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The Potential of Forests in Massachusetts to Address Climate Change – Elders Climate Action Deep Dialogue
November 17, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Elders Climate Action has invited Dr. Richard Birdsey back to delve into the many questions that couldn’t be discussed at the previous October 14 chapter meeting.
Here is a link to that October 14 chapter meeting if you missed it or would like to review the slides.
Here is some background reading material Dr. Birdsey has shared:
- Birdsey, Richard, Andrea Castanho, Richard Houghton, Kathleen Savage (2023). Middle-aged forests in the Eastern U.S. have significant climate mitigation potential. Forest Ecology and Management.
- Mildrexler, D. J., Berner, L. T., Law, B. E., Birdsey, R. A., Moomaw, W. R. (2023). Protect large trees for climate mitigation, biodiversity, and forest resilience. Conservation Science and Practice.
- Thompson, J. R., Laflower, D. M., Plisinski, J. S., MacLean, M. G., Chu, H., Carpenter, D., Antos, K., Cooper, S., Gaertner, K., Judge, M., Mittelman, M., Ryor, J., Van Doren, W. 2025. Forest Carbon Study: The Impact of Alternative Land-use Scenarios on Terrestrial Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Massachusetts.
- US communities ‘LEARN’ the carbon value of their trees
Come with your questions and what you want to understand better – this will be your chance to get into it.
DATE: Monday, November 17
TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
