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| "Reading the Forested Landscape" with ecologist Tom Wessels (PVI annual meeting) |
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| Start Date: | 11/4/2009 | Start Time: | 7:00 PM |
| End Date: | 11/4/2009 | End Time: | 9:00 PM |
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Event Description
This program, based on Wessels’ book, Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England introduces us to approaches used to interpret a forest’s history while wandering through it. Using evidence— the shapes of trees, scars on their trunks, the pattern of decay in stumps, the construction of stone walls, the lay of the land—it is possible to unravel complex stories etched into our forested landscape. This process could certainly be called forest forensics, since the process is very similar to interpreting a crime scene.
Wessels is an ecologist and founding director of the master’s degree program in conservation biology at Antioch New England. He is former chair of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation that fosters environmental leadership through graduate fellowships and organizational grants. He serves as an ecological consultant to the Rain Forest Alliance’s SmartWood Green Certification Program. Tom has conducted landscape level workshops throughout the US for over 30 years. His books include Reading the Forested Landscape, The Granite Landscape, Untamed Vermont, and The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future. |
Location Information:
Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Sloan Theater |
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Admission information
Free |
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