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A new study in Environmental Research Letters shows striking disparities in the distribution of conserved land across multiple dimensions of social marginalization in New England – and creates a tool to help address them.

In a New England-wide analysis, the researchers found that communities in the lowest income quartile, and communities with the highest proportions of people of

The Forest is accepting applications for 2 open positions in education and laboratory coordination. 

• The full-time Higher Education and Laboratory Coordinator will manage the year-round work of the Forest's Summer Research Program and also coordinate activities across multiple laboratories, a greenhouse, and experimental gardens.
• The part-time Schoolyard Ecology Program Coordinator will manage the year-round work of the Forest's K-12 Schoolyard Ecology

A new video series showcases current field research by senior scientists, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates in the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program.

The series was filmed in summer 2021 by filmmaker and longtime Harvard Forest collaborator, Roberto Mighty.

• Watch Tracking the Carbon Power of the Woods, featuring Audrey Barker Plotkin and Bill Munger.
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Four Harvard students completed intensive winter internships at the Forest this January, working virtually on a range of projects and presenting their findings to community partners and Harvard faculty and staff on January 19.

• Nina Chung, a junior studying Integrative Biology, worked with mentors Jonathan Thompson and Valerie Pasquarella to compare the sensitivity of remote sensing products