Changing Climate, Shifting Forests
American Forests Magazine, Winter 2010 Posted on Feb 1, 2010 | 0 commentsFrom California’s redwoods to New Hampshire’s sugar maple forests, climate change will impact forest habitats across North America. In this piece for American Forests Magazine, I explore the changes that may be coming for some of our most iconic forests and trees.
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Climate change — with its associated myriad impacts — is rewriting the American landscape. . .
Some changes may be subtle and hard to notice, such as the gradual decline of coastal redwood forests over the coming centuries. Other changes will be hard to miss, such as the absence of blazing sugar maple trees in much of New England’s autumn landscape.. . . .

From backyards to wilderness areas, I write about how, why and where modern life interacts with the natural world. My assignments span a variety of issues, subjects and places: clouded leopard conservation in Thailand, climate change in American forests and mushroom foraging in the Blue Ridge Mountains. My work appears in magazines, websites and museum exhibits.