Brian Donahue will speak on Changes in the New England Landscape  Tuesday, June 26, from 7 – 9 at the Thayer Memorial Library, 717 Main Street in Lancaster, Massachusetts.  The free lecture is part of the Rosemary Davis Environmental Series The Fall & Rise of the Forest from Pre-European Times to Today. Brian Donahue, the author of Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town (Yale University Press) and co-author of Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape (Harvard University), will share his knowledge of our region’s environmental history, conservation efforts, and stewardship. He is Associate Professor of American Environmental Studies at Brandeis University. This program is sponsored by the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund. For more information visit www.thayermemoriallibrary.org.