilo Bandini Ribeiro , Jos Barlow , Felix Eigenbrod , Deborah Faria
Institutions: Oregon State University , Newcastle University , Imperial College London , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) , Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul , Lancaster University , Universidade Federal de Lavras , University of Southampton , Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
New York, New England
Report
evolution, global analysis
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
"Betts, M. G.; Wolf, C.; Pfeifer, M.; Banks-Leite, C.; Arroyo-Rodriguez, V.; Ribeiro, D. B.; Barlow, J.; Eigenbrod, F.; Faria, D.; et. al. ""Extinction Filters Mediate the Global Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Animals." Science, vol 366, issue 6470, pp. 1236-1239, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax9387"
No additional information available.
People: James Hurd , Emily Wilson, Daniel Civco, Chester L. Arnold , Michael P. Prisloe
Institutions: University of Connecticut
New York, New England
Report
conservation, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/68a7/a68932828b8dff006a8fd46f91da2dcf42b1.pdf
This chapter of the journal 'Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern North America' has information on how wildlife in vernal pools are impacted by urbanization. It also explains opportunities and recommendations for conservation.
People: Aram Calhoun, Bryan Windmiller
Institutions: University of Maine
New York, New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Windmiller, B.; Calhoun, A. J. K. "Conserving Vernal Pool Wildlife in Urbanizing Landscapes" Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern North America, 13 August, 2007, pp. 233-251, Accessed from https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/regulatory/VernalPools/Ch12_ScienceConservationofVernalPools.pdf
This study explores the influence of landscape (e.g., land use pattern and landscape fragmentation) and climatic factors (e.g., temperature and precipitation) at a regional scale on Lyme disease incidence. The study area includes thirteen states in the Northeastern United States.
People: Phoebe Minh Tran , Lance Waller
Institutions: Emory University
New York, New England
Article
lyme disease
management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Richard H. Yahner
Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, School of Forest Resources
New England
Book
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Yahner, R. H. "Eastern Deciduous Forests, Second Edition: Ecology and Wildlife Conservation." June 5, 2000. Buy online at https://www.amazon.com/Eastern-Deciduous-Forest-Second-Conservation/dp/0816633606
The Sierra Club hosted Ethan Tapper, the Chittenden County Forester and Tim Stout, Principal of Northam Forest Carbon, for a discussion of how to take care of our forests in a changing climate. Recorded 9/16/21
People: Ethan Tapper
Vermont
Poster
conservation, methods, management, drivers
conservation, management
Tapper E., Stout T., "Managing Forests in a Changing Climate", 16 September 2021, Accessed from: https://www.sierraclub.org/vermont/managing-forests-changing-climate
https://www.sierraclub.org/vermont/managing-forests-changing-climate
This study surveyed bird populations in 46 forest tracts in Connecticut, USA, to determined how the distribution of birds is related to forest area, isolation from other forest, and vegetation structure.
People: Robert Askins , Margarett J. Philbrick
Institutions: Connecticut College
Connecticut
Article
birds
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Askins, R. A.; Philbrick, M. J.; Sugeno, D. S. "Relationship Between the Regional Abundance of Forest and the Composition of Forest Bird Communities" Biological Conservation, vol. 39, issue 2, 1987, pp. 129-152, 6 March 1986. Accessed from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320787900309
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320787900309
This hadbook was developed to provide an appreciation of how our forests developed and an understanding of forest regeneration concepts, including the importance of disturbance, This information will help landowners and public officials, in concert with professional foresters, make informed decisions about forest regeneration options tailored to their management objectives.
People: Jeffrey Ward , Thomas E. Worthley , Sharon M. Douglas , Carol R. Lemmon , Uma Ramakrishnan , Joseph P. Barsky , Martin J. Cubanski , Peter M. Picone
Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , University of Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Connecticut
Report
disturbance
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Ward, J. S.; Worthley, T. E. "Forest Regeneration Handbook: A Guide for Forest Owners, Harvesting Practitioners, and Public Official." 31 December 2004, Accessed from http://www.nysenvirothon.com/Referencesandother/ForestRegeneration_1_.pdf
This website discusses the consequences of forest fragmentation on the ecology of the National Parks.
Institutions: EcoWatch
Vermont, Maine
Website
biodiversity, habitat threats, threats
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
EcoWatch. (2015). How Forest Fragmentation Threatens Biodiversity. Available at https://www.ecowatch.com/how-forest-fragmentation-threatens-biodiversity-1882034965.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/how-forest-fragmentation-threatens-biodiversity-1882034965.html
This book analyzed the patterns found within forest island landscapes.
People: R. Burgess
No location information available
Book
ecology, human impacts, landscape ecology, natural resources, threats
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Burgess, R.L. and Sharpe, D.M. (Eds.). (1981). Forest island dynamics in man-dominated landscapes. New York: Springer-Verlag, 310 pp.
This is a map of connecticut's forest land cover from the year of 2006.
Connecticut
Map
landscape pattern and connectivity
"Forest Fragmentation, Town of East Granby, Connecticut", 2016, Accessed from: file:///C:/Users/FEMC/Downloads/ForestFragmentation_11X17.pdf
Nationwide, unplanned development and the associated fragmentation, parcelization, and conversion of the forested landscape is threatening the sustainability of critical forest resources. The purpose of this project is integrate Forest Cover and Forest Fragmentation issues into educational programs for local land use decision-makers.
People: David W. Dickson
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Report
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Dickson, D. W. "The Forest Component of Resource Based Planning: Integrating Forest Cover and Forest Fragmentation Into the National Nemo Network" 14 September 2008, Accessed from https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0208265-the-forest-component-of-resource-based-planning-integrating-forest-cover-and-forest-fragmentation-into-the-national-nemo-network.html
This is a strategic conservation plan for the MassCon Sustainable Forest Partnership. The MassConn Sustainable Forest Partnership (MassConn) has placed a high premium on working closely and cooperatively with a variety of partners and private landowners to develop a Strategic Conservation Plan that will build a greener, more sustainable future for all.
Institutions: The Sustainable Forestry Partnership
Massachusetts, Connecticut
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, policy
"The Future of our Forests: Land Protection and Sustainable Forest Management", August 2013, Accessed from: https://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Final_MassConn_SCP_09.30.13.pdf
https://newenglandforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Final_MassConn_SCP_09.30.13.pdf
This research looks at family forest owners in New England to determine what stakeholders believe to be the driving factor behind land use change, how to better incentivize forest stewardship, and proposed solutions for revising incentives and diversifying outreach programs.
People: Jonathan Thompson , Marissa McBride, Matthew Duveneck , Kathleen Lambert, Kathleen Theoharides, Matthew Duveneck
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618311988
This article highlights the potential problems facing the forests as there is a large transition of forest property from one generation to the next.
People: Joe Rankin
Institutions: Maine Tree Foundation
Maine
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Rankin, J. "Aging Forest Owners: What Will Become of Their Woods" Maine Tree, September 2011, Accessed from (https://mainetree.org/2011/09/aging-forest-owners-what-will-become-of-their-woods-html/)
https://mainetree.org/2011/09/aging-forest-owners-what-will-become-of-their-woods-html/
This Vermont bill proposed to establish programs to help prevent the parcelization of state forest land. The bill authorizes the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board to use its funds to preserve and conserve forest land, and requires that the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation develop education materials regarding the impact of forest parcelization and track forest parcelization rates within the state.
Institutions: Vermont General Assembly
Vermont
Policy
landuse planning, forestland conservation, parcelization
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
policy
The Vermont General Assembly. (2008). H. 758 - An Act Relating to the Parcelization of Vermont Forests.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/bills/intro/H-758.HTM
Amphibian monitoring at Mt. Mansfield provides locally intensive data on a subset of amphibian species. While these data are particularly valuable and allow for an observation of year-to-year population changes of the monitored species at Mt. Mansfield and provide local information on abnormalities, and natural history, they do not allow for the observation of more widespread changes in the distribution and/or natural history (calling times, migration dates, etc.) of the full range of reptiles and amphibians statewide. Nor do they allow for observations of changes in forest health, or the impacts of forest fragmentation and consumption on a larger scale. In addition, there is a real need to get reptile and amphibian natural history and management information out to a wide variety of landowners and land managers as well as other natural resource professionals.
People: James Andrews
Institutions: Vermont Family Forests, Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)
Vermont
Report
reptiles, amphibian, mt. mansfield
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Andrews, J. S. "The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas." 4 February 2018, Accessed from https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/349/Annual_Atlas_Report_for_FEMC,_2017.pdf
https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/349/Annual_Atlas_Report_for_FEMC,_2017.pdf
The objective of this study was to understand the spatial extent and magnitude of edge influence on environmental conditions and understory communities in managed and un-managed roadside forests.
People: Julia A. Rogers
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Report
understory
conservation, methods, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Rogers, Julia A. "The Influence of Roadside Forest Management on Temperate Deciduous Forest Understories" (2019). Master's Theses. 1379. https://opencommons.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1379
https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2472&context=gs_theses
No additional information available.
People: Dan Sundquist , Mark Zanket , Pete Ingraham , Jenn Alford , Jill Robinson , Theresa Walker , Cliff Sinnott , Cynthia Copeland
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Society for the Protection of NH Forests, Rockingham Planning Commission, Strafford Regional Planning Commission
New Hampshire
Report
watersheds
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/piscataqua_land_conservation_plan.pdf
The U.S. Forest Service and state forestry agencies collaborate with other partners on shared stewardship goals, which also support each State Forest Action Plan. The State and Private Forestry programs promote the health, resilience, and productivity of trees and forests across all ownerships for the benefit of people and wildlife; establish and manage urban and community forests; empower private landowners with information and technical assistance to sustainably manage their forests; and protect critically important rural forests and watersheds.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Rhode Island
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, management, policy
"State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet: Rhode Island 2022", 13 October 2022, Accessed from: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf
https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf
The authors used multiple sources of remotely sensed, topographic, and site index data to predict forest locations containing large diameter trees and identify undisturbed forest patches.
People: Brianne Looze
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Article
timber harvest, landsat, remote sensing, maine, ecoregion, principal components analysis
methods, management
education
Looze, B.E. (2012). Forest Fragmentation Patterns in Maine Watersheds and Prediction of Visible Crown Diameter in Recent Undisturbed Forest. (University of Maine Ms Thesis).
The author conducted a literature analysis of trends occuring on small-owner- and collective-managed forested landscapes across the globe. Generally, there was a theme of increased parcelization and globalized pressure to convert forested landscapes to plantations or over-exploit them for forest products, both of which can facilitate fragmentation and forest loss. Programs and policies targeting small land-holders and communal forest owners that incentivize protection and restoration of their forests, such as forest-based tourism and non-timber forest products, are extremely effective, under-valued methods to protect forested landscapes and promote biodiversity.
People: Audrey Mayer
Institutions: Michigan Technological University
No location information available
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618311927
In this blog post the VNRC provide information about the Bennington Forest Reserve District adopted by the town in the 1990s.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Bennington
Website
conservation, advocacy, education, sustainability
conservation, planning
education
Vermont Natural Resources Council. (2013). Forest Reserve District-Bennington. Available at http://vnrc.org/resources/community-planning-toolbox/case-studies/forest-reserve-district-bennington/
https://vnrc.org/community-planning-toolbox/case-studies/forest-reserve-district-bennington/
The 2019 Forest Legacy Assessment of Need for Massachusetts provides a comprehensive, long range process to identify and protect privately-owned woodlands that are under threat of parcelization, fragmentation, and conversion to non-forest uses.
People: Peter Church
Institutions: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry
Massachusetts
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Church, P. "Forest Legacy Program Assessment of Need" Bureau of Forestry, Department of Conservation and Recreation, January 2020. Accessed from (https://www.mass.gov/doc/approval-of-massachusetts-assessment-of-need-under-the-forest-legacy-program/download)
This map contrasts deer wintering sites with areas of human-induced forest fragmentation and conserved lands in Maine. Fragmentation is represented as the percentage of remaining forest cover.
Institutions: Colby College
Maine
Map
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Abel V., "Deer Wintering Areas and Forest Fragmentation," Atlas of Maine: Vol. 2013: No. 1, Article 15. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/atlas_docs/vol2013/iss1/15
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/atlas_docs/vol2013/iss1/15/
This study tested whether in more fragmented landscapes there was a lower number of area?sensitive species and higher local extinction and turnover rates, which could explain higher temporal variability in species richness. To investigate such potential landscape effects at a regional scale, this study merged two independent, large?scale monitoring efforts: the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and the Land Use and Land Cover Classification data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
People: Thierry Boulinier , James D. Nichols , James E. Hines , John R. Sauer , Curtis H. Flather , Kenneth H. Pollock
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Geological Survey (USGS)
No location information available
Article
extinction
Boulinier, T.; Nichols, J.D.; Hines, J.E.; Sauer, J.R.; Flather, C.H.; Pollock, K.H. "Forest Fragmentation and Bird Community Dynamics: Inference at Regional Scales." Ecology, Ecological Society of America, vol. 82, issue 4, pp. 1159-1169, 1 April 2001. Accessed From (https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1159:FFABCD]2.0.CO;2)
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1159:FFABCD]2.0.CO;2
No additional information available.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Rhode Island
Article
change, trends
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation
"Trends in Rhode Island Forests: A Half-Century of Change" US Department of Agricluture, Forest Service, 1998. Accessed from (https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/brochures/pdfs/state_forests/ri_forest.pdf)
Map showing privately owned and publically owned land in VT
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Vermont
Map
forest, land ownership, public lands, state-owned forests
landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. (2014). Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Land [map]. Retrieved from http://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/State_Lands_Administration/Land_Records/Library/ANR Lands.pdf
http://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/State_Lands_Administration/Land_Records/Library/ANR Lands.pdf
From warblers and thrushes to vireos and flycatchers, Vermont provides summer breeding habitat for some of the greatest diversity of neotropical migratory songbirds found anywhere in the lower 48 states. Many of these species are at risk due to loss of suitable habitat, forest fragmentation, introduced species, incompatible forest management, and climate change. Bird conservation in the 21st century requires a proactive, multi-disciplinary approach.
People: Steve Hagenbuch
Institutions: Audubon Vermont , American Forest Foundation
Vermont
Poster
climate change, breeding birds, bird, breeding
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Hagenbuch, S. "Webinar: Conserving Vermont's Forest Birds." Woods and Wildlife, 2019, Accessed from https://vimeo.com/332483829
This poster explains what the Staying Connected Initiative and how habitat connectivity can help combat climate change.
Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative
Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Poster
climate change mitigation, wildlife habitat
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Staying Connected Initiative. (2012). Staying Connected: Habitat Connectivity is a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/habitat_connectivity_is_climate_change_adaptation_poster_2012.pdf
This study examined a conservation plan designed to systematically identify a network of areas of high conservation priority within the Northern Appalachian/Acadian and St. Lawrence/Champlain Valley ecoregions of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.
People: Conrad Reining, Karen Beazley, Patrick Doran, Charlie Bettigole
Institutions: Wildlands Network
Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Report
conservation, fragmentation
conservation
conservation, education
Reining, C., Beazley, K., Doran, P. and Bettigole, C. (2006). From the Adirondacks to Acadia: a wildlands network design for the greater Northern Appalachians. Wildlands Project. Richmond, VT. 60 p.
https://wildlandsnetwork.org/resources/adirondacks-to-acadia-wildlands-network-design
This research focused on balancing recreation and management in Vermont's forests and highlighted strategies for managing forests with recreation in mind. The Vermont Town Forest Recreation Planning Community Assistance Program (VTFRP) was a comprehensive community planning process held in ten diverse towns across Vermont. Forest management practices on public and private land were analyzed to demonstrate the appropriate balance between active forest management and forest-based recreation.
People: Taylor Luneau
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Hardwick, Woodbury, Huntington, Marshfield, Middlebury, Hartford, Richmond, Hinesburg, Bradford, Weathersfield
Article
land use, recreation, forestry
management, ecosystem services
education
Luneau, T.M. (2019). Rubenstein School Masters Project Publications. Available at https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/rsmpp/20
No additional information available.
