Summer Research Program in Ecology - Living at Harvard Forest
Harvard Forest:
The Forest is located in Petersham, a small town in central Massachusetts about 70 miles west of Boston. The 3000-acre site lies in the Transition Hardwood-White Pine-Hemlock forest region, and includes a variety of forests and wetlands. Facilities include laboratories for nutrient analysis, physiological and population ecology, isozyme, tree-ring and pollen analysis; greenhouses; herbarium; computer laboratory; library; archives; and the Fisher Museum of Forestry.
Near-by Attractions: The closest town is Athol, Massachusetts in the North Quabbin Region. While the forest is in a rural area, summer students often visit the college-towns of Amherst and Northampton, take day trips to Cambridge and Boston, organize hikes in New Hampshire's White Mountains and explore Maine's coastline at Acadia National Park.
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