An Overview of Massachusetts Forests, Past, Present and Future

Chris Pryor is a Service Forester with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation covering northeastern Massachusetts. In this role, he works with private and municipal landowners to connect them to knowledge and resources needed to help them manage their lands in order to meet their goals and objectives. He is a Massachusetts licensed forester as well as a Certified Forester by the Society of American Foresters. He has a Bachelor’s degree in forestry from Virginia Tech.

Chris will discuss the current state of forests in Massachusetts including some history as to how we got where we are now as well as some thoughts on where we might go in the future. That would touch on climate change and its impact on forests through changing temperatures and moisture regimes, shifts in species ranges and other factors that would affect forests. He will discuss forest management regarding sustainability and the implications for wildlife habitat and populations. 

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