Press resources for 10/16 Hurricane story

Press Release: "In Blown-Down Forests, a Story of Survival"

For interviews, contact Clarisse Hart, Harvard Forest Outreach Manager, at hart3@fas.harvard.edu, 978-756-6157.

Scientific paper in Ecology: (online pre-print) "Survivors, not invaders, control forest development following simulated hurricane"

Photographs

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In 1990, the Harvard Forest hurricane pulldown area was a jumble of downed trees. Photo by Marcheterre Fluet.



By 1999, the Harvard Forest hurricane pulldown area showed significant regeneration. Photo by Audrey Barker-Plotkin.



22 years after the experiment began, Harvard Forest ecologists continue to monitor downed wood in the hurricane pulldown experiment. Photo by John Hirsch.



Following the massive hurricane of 1938, Al Cline, then-director of the Harvard Forest, surveys one of many local ponds used to store the enormous volume of trees that were salvage-harvested. Photo courtesy of the Harvard Forest Archives.

Broken and snapped-off trees at the tornado impact area of the McKinstry Brook Wildlife Management Area in Southbridge, Massachusetts, 2011. This area has been left to regenerate naturally. MassWildlife photo by Bill Byrne.  [[more photos of McKinstry Brook tornado damage available upon request]]

Sassafras comes to life in the McKinstry Brook WMA tornado impact area. MassWildlife photo by Bill Byrne.