Forests of Connecticut, 2025: FIA annual snapshot
| Authors: | Forest Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Year: | 2026 |
| Type: | Resource Update |
| Station: | Northern Research Station |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-856 |
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides this resource update yearly as an overview of forest resources in Connecticut. These estimates are derived from field data collected across a systematic network of fixed-radius forest monitoring plots located on both public and private land. New updates are provided annually as a subset of plots within the State are remeasured. Each year, field crews visit and measure a subset of all FIA plots across the entire State (the size of the subset varies by State and year). Combining all the subsets creates a full State inventory used in this snapshot. The last year of the most recent full inventory is the year shown in the title. This snapshot includes estimates of forest area; composition; carbon storage; land ownership; disturbances; management activities; growth, removal, and mortality; and trends over time. The latest version of the FIA one-click application that generated this update can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FIA-One-Click-State-Reports.