Forest Health & Resilience
VOLUNTEER HOMEPAGE
Welcome, Adventurers!
Explore the map below to see where the Beech and Butternut projects take place, including areas where the two projects overlap. This can help you plan your trip and identify zones that fit your adventures.
When you’re ready to claim a zone, use the links below the map to access each project’s Resource Pages and submit your trip plans. Please note: if you want to collect both beech and butternut samples, you must submit two trip plans, one each page. Certain areas have limited amounts of gear per area. If you only submit a trip plan on one page, you will only receive gear for that project.
We recommend bookmarking this page so you can easily return to maps, resources, and materials for both projects throughout the season.
Navigate to the American Beech or Butternut Tree Zone Claiming Map:
To claim your adventure for the beech project, follow the link below:
To claim your adventure for the butternut project, follow the link below:
Collecting Samples on Private/Residential Land
Thank you for considering including private land in this important research! As we gather samples from these trees, critical to our forests health and biodiversity, our scientist partners are looking specifically for genetic diversity and non-hybridized trees. This study can include sample from private land over 50 acres, but no smaller. Ideally, this would be old growth, with no recent planting of trees. To ensure the scientific integrity of the research, and to help is know where to send your sample gear kit, please fill out this survey.