People: Alessandro Ossola , Dexter Locke , Brenda Lin , Emily Minor
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Illinois, Macquarie University, Department of Biological Sciences, Centre for Smart Green Cities , CSIRO Land and Water Flagship
Boston
Report
canopy
ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-019-00923-7
The author explains forest fragmentation in the context of Maine's forests, detailing drivers and impacts of fragmentation on Maine's landscape and wildlife.
People: Janet McMahon
Institutions: Maine Mountain Collaborative
Maine
Report
conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
McMahon, J. (2018). The Environmental Consequences of FOREST FRAGMENTATION in the Western Maine Mountains.
Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary serves as a critical corridor for terrestrial and riparian wildlife, at the southern end of over 80,000 acres of contiguous forest including the 26,000 acre Groton State Forest.
Institutions: Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary
New Hampshire
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Wildlife Corridor" Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary, 2021. Accessed from (https://sagemountain.com/conservation/land-nature/corridor/)
Information in this report is presented from the landscape level to the property level. This assessment was conducted in order to determine what birds are currently utilizing the habitats on the property, describe and assess current forest bird habitat conditions on the property and make recommendations for protecting and improving habitat for a suite of priority forest birds.
Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , Ferrucci & Walicki, LLC , Audubon Connecticut
Connecticut
Report
birds
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
"Forest Bird Habitat Assessment" Audubon Connecticut, 28 February, 2017. Accessed from (https://www.cantonlandtrust.org/static/docs/sww-audubon-2017.pdf)
https://www.cantonlandtrust.org/static/docs/sww-audubon-2017.pdf
The Forest Legacy Program, created by congress and funded through the USDA Forest Service, aims to help maintain the integrity and traditional uses of our forests through the acquisition of land or interests in land from willing sellers. Interests acquired by the state of Rhode Island are purchased at the fair market value determined by standardized appraisal methods.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Rhode Island
Poster
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
The study examined the effects of forest fragmentation on different bird species in the United States. The results indicate that it is important to preserve small forest fragments when developing land, because these are utilized by migratory and certail resident bird species.
People: Mark Hostetler , Jan-Michael Archer, Glenn Acomb, Robert Blair
Institutions: University of Florida, University of Minnesota
No location information available
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204619300404
This page has the data sets, methodology, indicators overview, limitations and definitions of the Global Forest review which provides an independent assessment of the state of the world's forests based on the best available geospatial data and analysis each year.
No location information available
Poster
"Data and Methods" Global Forest Review, 2022, Accessed from: https://research.wri.org/gfr/data-methods
This website provides information about the Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies.
Institutions: Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies
Brattleboro
Website
conservation, development, forest economy
conservation, planning
education, policy
Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies. (2018). Available at https://www.vapda.org/
This paper presents a review of the existing economics literature that addresses habitat pattern/fragmentation and defines themes, issues, and next steps for this literature.
People: H. Jo Albers , Katherine D. Lee , Katherine R. E. Sims
Institutions: Amherst College , University of Wyoming , University of Idaho, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
No location information available
Article
forest economy, literature review
ecosystem services, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education, policy
Albers, H.J., Lee, K.D., Sims, K.R.E., "Economics of Habitat Fragmentation: a review and critique of literature" Accessed from (https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/FragmentationAlbersLeeSims Final.pdf)
https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/FragmentationAlbersLeeSims Final.pdf
The purpose of this study was to present forestry cooperative models to small, non-industrial woodland owners in Maine and to ascertain interest levels.
People: Brian Jonathan Schneider
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Article
assessment, private forests, taxation
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Jesse Leavenworth
Institutions: Hartford Courant
Connecticut
Article
weather, insects, forest cover
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
A lot of forested land around the world is privately owned, making voluntary conservation on private lands crucial for preventing forest loss and mitigating forest fragmentation. Research has shown that social factors, such as economics, can be used for positive outcomes in forest management on private lands, and the authors sought to determine if forest management for the benefit of wildlife would have a similar impact on voluntary forest management.
People: Seth Lutter, Ashley Dayer, Amanda Rodewald, Darin McNeil, Jeffery Larkin
Institutions: Cornell University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, American Bird Conservancy
No location information available
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Chris Wedeles , Darren J. H. Sleep
Institutions: Arborvitae Environmental Service , National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Maine, New England
Report
boreal
methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Wedeles, C.; Sleep, D.J.H. December 2008. "Fragmentation in the Boreas Forest and Possible Effects on Terrestrial Wildlife, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement." Accessed From (https://www.ncasi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tb959.pdf)
The authors studied a breeding songbird community in a landscape characterized by scattered openings in a forest matrix in Vermont from 1993 to 1994. At the scale of this study, a minimal amount of canopy removal in the extensively forested landscape did not affect abundance and overall productivity of songbirds inhabiting the remaining forest, but canopy removal had begun to suppress productivity of some forest interior species
People: Ernest Buford
Institutions: University of Vermont
Middlebury, Rochester, Green Mountain Range
Article
productivity, fragmentation, songbirds
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Buford, E.W. & Capen, D.E. (1999). Abundance and productivity of forest songbirds in a managed, unfragmented landscape in Vermont. The Journal of wildlife management, pp.180-188.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3802499.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:a7e65640fb80d7ccb25f86928c2127c6
Scientists note that habitat fragmentation is the biggest threat to the health of mature forests. Ron Krupp explains how this negatively effects bird diversity.
People: Ron Krupp
Institutions: Vermont Public Radio
Vermont
Article
diversity, birds, threats
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Krupp, R. "Forest Fragmentation Threatens Bird Diversity" Vermont Public Radio, 26 June, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.vpr.org/programs/2018-06-26/forest-fragmentation-threatens-bird-diversity)
https://www.vpr.org/programs/2018-06-26/forest-fragmentation-threatens-bird-diversity
Four years after its inception an outreach campaign promoting forest stewardship in south-central Connecticut was carefully evaluated.
People: Thomas E. Worthley , C. Benjamin Tyson
Institutions: Central Connecticut State University, Department of Communication , University of Connecticut, Cooperative Extension System, Stewardship Program
Connecticut
Article
watershed, stewardship
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/jof/article/99/8/4/4614392?login=true
This report consists of a summary of theory and findings that relate to forest fragmentation and the consequent creation of edge habitats, and a bibliography on these subjects.
People: Robert N. Rosenfield , Christopher M Morasky , John Bielefeldt , Walter L. Loope
Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Stout Menomonie, Department of Biology
No location information available
Report
summary
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Rosenfield, R. N., Morasky, C. M., Bielefeldt, J., Loope, W. L.. "Forest Fragmentation and Island Biogeography: A Summary and Bibliography" National Resources Publication Office, August 1992. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4vNPAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP8&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=SBhQ5NVZGX&sig=PNbs-WHSEUliT3-m42ZWR54V7LY#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation northeast us&f=false)
The Vermont Forest Products Council (VFPC) was convened in 2001 with 11 members representing state government, natural resource agencies, and wood manufacturers.
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, drivers
conservation, management
"Vermont Forest Products Council (2001-2002)", 2002, Accessed from: https://www.vtrural.org/programs/policy-councils/forest-products
https://www.vtrural.org/programs/policy-councils/forest-products
This article is an overview of the impacts of climate change on many aspects of Maine's forests. These changes are climate, forests and wildlife, global warming, air pollution, etc.
Maine
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Strum M., "How Climate Change is Impacting Maine's Forests & Industries that Depend on Them" Forests and Wildlife, 10 September 2020, Accessed from: https://www.nrcm.org/blog/climate-change-impacting-maine-forests/
https://www.nrcm.org/blog/climate-change-impacting-maine-forests/
This article discusses the importance of Rhode Island's forests, what threats the forests are facing and what needs to be done to protect this valuable resource.
People: Grace Kelly
Institutions: EcoRI
Rhode Island
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Kelly G., "The Value of Rhode Island's Forest Land: R.I.'s Green Canopy Provides Priceless Protection", 20 Fabruary 2021, ecoRI News, Accessed from: http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2021/02/the-value-of-rhode-islands-forest-land.html
http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2021/02/the-value-of-rhode-islands-forest-land.html
The authors compiled data on major wildlife species to identify broad population trends and to address both fundamental and applied questions regarding these long-term patterns in Massachusetts. They found that wildlife populations were changing at a remarkable rate leading to significant ecological impacts on the landscape and many other species, creating major conservation and management challenges, and generating novel and oftentimes significant conflicts with human values.
People: David Foster
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Missouri Department of Conservation, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Massachusetts
Article
birds, moose, bear, beaver, deer, deforestational fragmentation, human populations, land use change, wolf
ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
education
No citation available.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00759.x
Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban interface.
People: Susan Vince
No location information available
Book
landuse planning, forestland, natural resource management, urbanization
ecosystem services, drivers
management
Vince, S.W., Duryea, M.L., Macie, E.A. and Hermansen, A. eds. (2004). Forests at the wildland-urban interface: conservation and management. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group. 312 p.
This article explains the findings of a report released by forestry Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Vermont which shows that Vermont is losing 1500 acres of forest a year.
Institutions: VTDigger , Vermont Invasives
Vermont
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
"Vermont Forests Shrinking 1500 Acres a Year" Vermont Digger, Vermont Invasives, Accessed from (https://vtinvasives.org/news-events/news/study-vermont-forests-shrinking-1500-acres-a-year)
https://vtinvasives.org/news-events/news/study-vermont-forests-shrinking-1500-acres-a-year
This manual presents basic principles to evaluate forests with bird habitat in mind and ways to use silviculture to manage for bird habitat. Here, silviculture is considered as a way to produce birds as well as timber.
Institutions: Audubon Connecticut
Connecticut
Book
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
"Managing Forests for Trees and Birds in Connecticut", Audubon Connecticut, 2020, Accessed from: https://ct.audubon.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_managing_forests_for_trees_birds_in_ct.pdf
https://ct.audubon.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_managing_forests_for_trees_birds_in_ct.pdf
This volume extends upon the earlier works of Rhode Island and Connecticut breeding bird atlases by mapping the population density of forest birds inhabiting Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Connecticut, Rhode Island
Book
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Craig R., "Forest Birds of Connecticut and Rhode Island", Bird Conservation Research, Inc., 2017, Accessed from: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/67189700/Forest_Birds_of_CT_RI_2-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1666020802&Signature=ZFB~SKGya-s5srW5E~XUgqZRVBd4JiqAcMloIJsWzEFPHBOB-9ZMZuMeCLR45B2qOlHVXpxDbSvX2pVuJ67zRXI6yfa-cs9-c6IXaKxGR-Sn5y1a5inURk~~Pdsut-cgTQKB0dMbMdljKo7WaQ3bAeIJXLL6b1kuyLN56Tm3dW9qRTECjyw-poatrMB6stQOB0K4lSd0W-RBB1Hp~W2Ti1~TJa7VxPC8EN0cls~X3MtnDjvJ0P6y0tnjBZgx4u4U7DZNzSqk1XFx8OozEColLVux1n2Emu1cMTwrfA6ld37PDwzLJkl8hB7X8mo~dkmptBkplmxSigPUxOL9hJdQug__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
https://www.academia.edu/35777828/Forest_Birds_of_Connecticut_and_Rhode_Island
This is a compilation of papers from the technical session sponsored by the Wildlife and Fish Ecology Working Group Society of American Foresters' Annual Convention on October 19, 1988 in Rochester, NY.
People: Richard DeGraaf , William M. Healy
Rochester
Report
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
DeGraaf R. M., Healy W. M., "Is Forest Fragmentation a Management Issue in the Northwest?", 19 October 1988, Accessed from: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vIQOyw-uScUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=fA1aWv6y-O&sig=83_lkpSRZeV_qKnoMDm_Z7RBg8w#v=onepage&q&f=false
In an effort to develop conservation objectives with the purpose of protect working forest land, the Southwestern Maine Forest Fragmentation Coalition elected to utilize the outreach tool Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively developed by the Sustaining Family Forests Initiative. A detailed communication plan was created with specific targeted messages which use a social marketing approach in identifying landowners in a 10-town focus area that would be most likely to be receptive to stewardship practices and actively engage in the conservation easement program.
People: Joseph Anderson , Mark Lapping
Institutions: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service
Maine
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, education, policy
Anderson, Joseph, "A Social Marketing Approach to Forest Land Conservation" (2012). Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations. 58. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/muskie_capstones/58
This is an introduced bill to protect forest resources by amending the permit criteria of Act 250, the Vermont land use law. This bill specifically addresses forest fragmentation, the protection of natural communities, and protection for threatened and endangered species, citing the need to reduce development in natural areas in a way that will further fragment the forest or will negatively impact sensitive species and to mitigate damages to natural communities that cannot be avoided.
People: Virginia Lyons , Christopher Bray, Alison Clarkson, Anthony Pollina, Becca Balint, Brian Campion, Dick McCormack, Ruth Hardy
Vermont
Policy
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
policy
Vermont S165: An act relating to forest fragmentation and Act 250, VT Legislation Number 339629 v.2. (2019)
Act 171 amended Vermont Planning Statutes to encourage and allow municipalities to address protection of forest blocks and habitat connectors while supporting the local forest products industry. Learn more about how to identify regionally and locally significant forest blocks and habitat connectors by reviewing the resources linked on this resource page.
Vermont
Article
conservation, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
"Act 171 and Planning for Forest Blocks and Habitat Connectors", Accessed from: https://anr.vermont.gov/act171_forestplanning
Urban sprawl contributes to the fragmentation of forest habitat and to the reduction in ecosystem function. This project models the impacts of predicted future urban growth on forest fragmentation levels in Northwestern Vermont and simulates how these outcomes change under alternative policy scenarios.
People: Austin Troy
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Vermont
Report
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Troy, A. "A Model for Simulating Forest Fragmentation Due to Suburban Development in Vermont." 30 September 2004, Accessed from https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0193809-a-model-for-simulating-forest-fragmentation-due-to-suburban-development-in-vermont.html
The combination of high population density and forestland ownership puts the Connecticut's forest resource at risk and places a premium on understanding the relationship of development patterns, especially forest fragmentation and landscape parcelization, to the physical changes in the landscape.
People: Daniel Civco
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Civco, D. L. "Remote Sensing and GIS Analysis of Landscape Parcelization and Forest Fragmentation" University of Connecticut, 30 September, 2006. Accessed from (https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0193844-remote-sensing-and-gis-analysis-of-landscape-parcelization-and-forest-fragmentation.html)
This website provides information about the Nature Conservancy.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire
Website
diversity, forestland conservation, conserved land, natural resource protection
conservation, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation
The Nature Conservancy. (n.d.). Available at https://www.nature.org/en-us/
This map depicts the land cover and protected lands in the Green Mountain to Hudson Highlands Linkage
Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative
Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut
Map
habitat, connectivity, conserved land, landcover, protected areas
conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Staying Connected Initiative. (2017). Green Mountains to Hudson Highlands Linkage Land Cover and Protected Lands [map]. Retrieved from http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/GreensHudsonHighlands.jpg
http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/GreensHudsonHighlands.jpg
An educational presentation on how urbanization and development impact the Vermont forests and a review of Act 250.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Bar Association
Vermont
Poster
fragmentation, development, landuse planning, act 250, education, laws, policy, urbanization
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Fidel, J. (2017). Addressing Forest Fragmentation and Forestland Conservation Through ACT 250 & Land Use Planning, 60.
https://www.vtbar.org/UserFiles/Files/EventAds/Materials 6-22-17 Afternoon Sessions.pdf
The authors examined tree recruitment and structural dynamics in clayplain forests in Vermont.
People: Helena Murray , Anthony D'Amato
Institutions: University of Vermont
Vermont
Article
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
The combination of high population density and forestland ownership puts the Connecticut's forest resource at risk and places a premium on understanding the relationship of development patterns, especially forest fragmentation and landscape parcelization, to the physical changes in the landscape. Forest extent and fragmentation will be mapped for a 40-year period. The relationship between land subdivision and forest fragmentation will be examined. Correlations of these trends will be made with observable trends in regulatory and policy decisions and characteristics of the landscape.
