Forest Assisted Migration Project
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About the project
The Northwoods are experiencing dramatic change, and many northern tree species are dying. Within 50 years, without any intervention, researchers predict that the landscape in northeastern Minnesota will become mostly open grasslands. If this happens, our regional economy, wildlife, culture, and all that depend on the forest will be permanently changed.
The Forest Assisted Migration Project (FAMP) is attempting to address these challenges. FAMP aims to re-establish a resilient northern forest and bolster the regional economy by:
1. Collecting tree seeds from species and populations that are predicted to thrive in the future
2. Forming the Farm and Forest Growers, a network of small farms and nurseries that grow climate-adaptive tree seeds into seedlings, and then sell the seedlings to reforestation agencies and individuals
3. Establishing partnerships and seedling purchase agreements with reforestation agencies that include our primary supporter, the Nature Conservancy, as well as county forestry departments and SWCDs