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September 1, 2004

Seminar Series Resumes

Harvard Forest's Annual Seminar Series begins September 24, 2004 at 11:00am, with new Post Doctoral Fellow - Rob MacDonald

A full schedule which is continually kept up to date is now available. 

September 1, 2004

Annual Report 2003 - 2004 now available

The Harvard Forest 2003-2004 annual report has just been released and is now available on line in PDF format.                                      2004 Annual Report Cover

September 1, 2004

Harvard Forest Featured in Special Issue

The Special Issue: Forest Ecology and Management. Volume 196, issue 1, 12 July 2004. Pages 1 - 186. is dedicated to The Harvard Forest Ecology and Management CoverForest (USA) Nitrogen Saturation Experiment: Results from the First 15 Years. Edited by John Aber, This special issue presents 11 papers that report in detail on

August 1, 2004

Berkshires' Past Revealed

A team of Harvard Forest researchers recently obtained a sediment core from Benson Pond, which is located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Paleoecology CrewUndeterred by rough roads, inclement weather, and thick pond-side vegetation, Masters of Forestry student Posy Busby, Undergraduate (REU) student Sarah Truebe, Elaine Doughty, Bullard Fellow Matts Lindbladh, and Wyatt

July 1, 2004

New Grant Funds Summer Institute for Teachers

The Harvard Forest, in collaboration with the Hitchcock Center for the Environment and the Millers River Environmental Center, offers a Teacher at the summer instituteForest Ecology training institute for teachers of grades 1-9, from Amherst, Athol, Orange and Montague. Teachers will learn how to implement field studies related to

June 1, 2004

New Harvard Forest Publication: Bayesian Interference in Ecology

Ellison, A.M. 2004. Bayesian inference in ecology. Ecology Letters 7: 509-520. 

June 1, 2004

Summer Students Descend on Forest

30 summer students have arrived as part of the Harvard Forest summer research program in ecology. Students come from all over the Summer REU IntermsUnited States to participate in on-going research projects including atmospheric pollution, global warming, hurricanes, treefalls, and insect outbreaks. Researchers come from many disciplines and institutions. Specific projects center

June 1, 2004

Major Step toward Land Protection - Wilson lot update

On May 6th a major step toward the protection and ultimate acquisition of the Wilson lot was taken when Mount Grace Land Riley's FieldConservation Trust (MGLCT) purchased the lot from the Wilsons (detailed description of land protection effort). As part of the purchase MGLCT signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement (P &

June 1, 2004

New Laboratory Equipment Awarded to Harvard Forest

Harvard Forest was recently awarded $59,640.00 from a National Science Foundation grant to purchase new nutrient analysis Lab equipmentequipment for community, ecosystem, hydrological, and physiological research. The grant was a Multi-User/Instrumentation and Instrument Development Grant (DBI-0400759) submitted in autumn 2003 by a team of researchers and collaborators including David Foster, David Orwig, Aaron

May 1, 2004

New Harvard Forest Publication: Impact of Hurricanes in Puerto Rico

Emery R. Boose, Mayra I. Serrano, and David R. Foster. 2004. Landscape and regional impacts of hurricanes in Puerto Rico. Ecological Monographs 74: 335-352.

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