Events

In addition to special events that occur throughout the year, Harvard Forest regularly hosts the following:

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  • Public Seminar: Tvisha Martin – Assessing free-living nematode morphological and life-history traits to understand functional responses to soil warming

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Tvisha Martin is an NSF Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of New Hampshire. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern […]

  • sunlight streams through tree trunks and green canopy of a forest in summer

    Public Trail Event: Bob Marshall Trail Opening

    The Petersham Open Space and Recreation Committee is hosting an opening event for the recently completed Bob Marshall Trail on Saturday, October 24.  Please join us for a brief ceremony at 1:00 p.m. at the Gould Woodlot (Route 32).  Experienced hikers are then welcome to join a guided walk down the trail 3.5 miles to […]

  • Public Seminar: Mark Urban – The revolution of evolution for ecology and conservation

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Mark Urban is the Arden Chair and Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall […]

  • Forest in the Trees film poster shows Dr. O'Keefe walking on a path in the autumn woods with binoculars, a Harvard Forest sweatshirt, and an orange hat.

    Public Film Screening & Q&A: The Forest in the Trees

    Harvard Forest - Fisher Museum 324 N. Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Join us in the Fisher Museum on November 10 at 6:30 p.m. for a film screening and scientist Q&A that will illuminate the fascinating, human story of Harvard Forest's most-downloaded dataset, a remarkable 37-year record of the changing timing of spring bud-burst and autumn leaf-drop in 30 individual trees at Harvard Forest. A screening of […]

  • Public Seminar: Andrew Ouimette (Presentation Title TBD)

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Andrew Ouimette is a Researcher at the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station in Durham, NH. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to […]

  • A scientist in a blue shirt measures the diameter of a tree branch in a forest.

    Public Seminar: Abigail Barenblitt – Applications of Remote Sensing for Indicators for Forest Integrity and Biodiversity

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Abigail Barenblit is a Spatial Analyst and Faculty Specialist in NASA's Biospheric Sciences Lab. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern […]

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