Free Event. Hosted at the Norfolk Hub. Sunday, April 6, 2025 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm.
Recording and presentation.
Join us for a panel discussion with three forest professionals to brainstorm what trees to plant here and now for adaptive success and diversification. New England forests are perforce responding to regional environmental changes in this fast-changing Anthropocene era. What trees might we plant and encourage now for the gardens and woodlots in the Icebox of Connecticut? What species might thrive under more volatile regimes for climate (temperature, hydrology and wind) and forest health (pest & pathogens)? What trees might help in part replace forest species under current stress (ash, beech, hemlock, sugar maple)? What trees might support biodiversity and healthy wildlife?
Billy Gridley, Aton Forest, Head Steward, Moderator.
Dave Beers, CT DEEP, Western Forester, Panelist.
Amanda Bunce, UCONN. Research Assistant, Panelist.
Nash Pradhan, Ginger Creek Nursery, Norfolk, Panelist
Event is in-person and virtual with zoom recording and presentation.
Aton Forest is a non-profit land protection organization and ecological field station, created for preservation of Natural Area Preserves (semi-managed and wild lands), operated for ecological and forest succession research in northwest Connecticut and surrounding bioregion.
Image: American Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua, American storax, alligatorwood, hazel pine, redgum, satin-walnut, or gumball, native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America.