People: James Hurd , Daniel Civco, Brian M. Holdt
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Report
trends
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Holdt, B. M.; Civco, D. L.; Hurd, J. D. "Forest Fragmentation Due To Land Parcelization And Subdivision: A Remote Sensing And GIS Analysis." May 2004, Accessed from http://clear.uconn.edu/\/publications/research/tech_papers/Holdt_et_al_ASPRS2004.pdf
This study assesses the effect of forest fragmentation on breeding bird communities in Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Institutions: University of Vermont
Burlington
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Spindel J. M., "Effects of Forest Patch Size and Shape on Breeding Bird Species Richness", University of Vermont, 2022, Accessed from: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/502/
The study looks at ways to minimize development damage on forests in Wisconsin without alienating landowners by implementing restrictive policies.
People: Anna Haines, Aaron Thompson, Daniel McFarlane, Anthony Sharp
Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Purdue University, Land and Water Conservation Department, Waupaca County, WI
No location information available
Article
conservation, methods, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, policy
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016920461830937X
This study is a measurement of forest characteristics in central Massachusetts that have been significant elsewhere and highlight those that have shown significant change since 1951, providing a focus for future ecological work. Located in central Massachusetts.
People: Abel Russ
Institutions: Clark University
Massachusetts
Report
fragmentation
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Russ, A. "Fragmentation in Central Massachusetts 1951-1991" Clark University, June 26, 2000, Accessed from (https://www2.clarku.edu/departments/hero/archive/hero_www/abel/forest_fragmentation.html)
https://www2.clarku.edu/departments/hero/archive/hero_www/abel/forest_fragmentation.html
The objectives for completing this project were to create a 6-class forest fragmentation analysis, expand the study area to include the entire state of Rhode Island and utilize NOAAs high-resolution land cover data to create a more accurate and comprehensive analysis.
People: Emma Tondre
Institutions: University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Report
analysis
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Tondre, E. "Rhode Island Forest Fragmentation Analysis" ArcGIS, May 10, 2021, Accessed from (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/94de331e0f414ecd83e0ca0cbf3f7bcf)
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/94de331e0f414ecd83e0ca0cbf3f7bcf
As has been seen more generally with habitat specialist species, this study observed that more fragmented forest harbors fewer dietary specialist caterpillars relative to dietary generalist caterpillars. This project tests several alternative hypothetical mechanisms for this pattern.
People: Michael S. Singer
Institutions: Wesleyan University
Connecticut
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Singer M., "Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Tri-Trophic Interactions", Wesleyan University, Accessed from: https://msinger.faculty.wesleyan.edu/enemy-free-space-and-caterpillar-diet-breadth/
https://msinger.faculty.wesleyan.edu/enemy-free-space-and-caterpillar-diet-breadth/
A slow erosion of act 250's jurisdictional power over the last fifty years and the need to address new environmental challenges necessitate the passage of a new bill to update the act and prepare Vermont for the future. As part of this process, the researchers worked with Representatives Amy Sheldon and Trevor Squirrel, and were charged with performing GIS analysis related to the proposed lowering of the elevation threshold for which Act 250 jurisdiction would apply, as well as proposing recommendations regarding environmental justice, climate change, and forest fragmentation.
People: Spencer Ainsworth , Isabel Herrick , Hollis Rhodes
Institutions: Middlebury College
Vermont
Policy
act 250
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Ainsworth, S.; Herrick, I.; Rhodes, H. 15 December 2019. "Act 250 at 50: Obstacles and Opportunities for the Future." Accessed from (http://www.middlebury.edu/system/files/media/Act 250_FINAL.pdf)
http://www.middlebury.edu/system/files/media/Act 250_FINAL.pdf
This datasets provides summary statistics on town parcelization statistics and trends for all towns in Vermont.
Institutions: Northeastern States Research Cooperative , Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Dataset
resource management, fragmentation, forest planning, forest stewardship, parcelization, policy, wildlife conservation
management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
Vermont Natural Resources Council. (2010). Informing Land Use Planning and Forestland Conservation Through Subdividision and Parcelization Trend Information Dataset. Available at http://www.vnrc.org/subdivisionreport/
The purpose of this study is to develop a process for predicting and quantifying changes in the state of forest fragmentation over the next 30 years. The study addresses fragmentation caused by suburban development, which is a major contributor to forest fragmentation in the northeastern United States. Products from this study include ArcGIS models, to facilitate the application of the analysis processes to other study areas, and maps depicting land cover, forest fragmentation type (interior, edge, etc.), and future states of forest fragmentation for the study area. These maps have the potential to aid decision makers in identifying areas in their towns, or regions, that are at risk for significant forest fragmentation and enable them to take appropriate preventative measures.
People: James Hurd , Daniel Civco, Jason Parent
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research
Connecticut
Report
development, arcgis
conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Parent, J.; Civco, D.; Hurd, J. "Simulating Future Forest Fragmentation In A Connecticut Region Undergoing Suburbanization." 11 May 2007, Accessed From http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.509.9776&rep=rep1&type=pdf
This article highlights potential mechanisms by which regional context enables or constrains decisions on private forest landholdings in the northeastern United States, examining relationships between land use and land management of private forest landholdings and landscape-level dynamics.
People: Kathleen Bell, Darla K. Munroe , Darla K. Munroe, Mindy S. Crandall , Chris Colocousis , Anita T. Morzillo
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Ohio State University, Department of Geography , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , James Madison University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology , University of Maine, School of Economics
No location information available
Report
private land
Munroe, D.K.; Crandall, M.S.; Colocousis, C.; Bell, K.P.; Morzillo, A.T. 27 April 2019. "Reciprocal relationships between forest management and regional landscape structures: applying concepts from land system science to private forest management", Journal of Land Use Science, 14:2, 155-172, DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2019.1607914
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1607914
The purpose of this study is to assess the ecological and genetic consequences due to habitat fragmentation. To assess the impact that barriers such as roadways have on small bodied, forest-dwelling animals, this study will focus on the genetic variability in wood frogs, Rana sylvatica, in discontinuous and continuous forested swamp areas in Connecticut.
People: Karen H. Beard , Benjamin H. Packard
Institutions: Yale University
Connecticut
Report
frogs, roadways
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Beard, K. H.; Packard, B. H.; "Assessment of the Impact of Forest Habitat Fragmentation Through Analysis of Genetic Variability of Wood Frogs in Continuous and Discontinuous Forested Swamp Areas in Connecticut" 14 August 1996, Accessed from https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/2153
https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/2153
Using data from the first eight years of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program, a statistical analysis of birds censused during breeding season was conducted at 17 study sites located in mature, forested habitats in Vermont.
People: Christopher Rimmer , Kent McFarland , Steven Faccio
Institutions: VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science)
Vermont
Report
birds
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Faccio, S. D., Rimmer, C. C., McFarland, K. P. "Monitoring Forest Bird Populations in Vermont: Results of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program, 1989-1996" Vermont Institute of Natural Science, November 1997. Accessed from (https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/BirdPopulations.pdf)
https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/BirdPopulations.pdf
This study presents a three-phase segmentation analysis designed to highlight the heterogeneity of forest ownership values and attitudes toward government control, privacy, and environmental protection held by a sample of Massachusetts private forest owners.
People: David Kittredge , Andrew O. Finley
Institutions: University of Minnesota, University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, planning, drivers
conservation, management, policy
No citation available.
The new website for the Natural Resources Board of Vermont.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Board
Vermont
Website
conservation, development, environmental policy, policy, regulation
conservation, planning
management, policy
Vermont Natural Resources Board. (n.d.). Available at http://nrb.vermont.gov/.
For the first time in more than a century, Vermont and neighboring states are losing forestland to development at a rate of almost 1,500 acres per year. As forest fragmentation gains ground across the New England landscape, where private ownerships and small land parcels are the norm, conserving land for future generations of people, wildlife, and plants becomes more necessary but more difficult.
Institutions: University of Vermont
Vermont
Poster
development
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
University of Vermont "Vermont Has Conserved One Third of the Land Needed for an Ecologically Functional Future." 1 April 2020, Accessed from https://phys.org/news/2020-04-vermont-ecologically-functional-future.html
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-vermont-ecologically-functional-future.html
A new report by the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) highlights the increasing loss of undeveloped woodland tracts in Vermont through parcelization, the breaking up of land into smaller and smaller parcels. The phenomenon of parcelization, which usually occurs through subdivision, is gaining momentum, and subsequent development is causing forest cover to decline in Vermont.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Article
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Fidel, J. "Loss of Undeveloped Woodland in VT" Vermont Natural Resources Council, 1 January, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.vermontwoodlands.org/resources-post/loss-of-undeveloped-woodland-in-vt/)
https://www.vermontwoodlands.org/resources-post/loss-of-undeveloped-woodland-in-vt/
Women represent an important part of Vermont's landowner population. They serve as the primary decision makers for 20% (475,000 acres) of the state's forestland and co-own just over another 1 million acres. Their significance relative to land management and influence over the forest landscape in Vermont is only anticipated to increase as, statistically speaking, women have longer lifespans. Research to date has shown that women have a strong interest in land conservation but are much less engaged with land management and decision-making activities. The lead collaborators on this research project see this gap as an important opportunity to engage women landowners around the most pressing issues facing Vermont's forests.
Institutions: Vermont Land Trust
Vermont
Report
conservation, methods, management, drivers
conservation, management
Cusack C., Sausville L., "Project #1: Improving Vermont's Forest Integrity Through Empowerment of Woman Forest Landowners", 2020, Vermont Land Trust, Vermont Coverts, Accessed from: https://www.middlebury.edu/college/sites/www.middlebury.edu.college/files/2022-03/Project-Statements_FINAL_S20_MBM.pdf?fv=abcuHtlZ
Forest fragmentation in North America concerns many biologists because of its effects on wildlife populations. One group that has demonstrated particular sensitivity is Neotropical migrant birds. This reports on a study of Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus) in forest fragments in a suburban landscape in eastern Massachusetts to determine effects of cowbird parasitism on Ovenbird reproductive success.
People: Marta J. Hersek , Michelle A. Frankel , John A. Cigliano , Frederick E. Wasserman
Institutions: Boston University , Boston University, Department of Biology, Bradford College, Division of Natural Science
Massachusetts
Article
populations, migratory birds
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
No citation available.
This project analyzed subdivision trends in 14 case study towns to discern whether certain zoning districts and land use patterns promote or curtail parcelization in forestland. The results informed the development of a Forest Fragmentation Action Plan and technical assistance tools for municipalities and regional planners to combat forest fragmentation and parcelization through land use planning.
People: Emma Zavez , Jamey Fidel , Brian Shupe, Kate McCarthy
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Report
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Fidel, J.; McCarthy, K.; Shupe, B.; Zavez, E. "Reducing Forest Fragmentation Through Subdivision and Zoning Strategies." Community Strategies for Vermont's Forests and Wildlife: A Guide for Local Action, 2011, Accessed from https://nsrcforest.org/project/reducing-forest-fragmentation-through-subdivision-and-zoning-strategies
This article covers topics of forest fragmentation, parcelization, land use trends in forests, statewide reports and initiatives, strategies, issues related to industrial scale SAP extraction, federal and state laws related to water pollution from logging and regulation of water pollution from public and private roads and driveways.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Article
water quality
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Fidel, J. "Maintiaining The Integrity of Forests and Water Quality: Challenges and Opportunities" Vermont Natural Resources Council, July 30, 2020. Accessed from (https://www.friendsofthemadriver.org/uploads/1/0/5/0/105053173/7-30-20_fidel___groveman_webinar_for_r2r.pdf)
For wildlife dependent on mature forest living in managed landscapes, habitat loss from land use can outpace habitat recovery from forest regrowth, challenging persistence of habitat specialists. For some species, the effects of habitat loss or fragmentation may also differ between sexes when physiological or behavioral differences influence space use.
People: Erin Simons-Legaard, Daniel Harrison
Institutions: University of Maine , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology , The University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Maine
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Simons-Legaard E., Harrison D., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Payer D., "Sex-biased habitat selection by American marten in the Acadian Forest", Landscape Ecology, 8 September 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01508-7
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-022-01508-7
This study examines the difference in forest fragmentation data based on image resolution, and found significant differences in fragmentation metrics based on the resolution used. The authors then discuss reasons for this disparity and why it is important.
People: Iris Fynn, James Campbell
Institutions: Virginia Tech
No location information available
Article
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/jlecol/12/1/article-p1.xml
This article is a brief history of the forests of Rhode Island, starting in the 1600s. The purpose of this article is to highlight historical mistakes in an attempt to avoid those same mistakes in the future.
People: Christopher Riely
Institutions: University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Article
history
methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Burdett, H. K., Modisette, C., McCann, Neptin, B. "Learning From the Past: Rhode Island Forest History", Southern New England Forest Consortium, Inc., University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension, 2013. Accessed from (https://rhodeislandwoods.uri.edu/files/HISTORY-dragged.pdf)
https://web.uri.edu/rhodeislandwoods/about-ri-woods/history/
This study asks the question: How do partnerships involving environmental nonprofit organizations in Vermont attempt to achieve goals of sustainable forest management in the context of a parcelized landscape? Using a multiple case study approach, this study examined three SFM-related partnerships in Vermont that involve environmental nonprofit organizations. It assesses their strategies, organizational roles, challenges and perceived permanence.
People: Michelle Baumflek
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Vermont
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
"Baumflek, Michelle, ""Approaches to Sustainable Forest Management in Parcelized Landscapes"" (2008). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 19. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/19"
Forests are a powerful tool to counter the impacts of climate change. Forests sequester and store carbon, buffer the impact of intense weather events by storing water and reducing the rate of flooding, provide durable wood products and are part of our energy portfolio, and host diverse habitat for wildlife and plant species that are under stress from climate related impacts. Maintaining a resilient and connected forest landscape must be a top priority for Vermont, and the Climate Council.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Audubon Vermont , Vermont Land Trust , Vermont Natural Resources Council , The Trust For Public Land
Vermont
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
"Vermont Forest Partnership: Reccomendations to Vermont Climate Council", 30 June 2021, Accessed from: Forests are a powerful tool to counter the impacts of climate change. Forests sequester and store carbon, buffer the impact of intense weather events by storing water and reducing the rate of flooding, provide durable wood products and are part of our energy portfolio, and host diverse habitat for wildlife and plant species that are under stress from climate related impacts. Maintaining a resilient and connected forest landscape must be a top priority for Vermont, and the Climate Council.
This article reviews the logging business in the United States which has faced a number of challenges as well as the resilience and innovation over the years.
People: Joseph L. Conrad , W. Dale Greene , Patrick Hiesl
Institutions: Paul Smith's College, Adirondack Watershed Institute, The University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Conrad, L. J., Greene, W. D., Hiesl, P. "A Review of Changes in US Logging Businesses 1980s-Present" Journal of Forestry, V. 116, Issue 3, May 2018, pp 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvx014
https://academic.oup.com/jof/article/116/3/291/4980796?login=true
The study objective was to analyze conservation easement trends and examine underlying choice determinants in the United States.
People: Sabhyata Lamichhane
Institutions: Mississippi State University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation easements, trends
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Lamichhane, S. "Trends and drivers of conservation easements in the United States" Mississippi State University, August 2020. Accessed from "https://www.proquest.com/openview/9ad1a4dd52df870707e6ae965893f822/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y"
This forum paper focuses on how land use changes have shaped the eco-epidemiology of Ixodes scapularis-borne pathogens, in particular the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in the eastern United States. It uses this as a model system, addressing other tick-borne disease systems as needed to illustrate patterns or processes.
People: Meredith VanAcker, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Maria P Fernandez
Institutions: Columbia University , Columbia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
impacts, landscape epidemiology, ticks
management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/58/4/1546/5936773?login=true
This article gives descriptions of different kinds of major habitat loss in the United States, their causes and how to combat those losses.
Institutions: National Wildlife Federation
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers
conservation, management, education
"Habitat Loss" National WIldlife Federation. Accessed from (https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Habitat-Loss)
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Habitat-Loss
The Nature Conservancy undertook a three-year study to objectively gauge the condition and status of the natural world across 13 northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
Institutions: The Nature Conservancy
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"State of Nature: A Call for Conservation Action" The Nature Conservancy, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/edc/reportsdata/stateofnature/Pages/default.aspx)
This book is concerned with the fundamental pieces that compose a landscape, how they are bounded, how landscape boundaries influence interaction among patches. The purpose of these questions is to attempt to understand the workings of landscapes.
