Northeastern Research Station

Living Memorials

Research & Development

Experimental Forests

The USDA Forest Service's Experimental Forests (EF) are dedicated to long-term research on ecosystem processes, silviculture and forest management options, wildlife habitat characteristics, and forest growth and development. Eight experimental forests are administered by the Northeastern Research Station. On several of the experimental forests, research and monitoring have been carried out for many decades and have produced long-term, irreplaceable data sets that are valuable in environmental science. Many scientists from the NE Research Station and cooperating scientists from many educational institutions, government agencies, and foundations conduct research on these experimental forests in the Northeast.

Maine:

• Massabesic Experimental Forest
• Penobscot Experimental Forest

New Hampshire:

• Bartlett Experimental Forest
• Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Pennsylvania:

• Kane Experimental Forest

West Virginia:

• Fernow Experimental Forest

Ohio:

• Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest

New Jersey:

• Silas Little Experimental Forest