Harvard Forest
@harvardforest.bsky.social
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
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
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...
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The Fall foliage colors are at their peak around @harvardforest.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Fall foliage colors are at their peak around @harvardforest.bsky.social
We're searching for a full-time Senior Scientist who will become a core leader in our long-term research program on forest carbon budgets, with studies of ecosystem CO2, water, and energy fluxes.
Unfortunately, we can't sponsor int'l visas for this position. careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-s...
Unfortunately, we can't sponsor int'l visas for this position. careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-s...
Senior Scientist
careers.harvard.edu
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We're searching for a full-time Senior Scientist who will become a core leader in our long-term research program on forest carbon budgets, with studies of ecosystem CO2, water, and energy fluxes.
Unfortunately, we can't sponsor int'l visas for this position. careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-s...
Unfortunately, we can't sponsor int'l visas for this position. careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-s...
🌳👀 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...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:51 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...
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/event/tree-i...
🌳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 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
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
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
🌳 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
📍in-person @ HF 🤓 RSVP not required
April 7, 2025 at 3:27 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
📍in-person @ HF 🤓 RSVP not required
🤩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)
worcesterliving-ma.newsmemory.com (See page 24)
March 24, 2025 at 3:30 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)
worcesterliving-ma.newsmemory.com (See page 24)
🌲 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). 🤓
In/person & Zoom - Linktree ➡️ Seminars. 🌐 Registration not req’d; DM for PW (same as previous). 🤓
March 20, 2025 at 2:38 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). 🤓
In/person & Zoom - Linktree ➡️ Seminars. 🌐 Registration not req’d; DM for PW (same as previous). 🤓
📢 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
📢 Our Annual Ecology Symposium is next week! 🌳🔬👨🏽🎓 Zoom in to hear exciting research & education updates from HF researchers & associates. rb.gy/c0bjp5
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Despite recent rain and snowfall, the state's groundwater levels are not where they need to be for the upcoming growing season. We're asking all residents to follow state guidance and local water restrictions to keep water available for essential needs. mass.gov/conservemawater
mass.gov
March 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Despite recent rain and snowfall, the state's groundwater levels are not where they need to be for the upcoming growing season. We're asking all residents to follow state guidance and local water restrictions to keep water available for essential needs. mass.gov/conservemawater
“I think what’s happening here is very real for all of us, and we could flop down and despair — seriously we could — but we’re also bolstered by a real sense of wonder at the resilience of ecosystems, at the way that trees work, the way these systems function.”
When the woods are your climate change lab — Harvard Gazette
For these researchers, Harvard Forest is a labor of love, and that love is changing.
news.harvard.edu
March 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“I think what’s happening here is very real for all of us, and we could flop down and despair — seriously we could — but we’re also bolstered by a real sense of wonder at the resilience of ecosystems, at the way that trees work, the way these systems function.”
🌳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
🌳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)
Join us this Saturday! 💫
🦊🌞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
March 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Join us this Saturday! 💫
We're honored to have worked w/BBC in their new series, the Americas, which aired yesterday on NBC. In their initial episode, The Atlantic Coast, narrator Tom Hanks discusses the science of fall colors. The “triple oak” mentioned is on nearby land stewarded by our longtime volunteers, the Feldmans!
Tom Hanks Discusses the Atlantic Coast | The Americas | NBC
YouTube video by NBC
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February 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We're honored to have worked w/BBC in their new series, the Americas, which aired yesterday on NBC. In their initial episode, The Atlantic Coast, narrator Tom Hanks discusses the science of fall colors. The “triple oak” mentioned is on nearby land stewarded by our longtime volunteers, the Feldmans!
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Congrats to Samuel Jurado on his first first-authored paper! We found that larger rain events lead to lower soil moisture, creating dry land-atm feedbacks in the NE US by increasing the height of cloud formation.
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
Increasing Large Precipitation Events and Low Available Water Holding Capacity Create the Conditions for Dry Land‐Atmosphere Feedbacks in the Northeastern United States
Land-atmosphere coupling at Harvard Forest is principally controlled by the low amount of precipitation retained as soil moisture rather than evapotranspiration
More extreme rainfall resulted in ...
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February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Congrats to Samuel Jurado on his first first-authored paper! We found that larger rain events lead to lower soil moisture, creating dry land-atm feedbacks in the NE US by increasing the height of cloud formation.
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
🦊🌞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
🦊🌞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
🌳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
🌳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
📢 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
See this and several other job openings here: harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/employment
February 5, 2025 at 2:46 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
See this and several other job openings here: harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/employment
🤓 Sometimes growth occurs quite slowly, and sometimes we may need a microscope to see it, but it still shows up!🌳 Hear from one of our Senior Ecologists, Neil Pederson, to discover how scientists read tree rings to understand centuries-old stories. 🌲🍃🔥@yellowbuckeye.bsky.social
A discussion on what old trees and what we can learn from them, but also, a reflection on how the global human intelligence can lift our cultural and environmental world. The evidence is everywhere:
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Also available in listening form from the Apple Finch podcast series
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Also available in listening form from the Apple Finch podcast series
What 1,000-Year-Old Trees Look Like with Neil Pederson | AFP 37
YouTube video by Apple Finch Pudding
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February 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🤓 Sometimes growth occurs quite slowly, and sometimes we may need a microscope to see it, but it still shows up!🌳 Hear from one of our Senior Ecologists, Neil Pederson, to discover how scientists read tree rings to understand centuries-old stories. 🌲🍃🔥@yellowbuckeye.bsky.social
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
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)
🌲 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
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
🌲 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
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
It's Symposium day! Graduate students in our @uslter.bsky.social site program are presenting their work on myccorhizal fungi, methane cycling, landscape interpretation, pest forecasting, urbanization, and young students' STEM identity. Join us online! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/news/registe...
March 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
It's Symposium day! Graduate students in our @uslter.bsky.social site program are presenting their work on myccorhizal fungi, methane cycling, landscape interpretation, pest forecasting, urbanization, and young students' STEM identity. Join us online! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/news/registe...
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'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...
Each hurricane in New England wipes out ~10 yrs of forest carbon sequestration. If hurricanes become more frequent and/or intense here, the forests' ability to serve as carbon sinks may be at risk. Thx @josephtumber.bsky.social 4 vital @uslter.bsky.social work! northernwoodlands.org/discoveries/...
A Stormy Future for Carbon Offsets | Winter 2023 | Discoveries |
Carbon offset programs often withhold 10 to 20 percent of offsets generated by a project, as a buffer against changes to the forest that might… This content i
northernwoodlands.org
February 13, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Each hurricane in New England wipes out ~10 yrs of forest carbon sequestration. If hurricanes become more frequent and/or intense here, the forests' ability to serve as carbon sinks may be at risk. Thx @josephtumber.bsky.social 4 vital @uslter.bsky.social work! northernwoodlands.org/discoveries/...