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Research and Education in Ecology, Conservation and Forest Biology

Since 1907 research and education have been the mission of the Harvard Forest, one of the oldest and most intensively studied forests in North America. From a center comprised of 3000 acres of land, research facilities, and the Fisher Museum the scientists, students, and collaborators at the Forest explore topics ranging from conservation and environmental change to land-use history and the ways in which physical, biological and human systems interact to change our earth.

March Highlights

Twentieth Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium

The twentieth annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium will be held March 16, 2010 from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the Harvard Forest. This year's symposium will feature talks and discussion

• Future directions and integration of atmospheric (tower-based), terrestrial and aquatic measurements, including anticipating the establishment of a 35-ha forest dynamics plot
• Emerging results and synthesis of studies on foundation species from long-term experiments and natural experiments
• Chronic N, Hurricane, DIRT: Twenty Years and Counting

Learn more, RSVP and/or submit abstracts.

Harvard Forest Schoolyard Teachers present at the MA Environmental Education Society Conference

Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology Teachers "strut their stuff" at the Massachusetts Environmental Education Society Conference: MEES 2010: Bringing Environmental Education Home on Wednesday, March 3rd at the College of the Holy Cross. Award winning teachers, Jessica Greene and Kate Bennett will each lead separate workshops for conference attendees.

West Springfield Middle School teacher, Jessica Greene, will share the ways she integrates the Harvard Forest Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming science protocol into her middle school curricula. Workshop participants will see how she is able to facilitate students communicating their study findings in the form of scientific posters.

J.R. Briggs Elementary School teacher, Kate Bennett and Nashua River Watershed Assoc., Environmental Education Director Mary Marro will present hands on ecology based math lessons in a workshop entitled Math in the Field. These standards based lessons are suitable for outdoor settings such as schoolyards, woods, or nature trails. Participants will learn how to do plot studies for plant and insect diversity, graph temperatures and snow depths. Jessica and Kate have participated in the Harvard Forest LTER Schoolyard Ecology Program for the past five years. Kate has spent the last three summers working on ecological studies with Harvard Forest Scientists as part of the Research Education for Teachers (RET) program through LTER-NSF.

Wildlands and Woodlands Conference – save the date

New England Forestry Foundation is hosting an all-day regional conference featuring the Harvard Forest report, Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape. Registration will be available via their website in March.

Date: Jun 04, 2010
Time: 9:30AM to 4:30PM
Location: Grappone Conference Center - Marriott Courtyard
70 Constitution Avenue
Concord, NH 03301

Hear keynote speaker Dr. Al Sample, President of the Pinchot Institute in Washington, D.C., and participate with fellow professionals and landowners in workshops on the science of forest preservation, the future of conservation funding, and more! This conference will be especially beneficial for landowners, land trusts, conservation groups, foresters, forest industry, government and other officials.

For more information and to register online, visit http://www.newenglandforestry.org/newwconf.html.