Harvard Forest's Schoolyard LTER Program, which currently trains teachers from over 50 schools to conduct ecological research in their schoolyards, has added a new professional development workshop for teacher participants. In the Data Level III workshop to be held in January, teachers will work one-on-one with Harvard Forest ecologists to explore advanced graphing techniques for their students' Schoolyard data. The

Schoolyard Teacher Honored 

Congratulations to Schoolyard Ecology Teacher, Maria Blewitt of Austin Preparatory School in Reading, MA, who was honored with
a Secretary's Award for Excellence in Environmental Education at the Boston State House last month. Maria has participated in the "Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming" Schoolyard study under the guidance of HF

Teacher Nancy Wile and the Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall Elementary School's Wet and Wild: Vernal Pool Explorations has been selected to receive an Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary's Awards at a ceremony at the State House in the Great Hall on April 30th at 11 a.m. Her project is part of Harvard Forest's Schoolyard Ecology program, 

Harvard Forest was well represented at the 2009 All Scientists Meeting, held at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado from September 13 to the 17th. Highlights of HF participation included:

Working Group Presentations:

• David Foster and Jonathan Thompson led at the Scenarios of Future Landscape Change working group.
• David Foster and former HF Bullard, Jill Thompson presented at