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March 5, 2013

New Insights on Species Invasions

garlic mustard Harvard Forest

Land managers rely on ecological research to predict whether non-native species might invade an area and what the consequences will be. But according to a new study by Bullard Fellow Martha Hoopes and colleagues, the factors used to predict whether a species will invade an ecosystem are not always useful for predicting how harmful the invasion will

March 5, 2013

NSF "Ecological Reflections" Exhibit Highlights 6 Harvard Forest Artists

Cloud Lightning poster by Roberto Mighty

Work by 39 artists and writers from 11 LTER sites, including the Harvard Forest, is the focus of a new Ecological Reflections exhibit at National Science Foundation (NSF) headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The exhibit, “Sense of Place in Changing Places,” opened to a full house of visitors on February 28 as part of the 2013 LTER mini-symposium.

Artwork featured in

March 4, 2013

Harvard Forest and the Town of Petersham on Chronicle

Mark on Tower at Harvard Forest

The popular WCVB Channel 5 show Chronicle featured the town of Petersham and the Harvard Forest in a recent episode of "Mystery Main Streets."

Harvard Forest and the Fisher Museum were part of a puzzle that viewers tried to solve as they watched: where in New England can reporters climb a research tower, pet alpacas, meet up with monks,

February 19, 2013

Mass. Keystone Project Now Accepting Applications

Keystone training

The Massachusetts Keystone Project trains 20-25 community leaders at the Harvard Forest each year. The 2013 program takes place April 11-14; applications will be accepted through March 4.

Potential Keystone applicants should either own forestland, be involved in the care and stewardship of a property, or be an involved community leader. Applications will be reviewed for applicant

February 19, 2013

Students Share Winter Break Experiences

Students on winter break at Harvard Forest

Last month, ten Harvard students participated in Harvard Forest's third annual Winter Break Week. Highlights from the week are now available on a student-created Winter Break webpage, featuring student sketches, photography, and writings inspired by daily field activities.

The Winter Break program, called "Reading and Conserving New England: Interdisciplinary Insights into a Landscape's Past, Present, and Future," is

February 4, 2013

Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium: March 19, 2013

Map of New England

The Harvard Forest 24th annual Ecology Symposium is next Tuesday, March 19th in the Fisher Museum.

Registration for the symposium is closed. Please contact Audrey Barker Plotkin (aabarker@fas.harvard.edu) with questions.

January 31, 2013

In Memoriam: Dottie Smith and Charles Henry Foster

Dorothy 'Dottie' Smith

We mourn the recent loss of two longtime associates of the Harvard Forest: Dorothy ('Dottie') Smith and Charles ('Henry') Foster.

Dottie Smith worked as Administrative Assistant at the Forest for 35 years until her retirement in 2003. Upon her retirement, Professor Barry Tomlinson, with whom she had worked closely, remembered her as an "ace secretary" and noted in a short poem,

January 20, 2013

Results from a 20-Year Soil Warming Experiment

Soil warming plots

New research out of the Harvard Forest, published today in Nature Climate Change, sheds new light on the unexpected ways soil microbes respond to climate change. According to the study, led by U. of New Hampshire scientist Serita Frey: as temperatures rise, soil microorganisms release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, creating a feedback loop that could exacerbate climate

January 18, 2013

Photography Exhibit Features Harvard Forest Scenes

soil sifting at Harvard Forest

A new exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Photography's gallery in Belmont, Massachusetts, features photos of the Harvard Forest taken over a two-year period by John Hirsch. The exhibit, "And Again: Photographs from the Harvard Forest", features a range of Harvard Forest experiments, scientists, and landscapes. It runs January 18 through March 24, 2013, with a

January 15, 2013

Harvard Forest at TEDx Beacon Street

Jim Levitt presenting in a lecture on TEDx series

Jim Levitt, Director of the Harvard Forest's Program on Conservation Innovation, recently presented an optimistic look at the future of land conservation in a lecture for the well-known TEDx series.

His talk, "Innovate to Meet the Challenge of Conservation," follows the line of influence from early conservation efforts in colonial Massachusetts to innovative conservation projects

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