People: Francesco di Castri , Andrew J. Hansen
Institutions: Oregon State University , United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
boundaries, diversity, biotic diversity
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Hansen, A.J., Di Castri, F. "Landscape Boundaries" Springer, New York, NY, 1992, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2804-2
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4612-2804-2#about
This study reviewed empirical data and hypotheses derived from demographic, optimal foraging, life-history, community, and biogeographic theory for predicting the sensitivity of species to habitat fragmentation.
People: Klaus Henle , Kendi F. Davies , Michael Kleyer , Chris Margules , Josef Settele
Institutions: University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management , Floreat - CSIRO , CSIRO Land and Water Flagship , Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:BIOC.0000004319.91643.9e#citeas
This study quantifies the impacts of habitat fragmentation on landscape-level temperature across the globe.
People: Clarice B Mendes , Jayme A. Prevedello
Institutions: Rio De Janeiro State University, Department of Ecology, Landscape Ecology Lab
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
temperature, global
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-020-01041-5
The objectives of this study are to develop testable predictions about how landscape fragmentation, relative to the effects of habitat loss, impacts functional diversity and its relationship with species richness.
People: Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro , Margaret M. Mayfield , Matthew G. E. Mitchell , Lorenzo Cattarino , Martine Maron , Jonathan R. Rhodes
Institutions: The University of Queensland, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Imperial College London , The University of Queensland , The University of Queensland, Centre of Biodiversity and Conservation Science , The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences , Imperial College London, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
diversity, impacts, global
conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-020-01098-2
No additional information available.
People: Mariana Napolitano Ferreira , Wendy Elliott , Rachel Goldon Kroner , Margaret F. Kinnaird , Paula R. Prist , Paula Valdujo , Mariana M. Vale
Institutions: World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International , Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Biociencias , Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Ferreira, M.N., elliott, W., Kroner, R.G., kinnaird, M.F., Prist, P.R., Valdujo, P., Vale, M.M. "Drivers and Causes of Zoonotic Diseases: An Overview" Parks, Vol 21 (Special Issue, March 2021. Accessed from: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachel-Golden-Kroner/publication/349990389_Drivers_and_causes_of_zoonotic_diseases_An_overview/links/607c5569907dcf667bab3d85/Drivers-and-causes-of-zoonotic-diseases-An-overview.pdf
This chapter of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Second Edition) focuses on the threats effecting biodiversity as the human population grows.
People: Richard Primack , Rachel A. Morrison
Institutions: Boston University , National Institute of Oceanography , Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
extinction
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Primack, R.B., Morrison, R.A. "Extinction, Cause of". Encyclopedia of Biodiversity ed.2, pp 401-412, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00050-2
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123847195000502
This article outlines the impacts of humans on the environment from a prehistoric time all the way up to and beyond the human population boom with a focus on climate change and invasive species.
People: Scott A. Elias
Institutions: University of London
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
human impacts
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489091442
This research article analyzes habitat fragmentation, one subset of global land use change, and its ecological consiquences.
People: Raphael Didham
Institutions: University of Western Australia, School of Biological Sciences , Floreat - CSIRO , University of Canterbury
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Didham R. K., "The Ecological Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation", Encyclopedia of Life Sciences A21904, 3 May 2010, Accessed from: https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP101968&dsid=DS1
https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP101968&dsid=DS1
This volume grew from recognition of the need for a forum to address explicitly the contrasts and similarities of fragmentation processes and fragmentation effects in eastern and western landscapes.
People: David S. Dobkin
Institutions: The Cooper Ornithological Society , University of California
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
George T. L., Dobkin D. S., etc, "Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Birds in Western Landscapes; Contrasts With Paradigms From the Eastern United State", Studies in Avian Biology No. 25, Cooper Ornithological Society, 18 December 2002, Accessed from: https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/sab/sab_025.pdf
https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/sab/sab_025.pdf
This is a review of the extensive literature on species responses to habitat fragmentation, and detail the numerous ways in which confounding factors have either masked the detection, or prevented the manifestation, of predicted fragmentation effects.
People: Raphael Didham
Institutions: University of Canterbury
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Ewers R. M., Didham R. K., "Confounding factors in the detection of species responses to habitat fragmentation" University of Canterbury, 2005, Accessed from: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/4079/Ewers_and_Didham_2006.pdf?sequ
https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/4079/Ewers_and_Didham_2006.pdf?sequ
This study evaluated the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NALCC) proxy models of LC and represented species framework across 13 states in the northeastern United States from Virginia to Maine. It validated a suite of questions related to co-occurrence of proxy and represented species with a compilation of independent datasets.
People: Scott Schwenk , Daniel Harrison, Cynthia Loftin, Petra Wood , Zachary G. Loman , William V. Deluca
Institutions: University of Maine , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology , West Virginia University, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-021-01294-8
This analysis created a typology of categories that express assumptions about landowner behavior and the appropriate role of state intervention. The typology identifies four discourse categories used to varying degrees within each state: landowner stewardship, forestry expert stewardship, science-bureaucracy, and participatory conservation. This typology allows for comparison of policy approaches and comparison across resources and jurisdictions.
People: Mindy S. Crandall
Institutions: Oregon State University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Report
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, policy
Kelly E. C., Crandall M. S., "State-level forestry policies across the US: Discourses reflecting the tension between private property rights and public trust resources", Forest Policy and Economics, v. 141, August 2022, 102757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102757
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934122000697
This timely book collects forty essays by most of the principal authorities on the biology and management of cowbirds. The book's goals are to explore the biology of cowbirds, the threats they pose to host species and populations, and the management programs that are being undertaken to minimize these threats.
People: Scott K. Robinson
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Smith J. N. M., Cook T. L., Rothstein S. I., Robinson S. K., Sealy S. G., "Ecology and Management of Cowbirds and Their Hosts: Studies in the Conservation of North American Passerine Birds", University of Texas Press, 2000, https://doi.org/10.7560/777385
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7560/777385/html#contents
Information on climate tendencies is essential for the powerful assurance of risked avian species. At present events, fake turbulences impacts influence the conditions. Perpetual undertakings of bounty appearances are impacting the scatterings of various sorts of birds similar to other faunal species. The time has come to get notice of such effects and find judicious ways to actually look at them. To characterize insurance procedures, it is uncommonly pressing to have every one of the information about the avian assortment present close by. For certain species, especially those living in distant locales, we by and by miss the mark on this information. Regardless, time and money-related resources for taking apart normal environmental elements use are limited.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Dubey S., Pant H., Malviya S. J., Kushwaha P., "Application of Remote Sensing in Gathering Avian Data in the Wild in Order to Delineate Conservation Strategies", Geospatial Technology and its Applications in Resource Management, Chapter 22, pp. 245-262, Accessed from: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hemlata-Pant-3/publication/363262975_Application_of_Remote_Sensing_in_Gathering_Avian_Data_in_the_Wild_in_Order_to_Delineate_Conservation_Strategies/links/63144d4c5eed5e4bd145885e/Application-of-Remote-Sensing-in-Gathering-Avian-Data-in-the-Wild-in-Order-to-Delineate-Conservation-Strategies.pdf
No additional information available.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Mahan C., Steele M., "The Potential Role of Nematode Parasites in Wildlife Decline: Evidence from Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister), Northern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) and Now the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)", 3 March 2022, 10.5772/intechopen.103119
This review underscores the relevance of scientific findings in urban and spatial planning to minimize the loss of urban green spaces and to conserve and restore affected areas.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers
conservation, management
Kowe P., Mutanga O., Dube T., "Advancements in the Remote Sensing of Landscape Pattern of Urban Green Spaces and Vegetation Fragmentation", International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27 May 2020, v. 42, iss. 10, https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2021.1881185
Provides an interdisciplinary overview of the major disruptions sustained by ecosystems in the Americas. It also Creates the basis for a common and comprehensive framework for future research and conservation policy formulation
Institutions: Oregon State University
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Book
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Bradshaw G. A., Marquet P. A., "How Landscapes Change: Human Disturbance and Ecosystem Fragmentation in the Americas", Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05238-9
No additional information available.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
In this paper, the role of afforestation and agroforestry in mitigating risk of bat-borne disease transmission to humans is explored using an epidemiological-agroforestry model of land use decision on private farms.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Ranjan R., "Mitigating vector-borne pathogen spread risks through promoting Gmelina arborea-based afforestation and agroforestry on private farms", Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 315, 15 September 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128215
This comprehensive synthesis, including 162 papers which provided 274 cases, offers a framework for understanding how fire interacts with fragmentation.
Institutions: University of Melbourne
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Driscoll D. A., Armenteras D., Bennett A. F., Brotons L., Clarke M. F., Doherty T. S., Haslem A., Kelly L. T., Sato C. F., Sitters H., et al, "How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation", Biological Reviews, v. 96, iss 3, p. 976-998, 9 February 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12687
Land-use conversion from natural areas to agriculture and human settlements is causing global biodiversity loss. The authors proposed a human land-use disturbance index (LDI) to assess habitat loss and fragmentation in global biodiversity hotspots from 1992 to 2015. Negative (LDI > 1) and positive (LDI < 1) impacts on habitat were observed in 30 and 6 biodiversity hotspots, respectively. The hotspots with a relatively small proportional area of nature-dominated land were more likely to face habitat loss.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Kong X., Zhou Z., Jiao L., "Hotspots of land-use change in global biodiversity hotspots", Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 174, November 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105770
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921344921003797
No additional information available.
People: Yuting Dong , Zheng Huang , Yingying X.G. Wang
Institutions: Nanjing Normal University, College of Life Sciences , University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
Ma Y., He G., Yang R., Wang Y. X. G., Huang Z. Y. X., Dong Y., "Effect of Land-Use Change on the Changes in Human Lyme Risk in the United States", Sustainability, 2022, v. 14, iss 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/su14105802
This study examined whether selection occurs for closed-canopy forest conditions during emigration by using pitfall traps and drift fences to sample naturally occurring populations of wood frogs and spotted salamanders along recently created forest clearcut edges in central Maine.
People: Malcolm Hunter, Phillip DeMaynadier
Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology
Maine
Article
amphibians, vernal pools, canopy
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Morgan Tingley , James D. Nichols , Alexander Nelson , Sam Weber , Kiersten Newtoff , James Nichols, Frederick S. Policelli
Institutions: Middlebury College , United States Geological Survey (USGS), Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, University of Connecticut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Institute for Bird Populations , University of North Carolina
No location information available
Article
songbirds, spruce-fir, boreal
Nelson, A.; Weber, S.; Newtoff, K.; Tingley, M.; Nichols, J.; Policelli, F.; "Songbird Population Dynamics in Fragmented New England Habitat" 3 August 2014, Accessed from https://earthzine.org/songbird-population-dynamics-in-fragmented-new-england-habitat/
https://earthzine.org/songbird-population-dynamics-in-fragmented-new-england-habitat/
In 2001, the Newbury Conservation Commission prepared an "index" or inventory of natural resources for the town as mandated by RSA 36-A:2. As permitted by that statute and as recommended in the Newbury Natural Resources Inventory (NRI), the Commission undertook a two-year project to update the NRI and create a townwide conservation plan.
Newbury
Report
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Poole E. A., M.Sc., "Town of Newbury, New Hampshire Townwide Conservation Plan", Newbury Conservation Commission, March 2008, Accessed from: https://www.newburynh.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4761/f/uploads/12-appendix_b-_2007_conservation_plan_4-1-08.pdf
This recorded webinar outlines Vermont's Act 171 regulations for land use planning to address forest fragmentation.
People: Jamey Fidel , Clare Rock
Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. , Vermont Center for Geographic Information , Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Poster
land use, fragmentation, parcelization, planning
ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Przyperhart, M., Rock, C. and Fidel, J. (2018). Implementing Act 171: Land Use Planning to Address Forest Fragmentation. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dLaI9aBkGk
The assessment of the effects of fragmentation on the susceptibility of Eastern deciduous forests to woody invasive species. Study is a count of woody individuals in plots Williamstown, Massachusetts.
People: Henry (Hank) Art
Institutions: Williams College
Williamstown
Report
fragmentation, invasives
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Buckley, L.B. 2000. "The Dynamics of Temperate Forest Fragmentation: an Examination of Susceptibility to Woody Invasive Species." Accessed from (https://web.williams.edu/wp-etc/ces/temperate-forest-fragmentation.pdf)
https://web.williams.edu/wp-etc/ces/temperate-forest-fragmentation.pdf
This was a two year study that tested the hypothesis that recent timber harvesting impacts blacklegged tick density and infection prevalence in managed nonindustrual forests
People: Jessica Leahy, Christine E. Conte , Allison M. Gardner
Institutions: University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology
Hancock, Maine
Article
ticks, pathogens
management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-021-01531-1
This case profile details the genesis of the first aggregated forest carbon offset project in the United States, known as Cold Hollow Carbon.
People: Kavita K. Macleod
Institutions: Vermont Land Trust , International Land Conservation Network , Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Vermont
Article
climate change, carbon
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Macleod, K. K. "Cold Hollow Carbon: A Vermont Forest Carbon Cooperative for Climate Change Mitigation" The International Land Conservation Network, January 2021. Accessed from (https://www.coldhollowtocanada.org/fileadmin/files/Case_Profile_Cold_Hollow_Carbon_VT_03_24_21_.pdf)
https://www.coldhollowtocanada.org/fileadmin/files/Case_Profile_Cold_Hollow_Carbon_VT_03_24_21_.pdf
A short article in the Forecaster describes how the populations of many forest birds in Maine have been steadily declining as threats to their existence continue to grow, including habitat fragmentation, encroaching development, air pollution and climate change.
People: Kate Irish Collins
Institutions: The Forecaster
Maine
Website
birds, forestry
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Collins, K.I. (2018). Maine Audubon, foresters work to protect critical bird habitat. The Forecaster. Available at http://www.theforecaster.net/maine-audubon-foresters-work-to-protect-critical-bird-habitat/
http://www.theforecaster.net/maine-audubon-foresters-work-to-protect-critical-bird-habitat/
A proposal to limit forest fragmentation was thwarted by developers who oppose using the state's land use and development laws as a tool to keep woodlands intact, according to the lead sponsor of the bill that was gutted on the Senate floor.
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
Herrick J., "Developers, Administration Chop Down Forest Fragmentation Bill", 19 March, 2014, Vermont Digger, Accessed from: https://vtdigger.org/2014/03/19/developers-administration-chop-forest-fragmentation-bill/
https://vtdigger.org/2014/03/19/developers-administration-chop-forest-fragmentation-bill/
Using state Grand List data for 2003 and 2009 and wastewater permits and well completion reports, NSRC researchers established a database of all land parcels in Vermont and compiled number of parcels by size class for each year. Data from Property Transfer Returns and the Use Value Appraisal Program helped characterize ownership, use, and value trends. Researchers selected eight towns to further analyze subdivision trends and interviewed officials in other Northern Forest states to determine their ability to conduct similar subdivision and parcel size analysis.
People: Steven Sinclair , Jamey Fidel , Deb Brighton, Brian Shupe
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department , Vermont Family Forests, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
Report
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Fidel, J.; Shupe, B.; Brighton, D.; Sinclair, S. "Land Subdivision and Parcelization Trends in Vermont." Northeastern States Research Cooperative, 2009, Accessed from https://nsrcforest.org/project/land-subdivision-and-parcelization-trends-vermont
https://nsrcforest.org/project/land-subdivision-and-parcelization-trends-vermont
Article gives an overview of a study on the effects of forest disruption, the subsequent growth period of trees and the changes in carbon storage. In eastern Massachusetts, the trees on the edge of the forests grew 90 percent faster then those in the middle. However, these edges may have a drop in growth rates as they are more sensitive to higher temperatures.
