Trends in Connecticut's Forests: A Half-Century of Change

Abstract

Forests provide wood and other products, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, a setting for recreation, and much more. Highlighted here are significant trends in Connecticut?s forests over the last half-century. Data are summarized from forest inventories conducted by the USDA Forest Service, which periodically inventories the Nation?s forest resources. In cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Division of Forestry, the Forest Service completed the fourth statewide inventory of Connecticut?s forests, in 1998.

Citation

Northeastern Research Station and State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Division of Forestry 2001. Trends in Connecticut''s Forests: A Half-Century of Change. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Northeastern Forest Experiment Station Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry, NE-INF-143-01. 8 p.