BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The state of Vermont is taking part in what they’re calling an innovative project around Camel’s Hump in Duxbury designed to demonstrate approaches to increase forest resilience to climate change and invasive pests.
Collaborating with the University of Vermont and the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, researchers will manage 18 acres with logged “treatment patches.” A portion of the research area will then be replanted while the remainder will allow seedlings to sprout naturally, with the idea of creating a diverse forest that includes an array of species well-adapted to future climate changes.
Cat Viglienzoni spoke with Jason Nerenberg, a stewardship forester with the Department of Forest Parks and Recreation.