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.