The Southern New England Exurban Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change project, located in eastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island, is participating in the national ASCC Network and is a collaborative effort to establish experimental silvicultural trials. The UConn Forest is hosting one of the three sites that makes up this regional network.

The University of Connecticut is leading the development of an ASCC affiliate project site targeting oak forests in southern New England. Replicates of the Southern New England Exurban Affiliate site have been developed in eastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island. The initial replicates have been developed for the Mohegan State Forest, the University of Connecticut Forest Lee Farm Tract, and the DeCoppet Preserve in Rhode Island. These upland central hardwoods are an even-aged, stratified mixture consisting of an oak-hickory canopy with more shade-tolerant subcanopy.

 

Southern New England Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change Site

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change National Network