These guidelines contains a variety of ideas and practices that will help you make decisions on how to care for and sustainably manage Vermont's forest.

An archived webinar on the health impacts of heat islands in Vermont and how green infrastructure can help mitigate both climate change and heat island impacts.

A summary of three different aspects of forests and carbon, including individual trees, individual forests, and forest landscapes of Vermont.

A guide for forestry practitioners to supplement current forest management planning and practices with forest-adaptation strategies appropriate to current climate change trends and modeled projection.

The New England Climate Change Response Framework will deliver credible and relevant information to land owners and natural resource managers regarding climate change and its effects on forest ecosystems.

A presentation on how the USDA Forest Service Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science Climate Change Response Framework Forest Adaptation Resources and Adaptation Workbook can be used by land managers to think about climate change for management planning and project development.

A website from VT Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation on current forest health issues, including monthly insect and disease observations and annual forest health reports.

Learn about common tree pests and forest health issues and connect to resources available to assist with tree health diagnoses and recommendations. 

Get the latest information on forest pest quarantines and regulation.

Find a consultant forester near you.

Developed in 2012, this resource guide provides a summary of laws and regulations affecting timber harvesting businesses in Vermont.

This document provides a quick resource for landowners and land managers interested in the process of passing land to the next generation.

An overview of Vermont’s Use Value Appraisal (UVA) program, also called “Current Use” or “Land Use”, which enables landowners who practice long-term forest management to have their enrolled land appraised for property taxes based on its value for forestry rather than its fair market (development) value.

A Forest for Every Classroom is an award-winning professional development program for K-12 teachers of all disciplines, offering stimulating, thought-provoking experiences designed to refresh your mind and passion for teaching!

Learn characteristics of your woods that make it home to wildlife and to consider during a harvest.

Learn about the different types of water features on your property and get techniques to protect water quality.

Learn how to value your timber and see what elements should be in a contract with a logger

Project WILD offers K-12 Curriculum and Activities focused on wildlife and habitat.

Quarterly stumpage price reports are compiled by Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. These reports are a continuation of the report that was previously produced for many years by UVM Extension.

A program of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department that helps towns take their community’s conservation goals, use them to identify important wildlife habitat, and translate these goals into language that can use be used in their town plans.

 Leafsnap is an electronic field guide and a free mobile app that helps identify tree species from photographs.

UVM Extension's TRY- Forests & Trees empowers teenagers to teach younger kids the functions, life stages and main parts of trees, and how to be a tree steward.

UVM's Watershed Alliance Program offers educational programs to increase awareness and knowledge of watershed issues by Vermont youth.

Directed by the VT Division of Forests, in partnership with Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission this project provides municipal officials with tools to address forest planning  through an integrated approach looking at the BIG picture to keep forests intact.

This webinar will trace the origins of the irregular shelterwood system in Europe and North America and will define how this method is distinct from conventional shelterwood and balanced selection systems.

This presentation will describe how the Forest Adaptation Resources ad its Adaptation Workbook can be used to think about climate change for management planning and project development.

This webinar will explore the story of American beech in the northern hardwood forests.

This webinar presents a variety of irregular shelterwood methods that change in relation to topographic position and species composition for upland mixed-oak forests of southern New England.

This webinar will highlight updates to the rules and best practices in protecting Vermont’s waterways while carrying out forestry activities.

This webinar will highlight on recent trends in Vermont’s climate and adaptation strategies for land managers to build resilient, adaptable forests.

This webinar will provide information on the state and federal status of the northern long-eared bat and implications for forest management activities in Vermont.

This webinar will explore what you need to know when practicing forestry near or in wetland environments.

This webinar will cover best practices in invasive plant management and provide you with resources to plan, map, and prioritize control efforts.

The webinar will include a refresher on sivilcultural systems and practices, including reviewing silvics of individual species and general stand dynamics.

This webinar will build on the first installment (northern hardwoods) using knowledge from 100 years of silvicultural research on spruce-fir forests in New England.

This webinar will continue the silvicultural theme of the first installments, using New England's most iconic and widely studied tree species, eastern white pine.

Building on earlier presentations about northern hardwood and conifer forests, this webinar will focus on eastern hemlock and northern white-cedar in northern New England.

A guide by the Vermont Natural Resources Council that offer municipalities proactive solutions to reduce forest fragmentation and parcelization in Vermont.

A publication by University of Massachusetts, Highland Communities Initiative and North Quabbin Regional landscape Partnership that seeks to help landowners get started on estate planning and transferring land to the next generation.

A online clearinghouse of information useful to Vermont municipalities to explore how to promote the adoption of Green Infrastructure policies and practices.

Woods, Wildlife and Warblers, is a free, program that provides technical assistance and site visits to landowners in southern Vermont.

The Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program sponsors opportunities and resources for your community, school, and students to get involved in celebrating Arbor Day. 

Center for Northern Woodlands Education provides classroom teachers with both a hard copy and a digital edition of the magazine, as well as helping teachers utilize Northern Woodlands resources for education. 

The Montshire is nationally known for its innovative outreach programs. Choose from a variety of high-quality hands-on science programs that will come to your classroom. Learn more.

North Branch Nature Center offers The ECO Institute for Teachers. A five-day nature immersion course for elementary teachers, assistants, aides, and administrators. 

Trees provide us with a wide range of benefits, including acting as natural reservoirs by intercepting rainfall, which can reduce stormwater runoff volume and mitigate its negative effects. The benefits of trees and other green stromwater infrastructure (GSI) management practices, especially in urban and suburban settings, are being more widely recognized as a solution to protect our waterways. 

Manomet provides a portal to understanding and managing urban forests for resiliency to climate change.

The State of Vermont's site dedicated to information about climate change and how to take action.

Some people are more vulnerable to climate change. Learn about the health risks.

An introductory video for those considering backyard maple syrup production.

VTinvasives.org is the go to place for information on invasive species in VT.

A short video illustrating the importance of planning for the future of your land with some resources for getting started.

Learn about tools and resources to ensure your land legacy, including suggestions for getting started and professionals to contact as you determine what's best for you, your family, and your land.

A new study in the Northeast finds that tree species are increasingly stressed by the changing climate.

A factsheet for Vermont landowners about identifying EAB and making decisions about management activities in your woodlot. 

A factsheet for identifying and managing EAB on ash trees around your home.

A 10-minute introductory video about EAB.

Learn how to identify emerald ash borer on ash trees around your home, a guide Published by the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program.

Tips from Chittenden County Forester, Ethan Tapper on addressing the challenge of deer browse in your woods.

Understanding how Vermont's sheep industry shaped our forested landscape. 

Learn why a messy looking forest may actually be a healthy forest.

Understanding American beech in Vermont's forest.

Best practices for managing invasive plants in your woods. 

Understanding the value of diversity in the woods.

An overview of high-grading and how it impacts the woods.

Learn what foresters are talking about when they talk about silviculture. 

Tips on managing your woods after a storm.

Tips from Chittenden County Forester, Ethan Tapper on addressing the challenge of deer browse in your woods.

Answers to frequently asked questions on how to safely live with bears and help keep Vermont’s bears wild. Developed by VT F&W.

Information on how to use a will to transfer your land, including steps of the process.

We are excited to notify you of a study released by The Trust for Public Land and the Vermont Forest Partnership which quantifies how Vermonters benefit from the state’s investment in land conservation.

According to the report, every $1 invested in land conservation by Vermont returns $9 in natural goods and services.

This article offers landowners some specific tips and strategies for helping their forests adapt to climate change.

This publication is designed to help prepare landowners to make informed decisions about their land, gaining a better understanding of the role carbon plays, the impacts of various land use options on forest carbon, and the trade-offs of these decisions.