Director Receives New England Wild Flower Society Conservation Award

David Foster, Director of Harvard Forest, received the 2006 New England Wild Flower Society Massachusetts State Conservation Award. He was honored for guiding the development of Harvard Forest from a small academic outpost to a major research site and for changing the way biologists interpret landscape patterns and ecological processes. The award emphasized Dr. Foster's committment to revitalizing Harvard Forest to become a major site of long term ecological research activity, and for promoting conservation of habitats through the Wildands and Woodlands project.