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MAHOOSUC LAND TRUST
Climate Resilience Initiative
A regional approach to nature based solutions on 1.5 million acres.
Why Act Now?
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Conserving forests is a key strategy to mitigate effects of the climate crisis by sequestering and storing carbon in trees, while also stemming the effect of forest fragmentation on biological diversity.
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Climate change and development are harming our natural and working lands and waters, which are key to achieving carbon neutrality.
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Protecting natural and working lands from development maintains their potential to draw back carbon from the atmosphere, while providing many other co-benefits.
Pathways to Success
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Sharing new research with landowners demonstrating that “climate smart” forest management on their lands can remove more carbon, while also improving habitat and producing more and better quality wood.
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Collaborating among 5 land conservation organizations spanning two states and 2300 square miles.
Milestones
In 2021, MLT and 4 other land trusts collaborated to create a science-based “climate corridor” where wildlife has the best chance to thrive as the habitat changes in our combined service areas.
In 2022, this same group secured grant funding to engage a nationally-known climate outreach and communication expert to elevate the regional collaborative effort and its bold regional vision
Crooked River Headwaters is a model solution for carbon storage on a large (12,268-acre) scale, while providing community use on over 50 miles of trails, access to 4 mountain ponds, and protection of dozens of wild brook trout streams, wetlands, and rare species.
Current Conservation Projects
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