People: Michael Marchand , Andrew Reinmann , Lucy Hutyra , Tammy Malone, Allison Dunn , Brittain M. Briber , Steve M. Raciti , Steve M. Raciti, Victoria K. Dearborn , Christopher E. Holden
Institutions: Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment, Hofstra University, Department of Biology , Worcester State University, Department of Earth, Environment and Physics
No location information available
Article
carbon, edge
Briber BM, Hutyra LR, Reinmann AB, Raciti SM, Dearborn VK, Holden CE, et al. (2015) Tree Productivity Enhanced with Conversion from Forest to Urban Land Covers. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0136237. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136237
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0136237&type=printable
The author illustrates the impact that fragmentation caused by the NECEC Powerline Corridor would have on the Northern Maine Forests, specifically the headwaters of the Upper Moose River between the Quebec border and Corburn Mountain.
People: Roger Merchant
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Merchant, Roger. (2019). 3 RM MAY 17, 2019 Forest Fragmentation NECEC. 10.13140/RG.2.2.30265.21601.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333432728_3_RM_MAY_17_2019_Forest_Fragmentation_NECEC
At this stage, FSC certification serves as an intervening filter between local forest ecosystems and economic markets, enhances community social capital, and helps generate market premiums.
People: Mark Lorenzo
Institutions: International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP)
Vermont
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Lorenzo, M. "Adding Value and Conserving Community Forests: The Case of Certification in Vermont, USA" International Association for the Study of Common Property, June 2002. Accessed from (http://hdl.handle.net/10535/887)
This study asks the question: How do partnerships involving environmental nonprofit organizations in Vermont attempt to achieve goals of sustainable forest management in the context of a parcelized landscape?
People: Michelle Joy Maumfleck
Institutions: University of Vermont
Vermont
Report
sustainability
conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Baumflek, M. J. "Putting The Pieces Together: Vermont Partnership Approaches to Sustainable Forest Management in Parcelized Landscapes" University of Vermont, February, 2008. Accessed from (https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.874.475&rep=rep1&type=pdf)
https://library.uvm.edu/collections/theses?search_type=item&bid=1617335
In this study, the author surveyed distributions of five species of woodland amphibians with differing life histories along a 10 km, spatially continuous gradient of forest fragmentation in southern Connecticut. Correlations between species' biological traits and their fragmentation tolerance imply that low density, population variability, and high mobility coupled with restricted habitat needs predispose woodland amphibians to local extinction caused by habitat fragmentation.
People: James Gibbs
Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Connecticut
Article
amphibians, salamanders, fragmentation, frogs, disturbance
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
No citation available.
How landowners steward their property has the potential to affect timber supply; wildlife habitat and biodiversity; forest carbon sequestration; and a variety of recreational opportunities. Two social science surveys were implemented to explore landowner decision making and behavioral intentions. Social, environmental, and community psychology constructs served as the underlying theoretical framework.
People: Michael Ryan Quartuch , John Daigle
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Report
biodiversity, carbon
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Quartuch, M.R. May 2014. "Sustaining Forests Through Social, Environmental, and Community Psychology constructs." Accessed from (https://search.proquest.com/openview/8a86042b46d52aca339aae9fb7ac2f56/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y)
This study examined 11 years of compositional and structural change in a small (60 ha) forest preserve in Connecticut with abundant invasive plants, a diverse land use history, and varied edaphic characteristics. It quantified the extent to which vegetation composition changed at the species, life form, and community scales and then assessed the possible factors driving these changes.
People: David Foster , Edward Faison , Betsy Von Holle , Joshua M. Rapp , Sarah Moore
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Harvard University , Highstead
Connecticut
Article
invasives
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
No citation available.
This study analyzed three decades of change in commercial timber harvesting on all private and public forest throughout 328 towns in Massachusetts (USA). They quantified changes in harvest activity over time and estimated probability of harvest occurrence and proportion of a town's harvest as functions of biophysical and social settings.
People: Jonathan Thompson , Lucy Hutyra , David Kittredge , Luca L. Morreale , Anne G. Short Gianotti
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Kittredge D. B., Thompson J. R., Morreale L. L., Gianotti A. G. S., Hutyra L. R., "Three Decades of Forest Harvesting Along a Suburban-Rural Continuum", Ecoshpere V. 8, Iss. 7, E 01882, 25 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1882
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.1882
Contemporary approaches to studying family forests have identified distinct subgroups of landowners through segmentation analysis. This study expands on this approach, incorporating the concept of place to provide a novel perspective on how the cognition and emotions that create place attachment and landowner concerns influence certain landowner behaviors. They specifically modeled legacy planning and future landowner ownership behavioral intentions and behaviors.
People: Jessica Leahy, Patrick Lyons
Institutions: University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
Maine
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Leahy J Lyons P., "Place Attachment and Concern in Relation to Family Forest Landowner Behavior" Forests, 2021; 12(3):295. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12030295
Contemporary approaches to studying family forests have identified distinct subgroups of landowners through segmentation analysis. This study expands on this approach, incorporating the concept of place to provide a novel perspective on how the cognition and emotions that create place attachment and landowner concerns influence certain landowner behaviors. We specifically modeled legacy planning and future landowner ownership behavioral intentions/behaviors.
People: Jessica Leahy
Institutions: University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
Maine
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Leahy J., Lyons P., "Place Attachment and Concern in Relation to Family Forest Landowner Behavior", Forests, 3 March 2021, https://doi.org/10.3390/f12030295
The objectives of this study were to measure habitat and landscape features, describe food habits, and document productivity of goshawks. Despite its occurrence, surprisingly little is known about the ecology and distributional status of this species within the state. The goshawk was considered a rare species in New England for most of the last century.The increased breeding population of the goshawk in the past 30 yr may be due to extensive reforestation, the growth of existing forest providing mature forest that they seem to prefer for nesting.
People: Trevor E. Becker , Dwight G. Smith
Institutions: The Cooper Ornithological Society
Connecticut
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Becker, T. E.; Smith, D. G.; Bosakowski, T. "Habitat, Food Habits, And Productivity Of Northern Goshawks Nesting In Connecticut" Studies in Avian Biology No. 31:119-125, 1999, Accessed from https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/SAB_031_2006 P119-125_Habitat, Food Habits, and Productivity of Northern Goshawks Nesting in Connecticut_Trevor E. Becker, Dwight G. Smith, Thomas Bosakowski.pdf
To understand the demography of aquatic turtles to landuse change, the authors investigated the nesting habitats used by adult female painted turtles (Chrysemys picta).
People: E. Baldwin
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Strafford, Rockingham
Article
habitat, reptiles, fragmentation, aquatic organisms, breeding, road crossings, turtles
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
education
Baldwin, E.A., Marchand, M.N., & Litvaitis, J.A. (2004). Terrestrial habitat use by nesting painted turtles in landscapes with different levels of fragmentation. Northeastern Naturalist, 11(1), 41-48.
The authors studied occupancy, species richness, abundance, and size distributions of snakes on habitat patches that ranged from 0.2 to 120 ha within a landscape undergoing substantial land-use changes. They found that species richness was greatest on large patches, and snakes also tended to be more abundant on large patches.
People: Victoria Kjoss
Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Strafford
Article
species richness, occupancy, generalist, land use change, snakes
ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat
education
Kjoss, V.A., & Litvaitis, J.A. (2001). Community structure of snakes in a human-dominated landscape. Biological Conservation, 98(3), 285-292.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320700001671
No additional information available.
People: Grace Kelly
Institutions: Eco RI News
Rhode Island
Article
protection, canopy
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
This project (1) establishes a database of parcels of land in Vermont, compiled by class size, and documents the current status of land in parcels in 2009, and (2) documents, in a final report and webpage, recent changes to parcel size and ownership patterns, implications for forest management, and specific subdivision and land classification trend information for every municipality in Vermont.
People: Steven Sinclair , Jamey Fidel , Deb Brighton, Brian Shupe
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources , Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Family Forests
Vermont
Report
fragmentation, landuse planning, landscape connectivity, parcelization
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Fidel, J., Shupe, B., Brighton, D., Sinclair, S., & Austin, J. (2010). Informing Land Use Planning and Forestland Conservation Through Subdivision and Parcelization Trend Information. Retrieved from https://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/fidel09VNRCfull.pdf
http://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/fidel09VNRCfull.pdf
An educational briefing created by Grow Smart Maine about the impacts of sprawl to wildlife habitat.
Institutions: Grow Smart Maine
Maine
Poster
development, awareness, disturbance, education, forest fragmentation, sprawl
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Sprawl and Wildlife Habitat. (2015). GrowSmart Maine. Retrieved from https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Sprawl-and-Wildlife.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ybg8gPzNUNacQmB-_NN4lqD0clmwxuqA/view
This report is designed for use at the local level to help decision-makers preserve Vermont natural resources, wildlife and cultural heritage.
People: John Austin
Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. , Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Vermont
Report
conservation, community based planning, forest preservation, natural heritage
conservation, management
conservation, management
Austin, J., Alexander, C., Marshall, E., Hammond, F., Shippee, J., and Thompson, E. (2013). Conserving Vermont's natural heritage: a guide to community-based planning for the conservation of Vermont's fish, wildlife, and biological diversity. Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department . 136 p.
Map showing Agency of Natural Resource owned and other public lands in VT
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Vermont
Map
natural resources, public lands, state-owned forests
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. (2014). Vermont Agency of Natural Resource lands detail maps [map]. Retrieved from http://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/State_Lands_Administration/Land_Records/Library/mapbook_natgeo.pdf
This project will test alternative hypotheses that have been proposed to explain declines in specialist herbivores from fragmented forests. This research is important in understanding how changes in land use or other disturbances that fragment habitats will affect biodiversity and the integrity of ecosystems. The project will focus on butterfly larvae of species with different diet requirements as model study organisms. Their dependence on particular plant species and their role as prey for birds will be studied in 40 forest sites in Connecticut where the basic ecological interactions are well known. In addition to analysis of response to past forest fragmentation, experiments protecting caterpillars from predation will help quantify the importance of food resources. The study will improve understanding of natural food webs subject to human impacts and can guide future forest management. This project will also provide research training for students in forest ecology that will strengthen the scientific workforce.
People: Michael S. Singer , Betsy Von Holle
Institutions: National Science Foundation, NSF
Connecticut
Report
biodiversity, birds
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Holle, B. V.; Singer, M. "Collaborative Research: Effects of forest fragmentation on Lepidopteran herbivores of contrasting diet breadth." 8 September 2016, Accessed from https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1556766&HistoricalAwards=false
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1556766&HistoricalAwards=false
This study evaluated the effects of forest composition and patch configuration on patterns of patch-scale habitat selection displayed by American marten (Martes americana) to identify marten responses to the cumulative and multidimensional effects of forest harvesting across a 30-year period (1989-2019).
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Report
ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Woollard T., "Cumulative Effects of Habitat Change: American Marten Habitat Selection and 30 Years of Forest Harvesting in Maine" University of Maine, 2021, Accessed from: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3541/
This study analyzed data from a woodland site for a 59-year period to determine whether changes in bird populations are related to changes in the diversity and relative abundance of woody plant species even when vegetation structure, degree of forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape, and regional changes in bird populations are taken into account. Principal component analyses generated vegetation factors encompassing variables such as total basal area, shrub density, basal area of common tree species, and measures of tree and shrub species diversity. It also calculated a forest edge/forest area index based on GIS analysis of the landscape within 2 km of the study site.
People: Robert Askins , Mary Buchanan , Chad C. Jones
Institutions: Connecticut College, University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Article
plant species, birds, gis
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
This article outlines an integrative approach that could be used to evaluate the economic and ecological consequences of specific forest regulation policies.
People: Tara Michele Barrett
Institutions: University Of California, Berkeley
Maine
Article
timber, harvest
methods, management, planning, drivers
conservation, management, policy
Barrett, T.M., "A methodology for evaluation of the economic, forest fragmentation, and wildlife habitat effects of policies restricting size and adjacency of clearcut timber harvests" ProQuest, University of California, Berkeley. 1996, Accessed from (https://www.proquest.com/openview/33529460caf5cd25d9f92bb5485c056c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y)
This presentation by Jamey Fidel, General Counsel/Forest and Wildlife Program Director for Vermont Natural Resources Council at the FEMC 2015 Annual Conference, addresses parcelization and fragmentation in Vermont and provides steps on reducing the negative impacts from such events.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Natural Resources Council, Forest and Wildlife Program
Vermont
Poster
fragmentation, landuse planning, landscape connectivity, parcelization
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Fidel, J. (2015). Tracking parcelization and addressing forest fragmentation: tools and strategies for reversing negative trends in Vermont. Vermont Natural Resources Council. Available at https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/annualMeeting/2015/presentations/Fidel_VMC_2015.pdf
https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/annualMeeting/2015/presentations/Fidel_VMC_2015.pdf
Forests have become increasingly fragmented throughout the US, with residential development serving as the primary driver of these changes. These altered landscapes have provided suitable conditions for a broad range of wildlife, including blacklegged ticks and their hosts. Lawns dominate residential landscapes, and thus their management has the potential to reduce the likelihood of contact with ticks in residential yards. This study tested the hypothesis that lawn mowing frequency influences tick occurrence in 16 suburban yards in Springfield, MA.
People: Susannah B. Lerman , Vincent D'Amico
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts, UMass
Springfield, Massachusetts
Report
ticks
methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
No citation available.
This is an article and news clip from the public hearing in Bangor, Maine on the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) Powerline.
People: Spencer Roberts
Institutions: WABI Channel 5
Bangor, Maine
Poster
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Public hearing on CMP transmission corridor focuses on mitigating impacts [Video File]. (2019, May 9). Retrieved from https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Public-hearing-on-CMP-transmission-corridor-focuses-on-mitigating-impacts-509709651.html
For Vermont to truly embody our identity as the Green Mountain State, people must think holistically, not just about protecting forests, but the entire supply chain that allows forestland owners to receive a reasonable rate of return. Working to preserve forest products enterprises that add value and generate revenue essential to stable land ownership is the best practice of today and the future. The next time you see a log truck on the road, think about where it came from, where it's going, and the benefits we all accrue as a result.
People: Julie Moore
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Vermont
Poster
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Moore, J. "Julie Moore: Protecting Vermont's Forests Requires Cutting Some Trees." Bennington Banner, 25 September 2019, Accessed from https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/julie-moore-protecting-vermonts-forests-requires-cutting-some-trees,585730
A heuristic was used to aggregate similar parcels to provide an estimate of actual landownership. The estimated average statewide ownership is 17.9 ac, and when properties less than 10 ac are excluded, the average rises to 42.5 ac. The median ownership varies from east to west in the state across the spectrum of suburban development radiating from the metropolitan Boston area, with the median being 4.8, 7.8, and 8.6 ac in the eastern, central, and western part of the state, respectively. These results are compared with ownership estimates generated by the US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis.
People: Paul Catanzaro , Jennifer Fish , Brett Butler , Anthony D'Amato , David Kittredge
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Minnesota, University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Kittredge, D. B.; D'Amato, A. W.; Catanzaro, P.; Fish, J.; Butler, B.; "Estimating Ownerships and Parcels of Nonindustrial Private Forestland in Massachusetts" September 2008, Accessed from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bd96/3e2a80cfb822fb5415d4f85fa3778b564c2e.pdf?_ga=2.11876404.187097471.1588606058-98031439.1588606058
The study described in this article will attempt to address the efficacy of the Chapter 61 program in deterring forest parcelization across the state since the mid-1980s. It will also examine the rate of enrollees who obtain permanent protection for their forest land through conservation restrictions following initial program enrollment.
People: Jaekton H. Hewes
Institutions: University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Massachusetts
Article
parcelization
conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Hewes, J.H., ""Reality Check: Has The Massachusetts Current-Use Tax Program Been Effective In Deterring Forest Parcelization?"" Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2005, Accessed from (https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/technical_reports/pdfs/2005/325papers/hewes325.pdf)
This study provides a regional model framework to evaluate timber supply and carbon impacts of environmental and socioeconomic change in Maine, USA. They construct alternative future narratives that vary economic growth, forest management, and environmental policies and then conduct econometric analysis to project forest area and timber supply over the next 80 years under five shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs).
