Harvard Forest office buildings and the Fisher Museum are now open to the public
We look forward to seeing you soon!
To help protect visitors and staff, face coverings are recommended for all visitors aged 2 and up. Please do not enter our facilities if you are unwell or experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19.
Fisher Museum hours: Weekdays year-round 9am–4pm; Weekends May to October 12-4pm
Last weekend, during an unseasonable heat wave, 20 undergraduate interns arrived from institutions all over the US to move into Harvard Forest's largest dorm. Thus began their 11-week Summer Research Program internships, during which they will pursue mentored team projects on topics ranging from amplifying Indigenous voices in STEM to understanding controls on forest carbon sequestration.
A new study in Environmental Research Letters shows striking disparities in the distribution of conserved land across multiple dimensions of social marginalization in New England – and creates a tool to help address them.
In a New England-wide analysis, the researchers found that communities in the lowest income quartile, and communities with the highest proportions of people of color
A new panorama in the Fisher Museum is the culmination of a year-long collaboration between community organizer Nia Holley of the Nipmuc Nation, multimedia artist Roberto Mighty, HF Director of Outreach & Education Clarisse Hart, the Vermont-based design company Shadows & Light, and the Wilmington-based printing company Advanced Imaging.
The photograph, spanning a 24-foot wall in the museum,