Building Capacity for Adaptation on Pennsylvania Protected Lands
Overview

Project Activities
Project activities will include assessing the vulnerability of 5 priority ecosystems within each of the two preserves, followed by an adaptation workshop designed to identify priority adaptation strategies and create concrete, actionable plans for implementing those strategies through on-the-ground management and restoration. The assessment process and adaptation workshop will also increase the capacity of Natural Lands staff for climate-informed planning and management across all Natural Lands properties.
Project timeline: Summer 2022-Summer 2023
Workshops & Events
Products
Vulnerability Assessments
ChesLen Preserve
- Afforestation areas
- Unionville barrens
- Water resources
- Agriculture (brief summary)
- Meadows (brief summary)
- Early-successional forests
- Mature forests
- Spruce swamp
- Cranberry bog (brief summary)
- Water resources (brief summary)