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The Thompson Lab at Harvard Forest is working with the state to implement their new Forest as Climate Solutions initiative. As part of this work, Harvard Forest’s Director of Research Jonathan Thompson serves on a committee with the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) to shape the development of new forest management practices

Marking the culmination of nearly three months with Harvard Forest's Summer Research Program in Ecology, 21 undergraduate students recently presented on their research at Harvard Forest's 30th Annual Student Symposium. Student researchers presented on topics such as carbon storage and modeling, the impacts of introduced species on culturally important plants, soil warming and its effects on belowground

This summer, heavy smoke from forest fires in Canada has reminded many of us of the potential for fires, the history of fire management, and importance of fires to ecosystems processes– even in the eastern part of the country. For Michael Stambaugh, the narrative of changing fire regimes has been of interest for decades, where his research and documentation of

Come join us this summer to train on a Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology project or dive deep into utilizing our Witness Tree project to enhance climate learning in your classroom!

Register here!

Day 1 - Tuesday, August 22nd: Project Training deep dives (Choose 1)

• Hemlock Wooley Adelgid Invasive Species Monitoring Study
• Our Changing Forests Study
• Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming Phenology