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October 5, 2012

Harvard Forest Post-Doc Earns Prestigious Banting Fellowship

Baltimore checkerspots butterfly

Greg Breed, a Harvard Forest post-doctoral fellow, has begun a 2-year fellowship at the University of Alberta to continue his research on butterfly population dynamics. Banting fellowships are granted by the Canadian federal government "to build world-class research capacity by recruiting top-tier Canadian and international postdoctoral researchers at an internationally competitive level of funding."

Learn more from the

October 1, 2012

MassLIFT-AmeriCorps Orientation and Trail Project at the Forest

Trail crew team 2012

Twenty MassLIFT-AmeriCorps members started their year of service this September with a four-day orientation at the Harvard Forest.  The MassLIFT (Massachusetts Land Initiative for Tomorrow) program, founded and led by Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, trains and supports its members to sustain and often initiate conservation-related projects across Massachusetts.

The September orientation included a tour of

September 19, 2012

Highlights from the 2012 Summer Research Program

Summer research students

32 undergraduate students spent summer 2012 at the Harvard Forest, hard at work with their mentors on research projects related to climate change, wildlife, water quality, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, and conservation. While most students participated as part of the Summer Research Program in Ecology, two students were Leadership Fellows from the SEEDS program of the Ecological Society of

September 18, 2012

Museum Series to Feature Harvard Forest Keynotes

Dave Orwig and David Foster

A public event series at the Harvard Museum of Natural History will feature lectures by several Harvard Forest researchers this fall. 

September 19, 6:00pm
Forest Invaders! How Invasive Species are Reshaping the Wooded Landscape of New England
Panel discussion by Dave Orwig and David Foster

November 15, 6:00pm
Woodlands and Waters, Forests and Faucets: A look at

September 5, 2012

Harvard Forest Welcomes New Bullard Fellows

Cedar trees in Holyoke,Ma

The seven Charles Bullard fellows arriving at the Forest this fall will spend the academic year collaborating with Harvard researchers to investigate topics ranging from seed dispersal and biophysical modeling to sustainable forestry.

Learn more about this year's fellows.

The mission of the Bullard fellowship program is to support advanced research and study by individuals who show promise of making an

August 29, 2012

Special Exhibit "First Contact" to Open Sept. 23

Image from First Contact taken at Harvard Forest

Through digital projections, landscape photography, high-definition video, and forest audio recordings taken at the Harvard Forest, overlaid with historical voiceover texts and music, First Contact will immerse visitors in the experience of 17th century peoples as they struggled to reconcile opposing notions about land use.

The multimedia exhibit will open in the Fisher

August 19, 2012

New Study: Massachusetts Butterflies Responding to Climate Change

The Giant Swallowtail butterfly on a purple flower

A partnership between Harvard Forest scientists Greg Breed, Elizabeth Crone, and Sharon Stichter of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club has led to a new study in Nature Climate Change.

The researchers analyzed 19 years of data from nearly 20,000 trip accounts logged by the butterfly club's amateur naturalists. The resulting data show strong shifts

August 15, 2012

Scientist Awarded Medal for Distinguished Career

Steve Wofsy

We heartily congratulate Steve Wofsy--Harvard faculty member in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and longtime research associate at the Harvard Forest--who has received the Roger Revelle Medal from the American Geophysical Union. The award is given to one scientist annually "for outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate, or related

August 15, 2012

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Research on NPR

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid feeding

Northeast Public Radio recently interviewed forest ecologist Dave Orwig about the expansion of hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive insect, into southern Vermont. The adelgid was first found in Virginia in the 1950s, then Massachusetts in 1989, and has continued to move north since then.

August 15, 2012

Early Warnings for Ecological Tipping Points

Wetland with trees in the background showing fall foliage

A new paper co-authored by HF senior ecologist Aaron Ellison explores early-warning detection signaling in systems undergoing rapid change. As ecosystems approach critical thresholds, scientists can choose a number of different methods to detect early warning signs. The authors recommend combining these methods to avoid false alarms or missed signals. Their results can be applied in a

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