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May 1, 2010

Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape

Wildlands & Woodlands Report Cover

A new conservation vision released May 19 by the Harvard Forest reports that, following almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states. The 20 authors of the Wildlands and Woodlands report—including 8 scientists from the Harvard Forest—call for conserving 70 percent of New England as forestland over the next 50 years, a

April 1, 2010

New Harvard Forest Publication: Invasive Wood Wasp In Pine Stands

The European Wood Wasp (Sirex noctilio) has a long history as an invasive insect species in exotic pine plantations throughout the southern hemisphere and has been recently discovered in north central North America. It is uncertain how this insect will behave in pine ecosystems in North America. To assess the impact and attack behavior of 

April 1, 2010

New Harvard Forest Publication: Analytical Web Project Update

A new publication from the Analytic Web project (a joint effort of UMass computer scientists Lee Osterweil, Lori Clarke, Rodion Podorozhny, and Sandy Wise, and HF researchers Emery Boose and Aaron Ellison) further formalizes the semantics of scientific workflows needed to clearly define scientific processes and create process provenance metadata. These ideas and workflow structures are being used to analyze

April 1, 2010

New Harvard Forest Publication: Eastern Carbon Budgets and the Woolly Adelgid

In a paper just published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, post-doc Marco Albani, OEB Professor Paul Moorcroft and Harvard Forest researchers Dave Orwig, David Foster, and Aaron Ellison combined models of adelgid spread and forest dynamics to forecast the composition, structure, and carbon dynamics of eastern U.S. forests through 2100. Between 2000 and 2040, the combined model predicts

April 1, 2010

Harvard Forest carnivorous plant research makes National Geographic

The research by Harvard Forest senior ecologist Aaron Ellison and University of Vermont professor Nicholas Gotelli on the evolutionary ecology of carnivorous plants is highlighted in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine, click here to read the article. 

April 1, 2010

The Breeding Birds of Harvard Forest

Bluebird

On Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m., Brooks Mathewson will give a presentation on "The Breeding Birds of Harvard Forest." Over the last two years, Brooks has captured images of almost all the bird species which breed at Harvard Forest. He will discuss the habitat preferences of these species, while giving the audience a chance to view close-up images of

April 1, 2010

Hand Crafted Pottery Mushrooms

Amanita caesarea, edible, six red caps

Mary Ann Walker (Fisher Museum Volunteer) has gifted a collection of hand crafted pottery mushrooms from the collection of Peter Strong to the Harvard Forest. The mushrooms were crafted by Maria Maravigna (Italian/American Ceramicist, Sculptor, 1899-2006) and were completed before 1996. This is approximately 40 years of her work. The works were created from white clay with shiny glaze in

March 1, 2010

Wildlands and Woodlands Conference – save the date

Woodpile in winter

New England Forestry Foundation is hosting an all-day regional conference featuring the Harvard Forest report, Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape. Registration will be available via their website in March.

Date: Jun 04, 2010
Time: 9:30AM to 4:30PM
Location: Grappone Conference Center - Marriott Courtyard
70 Constitution Avenue
Concord, NH 03301

Hear keynote speaker Dr. Al Sample, President

March 1, 2010

Harvard Forest Schoolyard Teachers present at the MA Environmental Education Society Conference

Schoolyard Teacher Jessica Greene

Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology Teachers "strut their stuff" at the Massachusetts Environmental Education Society Conference: MEES 2010: Bringing Environmental Education Home on Wednesday, March 3rd at the College of the Holy Cross. Award winning teachers, Jessica Greene and Kate Bennett will each lead separate workshops for conference attendees.

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March 1, 2010

21st Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium

Climbing Tower

The tweny first annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium will be held March 16, 2010 from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the Harvard Forest. This year's symposium will feature talks and discussion:

  • Future directions and integration of atmospheric (tower-based), terrestrial and aquatic measurements, including anticipating the establishment of a 35-ha forest dynamics plot
  • Emerging results and synthesis of studies on foundation species from

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