Office for Tree Migration (OTM) Hyytiälä, FI
open since April 2024 - ongoing
OTM view from outside
Office for tree migration (OTM)
The Office for Tree Migration (OTM) is investigating tree and plant migration in different climate zones and along the treelines. How they go North, how they climp uphill in the Californian white mountains or how they enter the peatlands.
Furthermore the OTM is exploring possible, seemingly absurd or impossible methods that allow the trees to move faster and simply walk away from the changed climate.
OTM is a longterm research project of Agnes Meyer-Brandis and the Institute for Art and subjective Science FFUR. Trees are `rooted`. Though long term observations have shown, that forests actually do move throughout the landscape and regions, just very, very slow and over decades. Climate change appears to happen faster than the trees can escape to more suitable areas in order to survive. Scientists are discussing “assisted migration” in order to help speeding up the process of tree adaption.
Opening Hours:
OTM Hyytiälä, Hyytiälä Forest Station, FI closed to the public during winter season - Reopening again April 2026 - check exact dates in spring.
OTM Oregon Branch PRAx, Patricia Valian Research Center at Oregon State University, US January 22 – March 7, 2026 Open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, closed Sundays
drone flight over the forest station to the OTM hut