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November 27, 2013

Arts & Science Merge in Harvard Forest Winter Break Week

HWA studies at Winter Break

Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Harvard Forest Winter Break Week (Jan. 19-24), an immersive, interdisciplinary opportunity for Harvard students to explore the Harvard Forest landscape. Daily hands-on workshops and field trips led by scientists, artists, and writers will offer students a variety of perspectives on real-world ecological and conservation topics. This program is made possible at

November 27, 2013

Paper Highlights Resilience and Recovery of Large, Old Trees

large pine at Ice Glen

A brief synthesis of large, old tree dynamics, recently published by the journal Conservation Letters, shows that despite concerns of widespread declines of large trees, forest research from the USA, Sweden, European Union, and the tropics reveal that large trees have actually increased in many of the world’s forests in recent decades. The author of the article, Harvard