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April 1, 2011

Tree Canopy Web-Cams

Canopy webcam

Watch spring unfold in real-time in the tree canopy this month at the Harvard Forest. Our research tower web cameras are supported by the National Science Foundation and contribute to a national network of phenology webcams at national parks, research sites, and other locations around the country. 

March 1, 2011

Undergraduates Experience January Term at Harvard Forest

Winter term course

In late January, ten Harvard undergraduates from a variety of majors spent five days of their winter break at the Harvard Forest in a new interdisciplinary program called "Reading and Conserving the New England Landscape." The program was made possible by a generous grant from the Harvard President's January Innovation Fund. Through hands-on field activities and a series of mini-lectures

March 1, 2011

22nd Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium

The 22nd annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium will be held March 15, 2011 from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the Harvard Forest. This year's symposium will feature talks and discussion focusing on the twenty years of long-term ecological research: synthesis and future directions.

March 1, 2011

Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill

On February 16-17, Harvard Forest Outreach Manager Clarisse Hart was one of four scientists supported by NEON (the National Clarisse in DCEcological Observatory Network) to participate in a series of climate science meetings with senators and representatives on Capitol Hill. The experience, a joint effort by a dozen national scientific associations, included a

March 1, 2011

Harvard Forest Convenes LTER Forest Stakeholder Dialogues in DC

On February 28 and March 2, Harvard Forest project leaders David Foster and Kathy Lambert joined representatives from the US Forest Service and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington DC to host a series of science and policy dialogues for a new research project entitled "Future Scenarios of Forest Change." These 2-hour conversations bring together leading scientists, conservationists, landowner

March 1, 2011

Director of Administration Earns Harvard Dean’s Distinction

Edythe Ellin has earned a Dean's Award of Distinction from the Harvard University Faculty of Arts of Sciences (FAS)--a prestigious honor, via nomination, that recognizes the top one percent of FAS employees for their exceptional contributions to the university. According to Dean Michael Smith, these awardees are vital to "Harvard's faculty and students reaching the heights they aim for." Edythe

February 1, 2011

New Harvard Forest Publications: Methods and Models of Species Change and Spread

New methods in detecting species change

Data on insect population sizes collected at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) LTER were used in a new paper by a group including HF senior ecologist Aaron Ellison focused on new methods to detect changes in species assemblages through time. The methods, including hierarchical models and bootstrapping, provide ways to detect temporal trends in the

February 1, 2011

22nd Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium

Simes plot

The 22nd annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium will be held March 15, 2011 from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the Harvard Forest. This year's symposium will feature talks and discussion focusing on the twenty years of long-term ecological research: synthesis and future directions.

February 1, 2011

New Grants Spur Research on Future Scenarios of Forest Change

The Harvard Forest received three grants totaling $150,000 from the LTER Program, the Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust and Highstead to support a new research project on Future Scenarios of Landscape Change. The project brings together scientists and stakeholders to develop narrative scenarios for how climate and land use change will shape forests over the next century in four focal

January 1, 2011

Charles Bullard Fellowships in Forestry

We are now accepting applications for 6-12 months fellowships for advanced research and study by persons who show promise of making an important contribution, either as scholars or administrators, to forestry defined in its broadest sense as the human use of forested environments. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2011. Learn more. 

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