Resource lists are updated and labeled each month. The newest items are not always the most recently published; they are the newest discoveries of the Forest Protection Team. Access the complete list of forest protection resources here.
Let Them Grow song about saving old-growth trees, Dan Zales, composer and lead musician. Lyrics: “Let them grow, let them be, let them live for eternity…Nature work your magic ways, trees deserve another day.”
Climate Chaos & the Quabbin Woodlands, song by Don Ogden
Eastern Native Tree Society, Bob Leverett co-founder of this internet interest group: www.nativetreesociety.org
“Natural and Working Lands” in the Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plans, Stubblefield, Bouricius, Youtube, 5/23
Great Trees and Forests of the Northeast, Past and Present, Bob & Monica Leverett, 4/23, Youtube
Forest-clearing to create early-successional habitats: Questionable benefits, significant costs, Kellett, Maloof, et.al, 1/23
The Truth about Carbon, Wildfire, & Biodiversity, Law, Hanson, Bond, 9/22, YouTube
Intact Forests in the United States: Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good, Moomaw, Masino, Faison, 2019
Books recommended by Monica & Bob Leverett:
Forest Forensics: Reading the Forested Landscape, Tom Wessels, Countryman Press, 2010
Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England, Tom Wessels, Countryman Press, 2005
Davis, Mary Byrd, ed. Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects for Rediscovery and Recovery. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Maloof, Joan. Nature’s Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests. Timber Press, Portland, OR 2016
Recent Articles on Forests:
Wildlands in New England Report
The living dead: acknowledging life after tree death to stop forest degradation, 9/22
Not Just Carbon: Capturing all the benefits of forests for stabilizing the climate from local to global scales, World Resources Institute, 10/22
Creating Strategic Reserves to Protect Forest Carbon and Reduce Biodiversity Losses in the United States, Law et al., 5/22
Recent Articles on Proforestation:
Wildlands the natural answer to climate change, Harvard Forest report, Commonwealth, 6/1/23
Forest-clearing to create early-successional habitats: Questionable benefits, significant costs, Kellett, Maloof, et.al, 1/23
The role of unmanaged forests in climate mitigation and adaptation: the benefits of proforestation, Ed Faison Senior Ecologist Highstead Foundation GC3. April 7, 2020
The Importance and Co-Benefits of Natural Climate Solutions, Beverly Law, 2022
US Forest Service should let forests grow, Moomaw, et.al Boston Globe, 12/13/22
Recent Articles on Old Growth Forest:
Learning the Climate Lesson of Pine 58, Moomaw, Common Dreams, 3/20/21
Identifying characteristics of Northeastern Old-Growth forests, Bob Leverett
Curb climate change the easy way: Don't cut down big trees, Law, Moomaw, 4/21
Old-Growth: A Literature Review of the Characteristics of Eastern North American Forests, Vermont Natural Resources Council publication recommended by Bob and Monica Leverett
Recent Articles on Municipal Trees:
Biden releases $1B for urban trees, USDA
Beyond Beauty: Establishing the Value of Urban and Suburban Trees with David Bloniarz, 1/11/23, YouTube
Trees front, center as town marks Arbor Month – Amherst, Gazette, 4/8