Changing Climate and Landscape Survey

For decades, Friends of the Mad River has worked to support the health of the Mad River, its tributaries, and the Valley that holds them. Yet, the work Friends does locally does not happen in a vacuum. Years of greenhouse gas emissions have inextricably altered the global climate. What this looks like for our community will likely reflect trends expected across the Northeast; over the last half-century, the average temperature, precipitation, and the number of days of heavy precipitation have …