TO SAVE THE FOREST, SHOULD WE MOVE THE TREES?
S TO RY AND PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BROWN
AS THE WOODLANDS OF N E W E N G L A N D FAC E A HOTTER FUTURE, UVM RESEARCHERS ARE EXPLORING THE PROMISE AND PERIL OF “A S S I S T E D M I G R A T I O N ”
In a greenhouse at UVM’s Aiken Forest Sciences Laboratory, scientist Peter Clark and lab technician Miriam Wolpert ’20 plant red oak acorns gathered from all over the East Coast. They’re looking for trees that can thrive in Vermont as the state grows rapidly wetter and warmer.
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