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Since 1907, Harvard University's 4,000-acre lab & classroom for ecology & conservation, working in community on unceded Nipmuc land in Petersham, MA. Posts by C. Hart and E. Johnson.

https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu | https://linktr.ee/harvardforest
We're hiring for two full-time, permanent positions: a Senior Scientist (to lead our eddy flux work) and a Director of Administration and Finance. Unfortunately we can't host international visas for these positions. More info here! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/about/employ...
October 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🌳👀 Free event @ HF this Saturday from 1-3pm! Learn how to ID trees with Elodie, our Education Assistant. This will include a 1.5 mile level walk on open trails; attendees will also hear about Harvard Forest research activities. RSVP not required.

harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/event/tree-i...
May 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🌳Join us this Thurs 5/7 @ 7pm for the premiere of *Views from a Woodlot*, a short film highlighting the philosophy & decades of forestry leadership by Bruce Spencer, steward of MA’s 100,000-acre Quabbin Reservation for 40+ years. 💧In-person @ the HF Fisher Museum. RSVP not req'd. rb.gy/8qpbuj
May 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join us 4/23 @4:30p w/ @harvardsalata.bsky.social for a discussion on the critical role of ecol. restoration in tackling the global climate & nature crises. 🌳Hear from our Dir in Residence, Jonathan Thompson, & Thiago Picolo of re.green RE the global market for nature-based solutions. RSVP: Linktree
April 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🌳 Seminar this Weds 4/9 @ 11am EST! Morgan Furze will present “Physiology, ecology, & evolution of carbohydrate storage in trees.” Morgan, Asst. Professor, joins us from Purdue University.

📍in-person @ HF 🤓 RSVP not required
April 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🤩Check out the latest issue of Worcester Living magazine for a lovely highlight of the Fisher Museum at Harvard Forest! 🌳

worcesterliving-ma.newsmemory.com (See page 24)
March 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌲 Join us Weds 3/26 @ 11am EST! 🔬 Vidya Vuruputoor will discuss interdisciplinary approaches to studying Eastern Hemlock’s defenses against the Woolly Adelgid. 🧐

In/person & Zoom - Linktree ➡️ Seminars. 🌐 Registration not req’d; DM for PW (same as previous). 🤓
March 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📢 Our Annual Ecology Symposium is next week! 🌳🔬👨🏽‍🎓 Zoom in to hear exciting research & education updates from HF researchers & associates. rb.gy/c0bjp5
March 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🌳Join us on 3/12 for "From Metal Mining to Data Mining: How Indigenous Data Governance Supports Sovereignty Within an Open Science Ecosystem" by Lydia Jennings, PhD (Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Wixárika). ⚛️ In-person @ Harvard Forest & on Zoom. 🌐💻 harvard.zoom.us/j/99148582331 DM for PW. (same as previous)
March 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🦊🌞On Saturday, March 8 from 1:30-2:30 come to Harvard Forest for Seasonal Traditional Storytelling, led by our Indigenous Education Specialist, Keshia DeFreece Lawrence. Free & open to all; children are welcome. 🌳https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/events
February 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🌳Join us Weds (2/12) for "Rooted in Truths," a seminar by Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr (Nipmuc), where he'll discuss restoring balance between everyday life & traditional values within colonial systems. 🌲 In-person ONLY @ Harvard Forest harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/visit
February 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
📢 We’re hiring! 🌳 Each year, our Summer Research Program in Ecology is supported by an Assistant Coordinator / Resident advisor. Know anyone who would be a good fit? 🤔 👨🏽‍🎓👩🏻‍🏫

See this and several other job openings here: harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/employment
February 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Our seminars are back!🌳Join us this Weds @ 11am EST! 🌲🌍 Mariana Vázquez-Alonso will present "From Ancient Forests to Modern Carbon Neutral Initiatives: LiDAR biomass estimation across landscapes" in-person at Harvard Forest and on Zoom. 🌐💻 harvard.zoom.us/j/99148582331 DM for PW. (same as previous)
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🌲 Sat. Jan 25 | 11am-12pm | @ Harvard Forest 🤓

Join us for a free public event & meet our Tree Ring Lab crew! 🌳

Tour will include a tree coring demo & Harvard Forest’s Tree Ring Lab, & discussion of old growth tree research!

RSVP not required. harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/events
January 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We're honored to have our meticulous phenological and meteorological data featured in this incredible work of #sciart / #dataviz by Jon Schroth (based in Connecticut): an ecological/phenological calendar for southern New England. www.resilience.org/stories/2024...
February 24, 2024 at 3:28 AM
We've been spotlighting our Bullard Fellows for years now and this is the first one that made me choke up with admiration. Dr. Siddiq is a friend and hero of mine. harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/news/bullard...
February 9, 2024 at 6:20 PM
The Forest right now. Nice, right? All of our webcams are updated every half hour during daylight hours, thanks to the PhenoCam network! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/webcams
January 29, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Our public seminars are back next week! On Wednesday, January 24, from 11:00-11:30am EST, we'll hear from Xiaojie Gao, a post-doc here at the Forest:

"Seeing Forest Seasonality From Space"

We hope you'll join us online! Message us for the Zoom link/password (which is the same as in past seminars).
January 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM