This is the second video in the Forests Matter: Land use planning for forest integrity series; it highlights how to assess forest blocks and habitat connectors. The video features mapping tools, resources, and organizations that can support the first step in the forest integrity planning process.
This Forests Matter video series is intended to support planning efforts consistent with Vermont Planning Statutes to encourage and allow municipalities to address protection of forest blocks and habitat connectors while supporting the local forest products industry. Learn more at anr.vermont.gov/forestplanning.
This video series was produced by Peregrine Productions, LLC and is part of the Forest Integrity Project, led by the VT Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation (VT FPR) and in partnership with the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, the Vermont Natural Resources Council, the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative, the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission, and the Office of Planning within the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. VT FPR is grateful to the US Forest Service, who made the Forest Integrity Project and its deliverables possible through the award of a Landscape Scale Restoration Grant.