Forests are dynamic, interconnected communities – a diverse set of microbes, plants, trees, animals, and humans – that all depend on each other, and work together, to create the conditions that enable life. Healthy forests are not only more resilient to the impacts of climate change, but they are also essential to mitigation and adaptation. They provide ecosystem benefits that store and sequester carbon, support biodiversity, improve water and air quality, and provide us with food, medicine, and health.

The reports and materials included on this page come from the Forest Task Group of the Nashua River Communities Resilient Lands Project, which met between the Fall of 2021 and the Summer of 2022. Members shared different perspectives, observations, and knowledge.

The reports distill and interpret the Forest Task Group’s comments and insights, making explicit how to achieve the goals and principles that the group identified. The Forest Task Group identified principles for caring for forests to ensure the health and well-being of all species in forested ecosystems, and as such, takes steps to avoid impacts of climate change. The framework that emerged from the Forest Task Group offers many different ways to think about relating to and acting in partnership with, forested areas in Clinton and Bolton.

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