Vermont

The USDA Forest Service has created comprehensive climate change education modules to help land managers better understand the basic climate change science, the effects of climate change on forest and grassland ecosystems, how we can respond to climate change with management and forest carbon science, policy, and management. Start here to learn about climate change, how it may influence land management, and what options are open to natural resource managers for responding to these changes.

EcoAdapt's collection of various resources that can help practitioners navigate climate change vulnerability through to adaptation. The Adaptation Starter Kit is divided into six parts:

Additional materials related to New England and Northern New York Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A Report from the New England Climate Change Response Framework Project.

The State of Vermont is pleased to introduce two new tools developed to help Vermonters explore what climate change will mean for the state and for particular regions and communities. These tools are your gateway to scientifically sound and cost-effective decision-making relevant to climate change in Vermont. Understanding and preparing for those changes is one of the best investments we can make.

The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Lands Team appointed a group to review information on the climate change adaptation strategy known as assisted migration and present recommendations for implementing on lands owned and managed by the Agency of Natural Resources.

The report provides information about climate change in Vermont as it relates to natural resources and to propose a strategic framework for continued climate change vulnerability assessment and action planning.