Trees must migrate, adapt or go extinct in face of climate change. Hotter temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns threaten forest ecosystem functioning and many services that they provide. Increasingly, ecologists and resource managers are pursuing adaptive management techniques to improve forest resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. One such approach is assisted migration, the intentional movement of genotypes, populations, or species to new environments, sometimes outside of the species’ extant range. Challenges include uncertainty about suitable species and their degree of adaptability or invasiveness, as well as the abiotic and biotic constraints on assisted migration success. Additionally, there are important social aspects to consider, including the public perception of assisted migration and the intentional changes the practice may bring to traditional landscapes. In this session, we present current research from diverse perspectives addressing assisted tree species migration, including improvements to climate modeling, results from pioneering field trials, and research into social acceptability. Anthropogenic climate change presents enormous challenges for biodiversity conservation and raises several critical questions: how can we leverage climate models to gauge the urgency of climate-adaptive forestry and select suitable species? Can we synthesize results from field trials to identify critical biotic and abiotic constraints to tree species establishment in novel environments? What are the major social concerns regarding the use of assisted migration? The answers to these important questions require input from ecologists and resource managers to inform future decisions about potential implementation of assisted migration.