Written by Rylee McMillan, previous ASCC Network intern. When I was 10, a teacher asked me to draw myself as an adult working my dream job. Back then I wanted to be an explorer, a daring adventurer wandering the globe …
Check out the latest research from the Cutfoot ASCC site! A new publication from the Cutfoot/Red Pine ASCC site can help inform management decisions for future adaptation plantings in similar red pine ecosystems. Palik et al. (2026) assessed native versus …
Written by Neil Williams, Postdoc with USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station / ORISE Planning for an uncertain future can take many forms. In the ASCC network, experimental treatments designed to adapt forests to an uncertain future climate were developed through …
Adaptive silviculture for climate change in the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Forest Region of Canada: Background and design of a long-term experiment In case you missed it, Thiffault et al. published research on implementation at the Petawawa Research Forest ASCC …
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems In early 2026, Puhlick et al. published research from the Jones Center at Ichauway ASCC site in the Journal of Forestry. This manuscript covers initial treatment outcomes since site implementation, and …
In late 2025, ASCC published a manuscript led by Dr. Linda Nagel in Bioscience titled, “Ten Years of Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: An Applied, Coproduced Experimental Framework.” This manuscript provides examples of how the ASCC Network advances the field …
Operationalizing forest-assisted migration in the context of climate change adaptation: Examples from the eastern USA As climate conditions continue to shift, understanding forest assisted migration as a possible adaptation tool is increasingly necessary. In 2022, Palik et al. led this …
Ten Years of Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change The ASCC Network was featured in the a February edition of the Forest Stewards Guild digital e-news publication, covering our 2025 Bioscience paper. The article covers an overview of the publication and …
Read Our December 2025 ASCC Newsletter! In this edition of our newsletter, we covered highlights from 2025 at the Network-level, and all the progress from sites over the course of the past year.
Read Our February 2024 ASCC Newsletter! In this edition of our newsletter, we covered highlights from late 2023 at the Network-level, and all the progress from sites over the course of the past year.