Forest Monitoring Projects
Several projects are in development
Watch this space for updates and opportunities to participate
Watch this space for updates and opportunities to participate
Project Launch in Spring 2021
 A Deer Exclosure in the Forest
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Deer Exclosures and
Forest Regeneration Monitoring (FRM) Watch this quick video clip where DNR Foresters and the FEC (that’s us!) teamed up in August 2021 to collect the first series of data on what’s happening in and around the Deer Exclosures in the Forest. This is called “FRM” Forest Regeneration Monitoring.
Forest Regeneration is the way forests perpetuate themselves… they establish seedlings to take their place in the canopy one day. Understanding Regeneration is one of the most important elements of sustainable forest management. Why measure how much and what deer browse?
Well... One limit ( and there are many) to successful forest regeneration is deer browse. Deer love to nibble little trees and flowers. So, over the next few years of monitoring, we will learn more about the effects and extent of deer browse on forest regeneration here. We will monitor the successful (and any unsuccessful) regeneration of all species of tree seedlings and saplings in the forest to determine who is thriving and who isn’t. Remember, no seedlings and saplings … no future forest! |
Documenting Forest Biodiversity
Featured Project
Contribute to science and the health of this forest
Let's document the species richness of this beautiful woodland!
Help us collect data of all kinds. Your plant and animal observations matter.
Help us collect data of all kinds. Your plant and animal observations matter.
We use the iNaturalist platform to explore and share our observations from the forest.
iNaturalist.is a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society
iNaturalist.is a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society
Want to Contribute another way instead?
Select "My Forest Observations" to send in your written discoveries, or mail a letter to the address below
Trillium grandiflorum |
Forest Exploration Center Woodland May 14th 2018