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March 29, 2024

New Interpretive Trail Honors Nipmuc Land Relationship

in the forest in early spring stands a white trail sign with black text that asks several questions including "are you a visitor, or are you home?"

The first new interpretive trail in almost a decade is now open to the public at Harvard Forest. The trail, called Manchage Manexit (place of marveling, place of departure), was created by Harvard students Tyler White (Graduate School of Design) and Kashish Bastola (Harvard College '26), with research and advising by Nia Holley

March 26, 2024

Exploring the Relationship Between Field-Based Education and STEM Identity

Image shows Cynthia Liu in front of the Harvard Forest Fisher Museum.

This Winter, Harvard Graduate School of Education student Cynthia Liu (‘24) has been working with Clarisse Hart, Katharine Hinkle, and collaborator Dr. Tara Goodhue to begin an evaluation of the STEM identity and environmental awareness of participants in our Schoolyard Ecology program. The goal is to provide an overall sense of how effective participation in our citizen

March 21, 2024

LTER updates: Symposium highlights, student research awards, and a submitted research proposal

Image shows 2024 graduate students affiliated with Harvard Forest's LTER Program. By Ben Goulet-Scott.

On March 19, Harvard Forest hosted its annual research symposium, entitled Looking Forward with Long-Term Research: New Directions and Graduate Student Research in the Harvard Forest LTER. Hosting nearly 100 individuals in person and over 50 online, this year's event included a variety of presentations that focused on upcoming research directions in Harvard Forest's Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. In

March 4, 2024

Research Spotlight: The Interactive Effects Between Forest Fragmentation and Climate Change

Image shows the structure of the rain exclosure near its completion. By Ben Goulet-Scott.

As researchers and policymakers consider climate change mitigation strategies worldwide, it has become increasingly important to understand the nuances of forest carbon sequestration. A new study at Harvard Forest will examine the interactive effects of forest fragmentation and climate on carbon sequestration, including how these interactions shift the balance of carbon across human-dominated landscapes.

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