People: Aaron Weiskittel , Jianheng Zhao , Adam Daigneault
Institutions: University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
Maine
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Zhao J., Daigneault A., Weiskittel A., "Estimating regional timber supply and forest carbon sequestration under shared socioeconomic pathways: A case study of Maine, USA", 9 May 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000018
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000018
Following timber harvests, this study observed changes in avian richness and abundance and vegetation structure at both sites compared to preharvest conditions. It also documented differences in arthropod diversity and habitat usage of 6 target songbird species at the Canaan, NH site 8- and 9-years after harvest.
Institutions: Plymouth State University
Canaan
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Reitsma L., "Avian richness increases following group-selection timber harvests in west-central New Hampshire", 27 April, 2021, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/73569ff6b02c123e547c7d86832feca3/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
The authors identified and quantified forest fragmentation and urban sprawl in the 140 square mile Salmon River watershed in Connecticut. To do this, they developed accurate and consistent general land cover maps and identified the land cover change derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper satellite imagery.
People: James Hurd , Emily Wilson, Steven Lammey, Daniel Civco
Institutions: University of Connecticut, CAHNR
Connecticut
Article
imagery, landsat, fragmentation, watershed
methods, management, ecosystem services
education
Hurd, J. D., Wilson, E. H., Lammey, S. G., & Civco, D. L. (2001). Characterization of Forest Fragmentation and Urban Sprawl Using Time Sequential Landsay Imagery. ASPRS 2001 Annual Convention, 12.
This report qualitatively compared the efficacy of two types of conservation assistance programs available in Vermont: traditional programs offered through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and a simplified, accelerated program offered through a non-governmental partnership called Woods, Wildlife, and Warblers. The results from this survey, which was sent to 2,122 randomly selected Vermont family forest owners and had a cooperation rate of 38%, are presented.
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, policy
Harrington M. E., "The Efficacy of Habitat Conservation Assistance Programs for Family Forest Owners in Vermont", 2021, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-5698
This report details the indicators that were developed to characterize types of potential alteration for sub-basins and groundwater contributing areas in Massachusetts.
People: P. Weiskel
Institutions: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Massachusetts
Report
land use, water quality, streamflow, forests, fragmentation, impervious cover
ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Weiskel, P. K., Brandt, S. L., DeSimone, L. A., Ostiguy, L. J., & Archfield, S. A. (2010). Indicators of streamflow alteration, habitat fragmentation, impervious cover, and water quality for Massachusetts stream basins. US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey. 70 p.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5272/pdf/sir2009-5272_text.pdf
The authors analyzed subdivision trends in Vermont by using state Grand List data for 2003 and 2009 to establish a database of parcels of land in the state, compiled by class size. The analysis goals were to: (1) quantify the extent of subdivision and the degree to which subdivision is affecting the viability of undeveloped land for resource management; (2) quantify and understand the extent to which residential development is occurring on parcels that are larger than needed for a residence; and (3) investigate and document paaerns that may be relevant for policies and programs that support resource management and/or discourage fragmentation.
People: Deb Brighton
Institutions: Northeastern States Research Cooperative , Vermont Natural Resources Council
Fletcher, Stowe, Elmore, Calais, Middlesex, Norwich, Bennington, Hinesburg
Report
resource management, fragmentation, forest stewardship, parcelization, policy, policy making, wildlife conservation
management
conservation, management, policy
Brighton, D., Fidel, J., Shupe, B., Sinclair, S. and Austin, J. (2010). Informing land use planning and forestland conservation through subdivision and parcelization trend information. Vermont Natural Resources Council.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rnkZm13s_NGiv46Xvcrpef-OEmIxYbq_/view
The authors conduct a literature review on the influence of socio-economic structures on family forest owners and how they manage their lands, with a specific focus on public policy. The authors also identified areas where more research is needed.
People: Francisco Aguilar, Matthew Kelly
Institutions: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Michigan Technological University
No location information available
Article
management, planning
policy
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204619300398
This report seeks to inform the development of a PWS program in Southeast Maine by examining the system of incentives needed to encourage private forest owners to adopt conservation best management practices that enhance water quality downstream.
Institutions: The University of Michigan
Sebago, Maine
Report
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management
Cantor D., Fay C., Harrison M., Levine E., Zwicke C., "Scaling up Payments for Watershed Services: Recommendations for Increasing Participation in Watershed Conservation Among Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners in the Sebago Lake Watershed, Maine", April 2012, Accessed from: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/90874
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it is investing $330 million nationwide in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation's water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability, including a project in Rhode Island. Projects are awarded through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
No location information available
Report
Petit D., "USDA awards new partnership project in Rhode Island to help mitigate climate change and protect natural resources", 30 April 2021, Accessed from: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ri/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1770845
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ri/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1770845
The objectives of this study were to better understand the spatial and population structure of Bobcats in Rhode Island. They specifically examined space use, resource selection, and population genetics.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service , University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife
Rhode Island
Article
conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Mayer A. E., McGreevy J. Jr, Sullivan M. E., Brown C., Husband T. P., Gerber B. D., "Population Genetics and Spatial Ecology of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a Landscape with a High Density of Humans in New England", Northeastern Naturalist, 28(4):408-429 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1656/045.028.0401
No additional information available.
Vermont
Article
conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Forest Fragmentation", https://www.uvm.edu/~mjk/195 Tracking Wildlife Corridors/Forest Fragmentation | VNRC.pdf
https://www.uvm.edu/~mjk/195 Tracking Wildlife Corridors/Forest Fragmentation | VNRC.pdf
This study presents a geographic information system (GIS) method for mapping predicted tick exposure risk at a 200 m by 200 m resolution, appropriate for public health intervention. They followed the approach used to map tick habitat suitability over large areas. They used drag-cloth sampling to measure the density of nymphal blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis, Say (Acari: Ixodidae)) at 24 sites in Addison and Rutland Counties, VT, United States.
People: David Allen
Institutions: Middlebury College, Biology Department , University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Rutland, Addison
Article
drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
No citation available.
The purpose of this paper is to explain the planned process and strategies of the Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce New England Cottontails to the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge.
People: Nick Ernst , Charlie Vandemoer
Institutions: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Rhode Island
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management
Ernst, N., Vandemoer, C. "Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex" US Fish and Wildlife Service, 27 February, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Rhode_Island_Complex/Ninigret/NEC.NewsRelease.withProjectDescription.pdf)
No additional information available.
Institutions: Rhode Island Woodland Partnership , Eco RI News
Rhode Island
Poster
residential management
conservation, methods, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Rhode Island Woodland Partnership "R.I. Woodland Partnership Works to Prevent Continued Loss of Priceless Resource" Eco RI news, 9 August 2017, Accessed from https://www.ecori.org/green-opinions/2017/8/8/ri-woodland-partnership-works-to-prevent-continued-loss-of-priceless-resource
This plan describes the Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson, Maine and makes suggestions for management. It is a comprehensive compilation and update of five existing management plans covering five separate land purchases.
People: Bambi Jones , David Moskovitz
Institutions: Hidden Valley Nature Center
Jefferson, Maine
Report
conservation, management, planning
conservation, management
Jones, B.; Moskovitz, D. June 20, 2013. "Forest Management Plan." Accessed From (https://www.midcoastconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HVNC-Comprehensive-FMP-with-Stand-Map.pdf)
This article I an overview of the land use change in Northeastern U.S. starting in the 1980s.
Institutions: Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance
No location information available
Article
land use change
landscape pattern and connectivity
education
No citation available.
Maine Audubon and its partners, the Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and The Nature Conservancy, conducted a pilot project to survey and evaluate existing road crossings in Maine for retrofit potential
People: Barbara Charry
Institutions: Maine Audubon Society
Franklin, Oxford, York
Report
habitat connectivity, culverts, road infrastructure, wildlife crossings
ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, education
Charry, B. and Kintsch, J. (2015). Maine Terrestrial Wildlife Crossings Survey Report: Potential for Retrofitting Transportation Infrastructure to Benefit Movement of Terrestrial Wildlife. Maine Audubon.
http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Terrestrial-Exec-Summary.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Bill Reid
Institutions: The Bulletin
Massachusetts, Connecticut
Poster
conservation, ecosystem services
conservation, education
Reid, B. "Our Forests aare a Precious Resource" 1 December 2019, Accessed from https://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20191201/our-forests-are-precious-resource
No additional information available.
Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Connecticut
Poster
strategic plan
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, "Connecticut Forest Action Plan" 29 October 2019, Accessed from https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Forestry/Forest-Assessment
No additional information available.
People: Christopher Riely , Judee Burr , Kate Sayles
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Tree Council
Rhode Island
Report
conservation, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education, policy
Riely, C.; Sayles, K.; Burr, J. "The Value of Rhode Island Forests" August 2019, Accessed from http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/forest-value.pdf
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/forest-value.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Wilson Ring
Institutions: Burlington Free Press
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, policy
Ring, W. "Commissioner Warns of Forest Fragmentation" Associated Press, Burlington Free Press, 16 April, 2015. Accessed from (https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/vermont/2015/04/16/commissioner-warns-forest-fragmentation/25897293/)
This study looks at Lyme disease through the lens of fragmentation and human interaction with fragmented landscapes to provide recommendations for reducing the incidence of Lyme disease in human populations.
People: Andrew MacDonald, Ashley Larsen, Andrew Plantinga
Institutions: Stanford University, University of California, Santa Barbara
New England
Article
management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, policy
No citation available.
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.13289
An argument for future research on taxonomic groups and global threats such as climate change in order to effectively improve species conservation efforts.
People: Jordan E. Rogan , Thomas E. Lacher
Institutions: Texas A&M University
New England
Article
biodiversity, fragmentation
conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Rogan, J.E.; Lacher Jr, T.E. "Impact of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Terrestrial Biodiversity." Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2018. Accessed From (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489109133)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489109133
In this study, we explored and compared the climatic and landscape factors that shape the spatial patterns of human Lyme cases in these two regions, using the generalized linear mixed models.
People: Yuting Dong , Zheng Huang , Young Zhang , Yingying X.G. Wang , Yang La
Institutions: Nanjing Normal University, College of Life Sciences , Nanjing Forestry University, College of Biology and the Environment , University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science , Medical College, Tibet University
New England
Article
lyme disease
management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Dong, Y.; Huang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y.X.; La, Y. Comparing the Climatic and Landscape Risk Factors for Lyme Disease Cases in the Upper Midwest and Northeast United States. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 1548.
No additional information available.
Institutions: National Audubon Society , National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Develop
New England
Poster
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
National Audubon Society, NASA Develop. 2014. "Where Have the Songbirds Gone?" Accessed From (https://www.nasa.gov/SpaceforUS/stories/nh.html)
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/story/where-have-songbirds-gone
No additional information available.
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service
Vermont
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
The specific objectives of this study are to focus on parcelization in Massachusetts communities, and to identify: an expression or index to describe the extent to which it is occurring; any socioeconomic or demographic variables that are related to parcelization; and the extent to which harvesting may be influenced by parcelization.
People: David Kittredge , Kelly Grogan
Institutions: Dartmouth College , Harvard University, Harvard Forest , University of Massachusetts Amherst
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Kittredge D., Grogan K., "Harvard Forest Symposium Abstract 2005; The Parcelization of Forests and Timber Harvest" Harvard Forest, 2005, Accessed online: https://harvardforest2.fas.harvard.edu/asp/hf/php/symposium/symposium_abstract_view.php?id=36
https://harvardforest2.fas.harvard.edu/asp/hf/php/symposium/symposium_abstract_view.php?id=36
The authors conducted a literature review on the impacts of fragmentation and habitat loss on plant individual functional traits, or a plant's ability to persist, disperse, and establish itself in a new location, and plant fuctional diversity. Following their summary of fragmentation impacts on fuctional traits and diversity, they discussed current knowledge gaps and proposed ways to move forward.
People: Jenny Zambrano, Carol Garzon-Lopez, Lauren Yeager, Claire Fortunel, Norbert Cordeiro, Noelle Beckman, Noelle Beckman
Institutions: Utah State University, University of California , Washington State University, Universidad de los Andes, University of Texas at Austin, Roosevelt University, The Field Museum, Universite de Montpellier
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00442-019-04505-x.pdf
This article discusses a report released by the Vermont Natural Resources Council that found Vermont's land parcels to be shrinking.
People: Elizabeth Gribkoff
Institutions: VTDigger
Vermont
Website
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Gribkoff, E. (2018, Oct. 3). Vermont forest parcels shrinking, report shows. Retrieved from: https://vtdigger.org/2018/10/03/vermont-forest-parcels-shrinking-report-shows/
https://vtdigger.org/2018/10/03/vermont-forest-parcels-shrinking-report-shows/
No additional information available.
Institutions: Cornwall Historical Society
Connecticut
Website
reforestation
conservation, ecosystem services
conservation, education
Cornwall Historical Society "Out of the Woods, The Story of Cornwall's Forests." 2012, Accessed from http://www.cornwallhistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/forests/index.htm
http://www.cornwallhistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/forests/fragment.htm
No additional information available.
People: Carol Foss , Gro Flatebo , Steven K. Pelletier
Institutions: University of Maine, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Maine
Article
biodiversity, guidelines
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Flatebo, G., Foss, C. R., Pelletier, S. K. "Biodiversity in the Forests of Maine: Guidelines for Land Management" University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 1999, Accessed from (https://www.nyfoa.org/application/files/3014/7948/5456/BiodiversityinMaineForests.pdf)
https://www.nyfoa.org/application/files/3014/7948/5456/BiodiversityinMaineForests.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Website
communities, tool
conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
"Community Planning Toolbox: Forest Fragmentation" Vermont Natural Resources Council. Accessed from (https://vnrc.org/community-planning-toolbox/issues/forest-fragmentation/)
https://vnrc.org/community-planning-toolbox/issues/forest-fragmentation/
This report is an overview of parcelization and fragmentation in Vermont, the results of a roundtable discussion, and research done to develop act 250.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Report
act 250
conservation, methods, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Fidel, J. "Forest Fragmentation: Act 250 Consideration" Vermont Natural Resources Council, 2020. Accessed from (https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/WorkGroups/House Natural/Bills/19-0040/Written Testimony/Forest Fragmentation/W~Jamey Fidel~19-0040, Forest Fragmentation, Act 250 Considerations~2-8-2019.pdf)
No additional information available.
Maine
Article
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Forest Ecology Research at Schoodic Institute", Schoodic Institute, Acadia National Park, 2022, Accessed from: https://schoodicinstitute.org/science/forest-ecology-research/
https://schoodicinstitute.org/science/forest-ecology-research/
This presentation is an overview of the town plan and suggested updates to follow the requirements of Act 171.
People: Jens Hilke
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Vermont
Poster
conservation, methods, management
conservation, management, policy
Hilke J., "Waitsfield: Forest Blocks & Wildlife Road Crossings", 2021, Accessed from: http://www.waitsfieldvt.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-2.2-PC-Mtg-Act-171-Mapping-Sub-Presentation.pdf
This article is a discussion on the 2015 Vermont Forest Fragmentation Report.
People: Pat Bradley
Institutions: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Vermont
Poster
conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education, policy
Bradley, P. "Report Finds Fragmentation Threatens Vermont's Forests." WAMC Northeast Report, 16 April 2015, Accessed from https://www.wamc.org/post/report-finds-fragmentation-threatens-vermont-s-forests
https://www.wamc.org/post/report-finds-fragmentation-threatens-vermont-s-forests
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and its many partners and constituents are striving to keep forests as forests. A statewide goal of no net forest loss will focus on keeping forests present, connected, healthy, and productive for the people and ecosystems of Connecticut.
People: Dan Peracchio
Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Connecticut
Report
methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/2020_Draft_FAP.pdf
No additional information available.
