The Ecology and Management of Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) 2012 SYMPOSIUM June 12, 13 and 14, 2012 Hilton Garden Inn on the waterfront in Suffolk, VA

Holistic Ecosystem Restoration: Presentation of a working model for advancing Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) swamp restoration in Massachusetts and beyond.

Tim Purinton, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration

Tim Purinton, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration

How the creation of an integrated ecosystem restoration agency is helping to expand the distribution of Atlantic white cedar swamps (and other aquatic habitats), address climate change adaption, and encouraging the growth of a restoration economy. Massachusetts with thousands of acres of abandoned (or soon to be) cranberry bogs presents an incredible opportunity to advance Atlantic white cedar swamp restoration and to do it within the context of watershed-scale restoration. Recently completed projects including the multi-million Eel River Headwaters restoration underscore this opportunity.

Atlantic white cedar, swamp restoration, ecosystem, climate change, watershed, Eel River headwaters

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