After a warm, dry summer, fall is finally here – and with it, comes a new edition of ecoNEWS VT! This issue features a study on American marten recovery, sugar maple health, and streamflow models.
In addition to our news features, we will now also include new web tools, databases, and mobile apps that may be of interest. We hope you enjoy this addition, and please let us know if you have any tools that you would like us to highlight.
Researchers from the Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Program at the University of Vermont and the Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, in partnership with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, surveyed experts on the occupancy of American marten to estimate distribution and connectivity in the northeast to aid in marten recovery efforts.
This study by Evan Oswald, Jennifer Pontius, Shelly Rayback, and Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux from the University of Vermont, Paul Schaberg from the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, and Sandra Wilmot from the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation shows some of the potential impacts of climate change on sugar maple, and the difficulties that could arise for management of this key Vermont tree species.
A recent study by Stryker, Wemple and Bomblies from the University of Vermont used models on the Mad River watershed in Vermont to assess the impacts of local temperature and precipitation trends on discharge and sediment loads.
A forest health data platform was developed using aerial detection surveys combined with field-based tree mortality and forest disturbance data from across the Northern Forest. The data can be explored using the online atlas.