Institutions: Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Vermont
Report
songbirds
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Vermont Center for Ecostudies "2017 The Status Of Vermont Forest Birds: A Quarter Century of Monitoring." 2017, Accessed from https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Status-of-VT-Forest-Birds.pdf
https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Status-of-VT-Forest-Birds.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Sam Schneski , Cynthia Rankin , Robbo Holleran , Roy Burton , Gil Whittemore , Daniel Ingold , Sue Greenall
Institutions: Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation , Weathersfield Planning Commission , North Springfield Sustainable Energy Project , West Windsor Conservation Commission
Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission, Vermont
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Schneski, S.; Rankin, C.; Holleran, R.; Burton, R.; Whittemore, G.; Ingold, D.; Greenall, S. "Landscape-Based Forest Stewardship: Southern Windsor County, Vermont." 2014, Accessed from https://www.lcpcvt.org/vertical/Sites/{3C01460C-7F49-40F5-B243-0CA7924F23AF}/uploads/SWCRPC_Regional_Forest_Stewardship_Report_FINAL.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Helene Hochholzer
Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Connecticut
Article
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Flounders, H. T. "The Connecticut Statewide Forest Resource Plan 2004-2013" 2020, Accessed From https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/forest_resource_plan/fplanallpdf.pdf?la=en
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/forest_resource_plan/fplanallpdf.pdf?la=en
No additional information available.
People: Jessica Leahy, Patrick Lyons
Institutions: University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
Maine
Article
conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
The forestry program manages the Scituate Reservoir Watershed Property by promoting long-term ecosystem health to protect a high quality water supply and other natural resources.
People: Christopher Riely , Robert Macmillan , Richard Blodgett
Institutions: Providence Water Supply Board, Water Resources Division
Rhode Island
Report
watershed, stewardship, reservoirs
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management
Macmillan, R., Riely, C., Blodgett, R. "Scituate Reservoir Watershed Property: Forest Stewardship Plan"
https://www.potomacdwspp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2011-20_PWSBForestStewardshipPlan_RI.pdf
The alteration of ecological networks by environmental change, including habitat fragmentation, is not well understood. This project will test alternative mechanistic pathways for loss of trophic specialization due to habitat fragmentation in a plant-herbivore-carnivore network. Elucidating these pathways will greatly improve predictive models of the impacts of fragmentation, which threatens habitat- and host-specialist species with local and global extinction.
People: Robert Bagchi , Dipanjana Dalui
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Connecticut
Article
conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Bagchi R., Wasserman B., Dalui D., LaScaleia M., Lucky B. M. A., "Forests Facing Environmental Change: Fragmented Ecological Networks", 2022, Accessed from: https://bagchi.eeb.uconn.edu/fragmented-ecological-networks/
https://bagchi.eeb.uconn.edu/fragmented-ecological-networks/#
An analysis of the effect of habitat fragmentation by roads, residential and agricultural land uses on hypothetical vernal pool breeding animals in western Massachusetts.
People: Bradley Compton , Kevin McGargal
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Massachusetts
Report
agriculture, roads, fragmentation, vernal pools
conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Cushman, S.A.; Compton, B.W.; McGarigal, K. 2009. "Habitat Fragmentation Effects Depend on Complex Interactions Between Population Size and Dispersal Ability: Modeling Influences of Roads, Agriculture and Residential Development Across a Range of Life-History Characteristics." Accessed From (https://www.umass.edu/landeco/pubs/cushman.et.al.2009.chapter20.pdf)
https://www.umass.edu/landeco/pubs/cushman.et.al.2009.chapter20.pdf
No additional information available.
People: Randall Morin , Rachel Riemann , Brett Butler , Chuck Barnett , Gary J. Brand , Grand M. Domke , Susan Francher , Mark H. Hansen , Mark A. Hatfield , Charles J. Barnett
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
No location information available
Report
inventory
Morin, R. S.; Barnett, C. J.; Brand, G. J.; Butler, B. J.; et. al. "New Hampshire's Forests 2007." September 2011. Accessed from https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/rb/rb_nrs53.pdf
Conjoint analysis is used to examine landowner attitudes toward specific management program attributes and requirements.
People: Donald Dennis , David Kittredge , Sarah White , H. Stevens Thomas
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Resource Economics
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, policy
Thomas H. S., White S., Kittredge D. B., Dennis D., "Factors affecting NIPF landowner participation in management programs: a Massachusetts case study", Journal of Forest Economics, 2002, v. 8, iss. 3, pp. 169-184, https://doi.org/10.1078/1104-6899-00012
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1104689904700124
This report is an overview of the results of a reintroduction of the American Marten in Vermont.
People: Richard DeGraaf , Clay Grove , Robert Brooks , Chris Bernier , Todd Fuller, Frank Thompson
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Green Mountain National Forest , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department , University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Vermont
Article
american marten
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
"Moruzzi, T. L.; Royar, K. J.; Grove, C.; Brooks R. T.; Bernier, C.; Thompson, F. L. Jr.; DeGraaf, R. M.; Fuller, T. K. ""Assessing an American Marten, Martes americana, reintroduction in Vermont."" Canadian Field-Naturalist 117(2): 190-195. 2003, Accessed from https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/681/682"
https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/681/682
An overview of the health of the forests in Chester, Vermont with a focus on fragmentation and ecosystem services.
People: Monica Przyperhart
Institutions: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Vermont, Chester
Report
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Przyperhart, M. "Chester: Planning With Wildlife in Mind." Accessed from http://www.chestervt.gov/uploads/1/1/9/4/119456679/vt_fish_and_wildlife_presentation.pdf
http://www.chestervt.gov/uploads/1/1/9/4/119456679/vt_fish_and_wildlife_presentation.pdf
The tool described in this essay helps city decision-makers evaluate how different development designs benefit or do not benefit different bird species.
People: Mark Hostetler
Institutions: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
No location information available
Website
conservation, habitat, birds, wildlife, management, ecosystems
landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Hostetler, M., & Archer, J. M. (2017, January 11). Building for Birds: An Online Tool to Evaluate How Different Development Designs Impact Forest Bird Habitat. The Nature of Cities. Available at https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2017/01/11/building-birds-new-online-tool-evaluate-different-development-designs-impact-forest-bird-habitat/
No additional information available.
People: Jamey Fidel , Jens Hilke, Clare Rock
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Vermont
Website
fragmentation, planning
management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
Hilke, J. Rock, C. & Fidel, J. (2017). Implementing Act 171 Land Use Planning To Address Forest Fragmentation. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EusloD8LdAE
The authors studied environmental factors that promote Ixodes scapularis, or the black-legged tick, which carries Lyme disease. They also determined that studies should include both host counts and flag/drag counts of ticks to conduct a more complete study of black-legged tick populations.
People: Howard Ginsberg, Eric Rulison, Jasmine Miller, Genevieve Pang, Isis Arsnoe, Nicholas Ogden, Roger LeBrun, Jean Tsao, Graham J. Hickling
Institutions: Michigan State University , Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Rhode Island Field Station, University of Rhode Island, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Public Health Agency of Canada
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X19301827
This study tests weather landscape fragmentation plays a role in the Lyme disease risk based on the density of the host species.
People: John S. Brownstein , David K. Skelly , Theodore R. Holford , Durlan Fish
Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies , Boston Children's Hospital , Yale School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Connecticut
Article
lyme disease
wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
No citation available.
A study of the combined effects of urbanization and air quality on carbon storage in vegetation. Tests were performed at seven sites along a 120 km rural to urban gradient across Massachusetts.
People: Lucy Hutyra , Pamela Templer , Richard Primack , Richard Primack, Erin A. Pierce
Institutions: Boston University
No location information available
Article
carbon
Pierce, E.A. 2019. "Effects of Air Quality, Urbanization, and Fragmentation on Aboveground Carbon Storage of Temperate Forest Ecosystems." Accessed From (https://open.bu.edu/ds2/stream/?#/documents/387435/page/1)
No additional information available.
People: James Hurd , Daniel Civco
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Article
landsat
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
Hurd, J.; Civco, D. L.; "Assessing Forest Fragmentation in Connecticut Using Milti-Temporal Land Cover" April 30 2010, Accessed from https://clear.uconn.edu/publications/research/tech_papers/Hurd_et_al_ASPRS2010.pdf
No additional information available.
People: James Gibbs
Institutions: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Connecticut
Report
salamanders
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Gibbs, J. P. "Genetic Structure of Redback Salamander Plethodon Cinereus Populations in Continuous and Fragmented Forests
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320797001730
This paper describes the approach taken by the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System and several partners to assess NIPF owners' knowledge levels and needs in these areas. It reports on the results of a mail survey to NIPFs and on the implications those results have for future research and educational efforts. The results and implications should be applicable in other states where high land values and land fragmentation are important issues.
People: Stephpen H. Broderick , Kenneth P. Hadden , Brian Heninger
Institutions: University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Article
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/njaf/article-abstract/11/2/47/4802499
No additional information available.
People: James Hurd , Daniel Civco
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research
Connecticut
Report
conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Hurd, J.; Civco, D. L. "Assessing The Impact Of Land Cover Spatial Resolution On Forest Fragmentation Modeling" May 2008, Accessed from http://clear.uconn.edu/publications/research/tech_papers/Hurd_Civco_ASPRS2008.pdf
http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/proceedings/portland08/0030.pdf
This study uses linear mixed models to explore patterns of occurrence and ecological function of 2844 bird species at 293 localities spanning five continents.
People: Tom P. Bregman , Cagan H. Sekercioglu , Joseph A. Tobias
Institutions: University of Oxford, Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology , University of Utah, Department of Biology
No location information available
Report
birds, fragmentation, bird, global
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Bregman, T.P., Sekercioglu, C.H., Tobias, J.A., "Global patterns and predictors of bird species responses to forest fragmentation: Implications for ecosystem function and conservation" Biological Conservation, Colume 169, January 2014, pp. 372-383, 2013. Accessed from (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713004035#!)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713004035#!
No additional information available.
People: Peter Vickery , Malcolm Hunter, Scott Melvin
Institutions: University of Maine , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Cumberland, Hancock, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Washington, York
Article
grasslands, breeding birds, early successional
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation, education
Vickery, P. D., Hunter, M. L., & Melvin, S. M. (1994). Effects of Habitat Area on the Distribution of Grassland Birds in Maine. Conservation Biology. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041087.x
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041087.x
Greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories conducted at state and regional levels serve to quantify long- term emissions trends and set benchmarks against which to evaluate the effectiveness of state government-mandated emissions reductions. GHG inventories which incompletely account for land use, land change, and forestry (LUCF) due to insufficient measurement tools discount the value of terrestrial carbon (C) sinks. In consequence, sink preservation is often omitted from regional land use planning. This paper proposes an accounting methodology which estimates foregone C sequestration derived LUCF change in the southern New England State of Connecticut (CT).
Connecticut
Article
conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Tomasso L. P., Leighton M., "The Impact of Land Use Change for Greenhouse Gas Inventories and State-Level Climate Mediation Policy: A GIS Methodology Applied to Connecticut", v. 5, no. 7, 2014, Accessed from: https://www.scirp.org/html/3-6702464_52176.htm?pagespeed=noscript
https://www.scirp.org/html/3-6702464_52176.htm?pagespeed=noscript
The author used a spatially explicit population model to assess potential effects of predicted changes in snowfall by 2055 on regional marten and lynx populations. The author found that the climate change interacted with logging in its effects on the marten and with trapping in its effects on the lynx, increasing overall vulnerability.
People: C. Carroll
Institutions: Klamath Center for Conservation Research
Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire
Article
populations, connectivity, marten, lynx
conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning
conservation, education
Carroll, C. (2007). Interacting effects of climate change, landscape conversion, and harvest on carnivore populations at the range margin: marten and lynx in the northern Appalachians. Conservation biology, 21(4), 1092-1104.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00719.x
This review paper describes habitat fragmentation, as well as alternative perspectives on fragmentation in which habitat patches are viewed either as analogs of oceanic islands embedded in an ecologically neutral sea or as patches of variable quality embedded within a complex and heterogeneous mosaic of patches of varying suitability and affects on habitat connectivit, and key spatial components of habitat loss and fragmentation: habitat extent, subdivision, geometry, isolation, and connectivity, and their affects on individual behavior and habitat use, population structure and viability, and interspecific interactions.
People: Kevin McGarigal
Institutions: UMass Amherst Department of Natural Resources Conservation , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
No location information available
Article
biodiversity, fragmentation, anthropogenic habitat loss, guidelines, human impacts, protocol
methods, management, planning, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
management, education
McGarigal, K., Cushman, S., & Regan, C. (2005). Quantifying Terrestrial Habitat Loss and Fragmentation: A Protocol. University of Massachusetts, 115.
The authors examined how a history of agricultural land use and current forest fragmentation influence the abundance of red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus). The results suggest that historical agriculture affected salamander abundance by altering forest vegetation at a local scale and forest cover at a landscape scale.
People: Bradley Cosentino, Kristen Brubaker
Institutions: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hector
Article
agriculture, habitat, salamanders, fragmentation, landscape modification
wildlife and habitat
education
Cosentino, B.J. and Brubaker, K.M. (2018). Effects of land use legacies and habitat fragmentation on salamander abundance. Landscape Ecology, 33(9), pp.1573-1584.
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People: Kathleen Bell, Cynthia Loftin, Cynthia Loftin , Abigail Kaminski , Dana Marie Bauer , Erik J. Nelson
Institutions: Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Maine, School of Economics , Clark University , Clark University, George Perkins Marsh Institute , Bowdoin College
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England
Article
urban
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Kaminski, A., Bauer, D. M., Bell, K. P., Loftin, C. S., Nelson, E. J. "Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient". Landscape Ecol, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01287-7
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-021-01287-7
This website provides information about the Trust for Public Lands (TPL).
Institutions: The Trust For Public Land
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire
Website
conservation, recreation, conserved land, recreational land, social-ecological
conservation, management
conservation
The Trust for Public Lands. (n.d.). Available at https://www.tpl.org/home
This web article provides an easy-to-understand overview of the problems related to forest fragmentation, with particular focus on wildlife impacts.
People: Dan Puplett
Institutions: Trees for Life
No location information available
Website
biodiversity, threats
drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
Puplett, D. (n.d.). Habitat fragmentation. Available at https://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/human-impacts/habitat-fragmentation/
https://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/human-impacts/habitat-fragmentation/
This website summarizes that are facing Connecticut's forest, with a focus on birds, and highlights some of the current programs in place to combat these issues.
People: Sean Grace
Institutions: Connecticut Audubon Society
Connecticut
Poster
conservation, methods, planning, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
No citation available.
This thesis focuses on specific issues that help further an understanding of the pressures that motivate forest/farm landowners to manage their lands for various uses.
People: Jayne Lello
Institutions: University of Maine
Maine
Article
landowners
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, education
Lello, J. "Social and Economic Pressures That Lead to Fragmentation, Parcelization, and Deforestation in the Maine Woods" The University of Maine, May 2012. Accessed from (https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/1724/)
This paper describes the generation of different types of information layers of a forest fragmentation model and how they are being applied as tools for land use planning in Connecticut.
People: James Hurd , Emily Wilson, Daniel Civco, Chester L. Arnold , Sandy Prisloe
Institutions: University of Connecticut, University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research
Connecticut
Report
conservation, methods, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
No additional information available.
People: Therese Donovan , James Murdoch , Jessica Espenshade
Institutions: United States Geological Survey (USGS) , Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, Non Game and Natural Heritage , Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative , University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Vermont
Article
development, visual preference survey, development acceptability, landscape
ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
education
No citation available.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203515
The authors studied the accuracy of using habitat monitoring and species distribution models as a proxy for direct monitoring when resources inhibit direct, in-situ monitoring of a species.
People: Erin Simons-Legaard, John Clare, Shawn McKinney, John DePue, Cynthia Loftin, Cynthia Loftin
Institutions: University of Maine , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife , Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
No location information available
Article
No citation available.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718301083#!
No additional information available.
People: Riley M. Anderson , Nicole M. Dallar , Nikki L. Pirtel , Christian J. Connors , James Mickley , Robert Bagchi , Michael S. Singer
Institutions: Wesleyan University, University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Connecticut
Report
herbivory, parasites
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00452/full
No additional information available.
People: Elliott E. White , Emily A. Ury , Emily S. Bernhardt , Xi Yang
Institutions: Duke University, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences
No location information available
Article
climate change, wetlands
conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, policy
No citation available.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-021-00686-w
This research presents a framework and methodology for understanding natural systems in a highly fragmented landscape and for prioritizing conservation sites.
People: Marc Lapin
Institutions: Cornell University
Vermont
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers
conservation, management
Lapin M. F., "Nature conservation in an agricultural landscape: Forest ecology, fragmentation analysis, and systematic site prioritization, southern Champlain Valley, Vermont, United States", January 2003, Cornell University, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/4d7db23286c03c7c7e5bf630226eeb5a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
The Vermont Climate Assessment (VCA) assesses the science of climate change and its impacts across Vermont. This report draws from foundational science about climate change and variability to analyze the effects of global change on Vermont's people, economy, and environment.
People: Steven Faccio , Dani Cook , Pablo Bose , Mahalia Clark , Peter Clark , Jake Carlo , Deniz Dutton , Caitlin Crossett , Stephanie Clement
Institutions: University of Vermont, Department of Geography , University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , Vermont Center for Ecostudies, VCE , University of Vermont, Plant and Soil Science , University of Vermont, Extension , Vermont EPSCoR , Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) , Gund Institute for Environment , Vermont Center for Ecostudies , Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund , One Tree Planted
Vermont
Report
conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, policy
Bose P., Clark M., Clark P., Claro J., et. al. "Vermont Climate Assessment" University of Vermont, 2021, https://site.uvm.edu/vtclimateassessment/about-vca/
The Environmental Studies Program of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont received permission from the College to restore a deforested clayplain fragment that, until recently, had been in agricultural use. Working in cooperation with the Champlain Valley Clayplain Forest Project (CVCFP), a group of students from the Environmental Studies Senior Seminar in the spring of 2003 undertook the task of restoring native clayplain forest to the site.
People: Michela Adrian , Nora Greenglass , Kelsey Ingmundson , Alex Kinsey , Brian McCurdy , Daniela Salaverry , Rita Vincello , Martin Whyte , Sarah Twichell
Institutions: Middlebury College
Vermont, Champlain Valley
Report
agriculture
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
Adrian, M.; Greenglass, N.; Ingmundson, K.; Kinsey, A.; McCurdy, B.; Salaverry, D.; Twichell, S.; Vincello, R.; Whyte, M. "Champlain Valley Clayplain Forest Restoration: A Landowner's Guide." Spring 2003, Accessed from http://www.middlebury.edu/media/view/255487/original/clayplain.pdf
http://www.middlebury.edu/media/view/255487/original/clayplain.pdf
This thesis examined the relative influence of forest habitat characteristics and landscape context on the presence of Canada Warblers (Wilsonia canadensis) and Northern Waterthrushes (Seiurus noveboracensis) in 80 survey plots located in 44 Rhode Island forested swamps during 1997 and 1998. It used both univariate and forward stepwise logistic regression analysis to create models for predicting the probability of occurrence, or incidence, of each species.
People: Francis C. Golet , Nicholas A. Miller
Institutions: University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Report
birds
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, education
No citation available.
To better understand the importance of edge effects on amphibians in a forested landscape, this study sampled the distribution of populations along drift fences placed perpendicular to silvicultural edges of varying contrast in central Maine.
People: Malcolm Hunter, Phillip DeMaynadier
Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology, Society For Conservation Biology
Maine
Article
silviculture, abundance, amphibian, distribution, edge
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
Demaynadier, P.G., Hunter, M.L. (1998), "Effects of Silvicultural Edges on the Distribution and Abundance of Amphibians in Maine". Conservation Biology, 12: 340-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.96412.x
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.96412.x
This article address conservation concerns and asks if development, recreation, biodiversity protection, and forest fragmentation are being addressed. It also asks if costs and benefits associated with the various conservation of the state are being weighed.
People: David J. Lewis
Institutions: University of Maine , University of Maine, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
Maine
Article
conservation easements
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Lewis, D. J. "Easements and Conservation Policy in the North Maine Woods." Maine Policy Review 10.1 (2001) : 24 -36, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol10/iss1/5.
This chapter is a summary of forest changes and successful conservation efforts that ensure the diversity and abundance of native birds in Maine. Insight into the future of the species that remain at the greatest risk is given.
People: Barbara Vickery , Jeffrey V. Wells , Charles D. Duncan
Institutions: Princeton University Press
Maine
Book
conservation, wildlife and habitat
conservation
No citation available.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691211855-008/html
The Assessment and Strategy is required per the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, which was enacted June 19, 2008. All States wishing to be eligible to receive direct financial assistance, apply for competitive grants, and accept other support from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service through the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act (CFAA) must submit these reports by June 2010. State Assessments are intended to identify key forest-related issues and priorities to support development of the long-term State Strategies.
People: Helene Hochholzer , Joel Stocker , William R Bentley , Dan Peracchio
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Salmon Brook Associates
Connecticut
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Hochholzer, H.; Peracchio, D. "Connecticut's Forest Action Plan 2010 (Rrevised 2015)" 2015, Accessed From https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/assessment_and_strategy/FAP2015pdf.pdf?la=en
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/assessment_and_strategy/FAP2015pdf.pdf?la=en
The Assessment and Strategy is required per the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, which was enacted June 19, 2008. All States wishing to be eligible to receive direct financial assistance, apply for competitive grants, and accept other support from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service through the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act (CFAA) must submit these reports by June 2010. State Assessments are intended to identify key forest-related issues and priorities to support development of the long-term State Strategies.
People: Helene Hochholzer , Joel Stocker , William R Bentley
Institutions: University of Connecticut, Salmon Brook Associates
Connecticut
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Hochholzer, H.; Peracchio, D. "Connecticut's Forest Action Plan 2010" 2010, Accessed From https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/assessment_and_strategy/AssessmentStrategypdf.pdf?la=en
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/assessment_and_strategy/AssessmentStrategypdf.pdf?la=en
In 1978, the Vermont legislature passed a law establishing the Use Value Appraisal of Agricultural, Forest, Conservation and Farm Buildings Property. Today, this program is known as "Current Use" and is administered by the Division of Property Valuation and Review within the Vermont Department of Taxes.
Institutions: State of Vermont
Vermont
Policy
agriculture, current use, laws, policy, private land, taxation
conservation, management, ecosystem services
conservation, management, policy
Vermont Department of Taxes. (n.d.). Current Use. Retrieved April 19, 2018, from http://tax.vermont.gov/property-owners/current-use
Reports relating to parcelization and forest fragmentation can be located from this website. In particular, Vermont Natural Resources Council has published three reports analyzing parcelization trend information. The Phase III Report analyzes data on this website.
People: Jamey Fidel
Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Website
conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, education
"Reports: Vermont Parcelization Website" Vermont Natural Resources Council, Accessed from https://vtforesttrends.vnrc.org/reports
Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development Area Council Inc. started the Rhode Island Coverts Program in Rhode Island to help woodland owners conserve their land and protect wildlife habitats in an effort to sustain forests and prevent further fragmentation.
Institutions: Rhode Island Resource Conservation & Development Area Council, Inc.
Rhode Island
Website
conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat
conservation, management, education
Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development Area Council, Inc. "Rhode Island Coverts Project Introduction" 2018, Accessed from http://www.rircd.org/covertsprojectintroduction.htm
In this study the authors developed and implemented a multi-scale protocol for detecting and monitoring land-cover change in and adjacent to National Parks and ten segments of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (AT) in the northeastern United States. The study concluded that all of the studied park units, except one segment of AT in Maine, experienced increases of urban land and declines of forest cover in the immediately adjacent areas and extended buffer zones.
People: Y. Wang, Brian Mitchell , Brian Mitchell, Jarunee Nugranad-Marzilli, Gregory Bonynge, Yuyu Zhou, Gregory Shriver
Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science , Northeast Temperate Network
No location information available
Article
landsat, recreation, appalachian trail, landcover change, national parks
Wang, Y., Mitchell, B.R., Nugranad-Marzilli, J., Bonynge, G., Zhou, Y., and Shriver, G. (2009). Remote sensing of land-cover change and landscape context of the National Parks: A case study of the Northeast Temperate Network. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113(7), 1453-1461.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425709000509
This report outlines the issues surrounding forest fragementation and development in Massachusetts. Mass Audubon has chosen to make changes in land use the focal point of its current assessment of the environmental health of the Commonwealth. Understanding trends in development is particularly important in Massachusetts, which possesses a number of natural communities and rare species of regional and global significance.
People: Kevin Breunig
Institutions: Massachusetts Audubon
Massachusetts
Report
biodiversity, land use, habitat, birds, fragmentation, development, advocacy, education
ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management, education
Breunig, K. (2003). Losing Ground: At What Cost? Changes in Land Use and Their Impact on Habitat, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services in Massachusetts. Summary Report for Mass Audubon.
https://www.massaudubon.org/content/download/8599/149714/file/LosingGround_All.pdf
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers and natural resource professionals developed this website to investigate parcelization rates in Vermont between 2004 and 2016 at the town, county, Regional Planning Commission, and statewide levels. The website provides a certain focus on data related to forests, but you can utilize the tools, resources and reports on this website to better understand overall how land use change is impacting your region, county, or town.
People: Jamey Fidel , Brian Shupe, Brian Voigt, Kate McCarthy
Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Website
conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, policy
Fidel, J., et. al. "Vermont Parcelization Website" Vermont Natural Resources Council, Accessed from https://vtforesttrends.vnrc.org/home
Few studies have investigated the emigration behavior of adult ambystomatid salamanders in fragmented landscapes. This study assessed the emigration behavior of 30 Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) by implanting transmitters in 2003. Study sites, all in southern Rhode Island, included an active golf course, a golf course under construction, and a closed-canopy forest that served as a control site.
People: Katherine E. Montieth , Peter W. C. Paton
Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science
Rhode Island
Report
salamanders
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
This study was interested in the effects of habitat characteristics on amphibian population size and used Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) and Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg mass counts as an index. Between 2001 and 2005, it monitored 65 seasonal ponds within forested landscapes in the Pawcatuck River watershed of Rhode Island.
People: Peter W. C. Paton , Dennis E. Skidds , Francis C. Golet , Jonathan C. Mitchell
Institutions: National Park Service, NPS, University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Report
amphibians, salamanders
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
The heavily forested landscape of Massachusetts is dominated by nonindustrial private ownerships. Statistics indicate that parcel size has decreased to a most recent average of 10.6 ac. Professional loggers were queried to determine if there was a timber sale size (expressed in either volume or area) below which they would not bid.
People: David Kittredge , Michael J. Mauri , Edward J. Mcguire
Institutions: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management
Massachusetts
Article
timber
conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://academic.oup.com/njaf/article/13/2/96/4802312?login=true
This research focuses on the relationship of residential land use with stream quality, riparian vegetation, and presence of breeding birds. In this study, a part of that larger effort, the goals were to determine how forest fragmentation, structure of riparian vegetation, and the presence of invasive plant species may be important factors for breeding bird habitat in Rhode Island subwatersheds.
People: Suzanne M. Lussier , Sara N. Dasilva
Institutions: Rhode Island Natural History Survey
Rhode Island
Article
riparian, invasive plants
conservation, methods, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management
Lussier, S.M., DaSilva, S.N. "Plant Invasions in Rhode Island Riparian Zones" Rhode Island Naturalist, v. 12, no. 2, November 2005. Accessed from (https://rinhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ri_naturalist_fall_2005.pdf)
https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?Lab=NHEERL&dirEntryId=139003
About 90% of Corinth's land area is composed of Primary Forest Blocks and Wildlife Corridors? Since 2018 the State of Vermont requires all municipalities to address the maintenance of these natural resources in their planning for future land use. This article explains the actions that are being taken by Cornith Vermont to adress these requirements.
Corinth
Article
conservation, methods, management, drivers
conservation, management, policy
"Corinth Forest Blocks", 2021, Accessed from: https://corinthvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Corinth-Forest-Blocks.pdf
https://corinthvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Corinth-Forest-Blocks.pdf
Despite that image, the ability of woodlands to provide all those benefits is threatened by their continued loss and by fragmentation of the canopy. The rate at which the construction of roads, subdivisions and other human development continue to break up large, contiguous blocks of forest into an increasing number of smaller pieces is alarming. Fragmentation divides up the resource, and these islands of woodland provide limited benefits.
People: Christopher Riely
Institutions: Providence Journal
No location information available
Article
Riely C., "Development Threatens R.I. Woodlands", 3 March 2018, Accessed from: https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/2018/03/03/my-turn-development-threatens-ri-woodlands/13764670007/
This study analyzed three decades of change in commercial timber harvesting on all private and public forest throughout 328 towns in Massachusetts (USA). They quantified changes in harvest activity over time and estimated probability of harvest occurrence and proportion of a town's harvest as functions of biophysical and social settings.
People: Jonathan Thompson , Lucy Hutyra , David Kittredge , Luca L. Morreale , Anne G. Short Gianotti
Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Boston University, Department of Earth and the Environment
Massachusetts
Article
conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers
conservation, management
No citation available.
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.1882
Natural habitat use by dragonflies was assessed on an urban to rural land-use gradient at a set of 21 wetlands, during two emergence seasons (2004, 2005). The wetlands were characterized for urbanization level by using the first factor from a principal components analysis combining chloride concentration in the wetland and percent forest in the surrounding buffer zone. Measurements of species diversity and its components (species richness and evenness) were analyzed and compared along the urbanization gradient, as were distributions of individual species.
People: Howard Ginsberg, Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi
Institutions: University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Article
urbanization
conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation
No citation available.
This report focuses on Rhode Island as a case study to analyze the extent to which conservation easements have been effective in protecting Rhode Island forestland and its associated ecosystem services. Two main issues have been determined to limit the potential effectiveness of conservation easements: annual monitoring and forest fragmentation. Methods for monitoring and reducing fragmentation used by other agencies were examined to assess for any improvements that could be made.
People: Jin Hyung Lee , Caroline Karp
Institutions: Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown Center for Environmental Studies
Rhode Island
Report
conservation, methods, management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity
conservation, management, policy
Lee, J. H.; Karp, C. "The Use of Conservation Easements to Protect Private Forestland in Rhode Island" 1 May 2014, Accessed from https://www.brown.edu/academics/institute-environment-society/sites/brown.edu.academics.institute-environment-society/files/uploads/Lee_Jin_Hyung_Practicum-Report_Spring2014.pdf
Topics discussed at this meeting were the Act 250 criteria for forest fragmentation will be addressed by rule. Recreational trail jurisdiction is being considered in the Senate. FY21 budget was challenging due to a 3% reduction and special fund impacts. The FY22 budget was passed by the House. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provided 14 million in funding to ANR. State lands received 3 million in funding for sustainable recreation.
People: Julie Moore
Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Endangered Species Committee
Vermont
Report
endangered species
conservation, methods, management, planning
conservation, management, policy
Moore, J., "Vermont Endangered Species Committee (ESC) 9-17-2020 Meeting Minutes" September 17, 2020,
This study presents a novel, systematic approach to conceptual model development through qualitative synthesis and graphical analysis of hypotheses already present in the scientific literature. The resulting network can be analysed to identify shifts in thinking over time, variation in the application of ideas over different axes of investigation (e.g. geography, taxonomy, ecosystem type) and the most important hypotheses based on the network structure. To illustrate the approach, they present examples from a case study that applied the method to synthesize decades of research on the effects of forest fragmentation on birds.
No location information available
Article
Grames E. M., Schwartz D., Elphick C. S., "A systematic method for hypothesis synthesis and conceptual model development", Methods in Ecology and Evolution, v. 13, iss. 9, September 2022, pp. 2078-2087, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13940
Habitat fragmentation and heterogeneity transform otherwise contiguous tracks of forest into smaller patches in the northeastern U.S. and likely impact abundances, movement patterns, and disease transmission pathways for small-mammal communities at multiple scales. We sought to determine the structure of a small-mammal community in terms of mammal abundance and infection prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.), Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti within a fragmented landscape in Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Essex
Article
conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat
conservation
Mason S. D., Sherratt S. C., Kruguer S. M., Muthersbaugh M., Harris J. P., Gatlin W. C., Topp J. D., Keller G. S., "Multi-scale analysis of habitat fragmentation on small-mammal abundance and tick-borne pathogen infection prevalence in Essex County, MA", 13 June 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269768
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269768
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