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Last updated May 3, 2012

2012-2013 Charles Bullard Fellows Announced

Harvard Forest is pleased to announce this year's group of Bullard fellows for 2012-2013 who will be based either at the Harvard Forest or at the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. The mission of the Charles Bullard fellowship program is to support advanced research and study by individuals who show promise of making an important contribution, either as scholars or administrators, to forestry and forest-related subjects from biology to earth sciences, economics, politics, administration or law. Read more > about 2012-2013 Charles Bullard Fellows Announced

25 New Keystone Cooperators trained at Harvard Forest

Keystone group

In late April, 25 community volunteers completed a three-day workshop at the Harvard Forest as part of the Massachusetts Keystone Program. The program trains forest landowners and community opinion leaders to be local advocates of conservation, and to help inform the land management and conservation decisions of their friends, neighbors, organizations, and communities.  Read more > about 25 New Keystone Cooperators trained at Harvard Forest

Climate Change and Public Health Study Featured on NBC-Learn

NBC filming on roof

Community Ecologist Kristina Stinson recently provided expert commentary for NBC Learn's "Science Behind the News" segment on allergenic plants. The video series is co-produced by the National Science Foundation.

Watch Science Behind the News: Allergies. Read more > about Climate Change and Public Health Study Featured on NBC-Learn

GoBotany Interactive Field Guide Launched

GoBotany screenshot

Go Botany--a free website developed by former HF Bullard Fellow Elizabeth Farnsworth and the New England Wild Flower Society--is an interactive, online field guide to more than 3,000 native and naturalized plants in New England. Read more > about GoBotany Interactive Field Guide Launched

New Publication: Micro-climates in Declining Hemlock Forests

A new article by visiting researcher Nicky Lustenhouwer and HF researchers Aaron Ellison and Liza Nicoll reports impacts of forest decline, harvest, and regeneration in eastern hemlock stands affected by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. Read more > about New Publication: Micro-climates in Declining Hemlock Forests

BioScience Features Lessons and New Directions from 30 Years of LTER

BioScience LTER issue

A special issue of the journal BioScience, guest-edited by David Foster, highlights the globally important role of the LTER network as it enters its fourth decade--including new research by Jonathan Thompson, linking land development tren Read more > about BioScience Features Lessons and New Directions from 30 Years of LTER

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