Forest Assisted Migration Project Presentation

Presented in UMD’s Labovitz’s Building room 135.

The Forest Assisted Migration Project (FAMP) is a multi-regional research project that aims to re-establish a resilient northern forest and bolster the regional economy by 1) collecting tree seeds from species and populations that are predicted to thrive in the future, 2) forming the farm and forest growers, a network of small farms and nurseries that grow climate-adaptive tree seeds into seedlings and then sell the seedlings to reforestation agencies and individuals, and 3) establishing partnerships and seedling purchase agreements with reforestation agencies including The Nature Conservancy, county forestry departments and Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs).