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Tag: Joan Maloof

  • Saturday, August 5, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm – Old Growth Forests Walk, Talk, and Book-Signing

    On Saturday, August 5, join Mass Audubon’s Joe Choiniere, Old-Growth Forest Specialist Bob Leverett, and Old Growth Forest Network Director and Author Dr. Joan  Maloof for a morning walk at Wachusett Mountain along the trails that pass through the old growth forest area. In the afternoon, we will gather back at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston for an afternoon presentation by Dr. Joan Maloof followed by discussion and book signing. Joan is the author of Nature’s Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests. Co-sponsored with Mass Audubon.

    For the walk, meet at Tower Hill in Boylston at 9:15 am and van and car pool to Wachusett Mountain or meet at Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Visitor Center on Mountain Rd in Princeton at 9:45 am. For the talk and book-signing, meet at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston at 2:00 pm. You may register for either the talk and book-signing only, or for the walk, talk and book signing, at https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—old-growth-forests-walk-talk–book-signing

  • Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Nature’s Temple: Complex Old Growth Forests

    An old-growth forest is one that has formed naturally over a long period of time with little or no disturbance from humankind. They are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. Joan Maloof, Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University, Maryland and Founder and Director, Old-Growth Forest Network, makes a heartfelt and passionate case for their importance, defining old-growth and providing a brief history of these fragile ecosystems that now exist only in scattered fragments. She will describe how the life forms in an undisturbed forest—including not only its trees but also its insects, plant life, fungi, and mammals—differ from the life forms in a forest manipulated by humans. The lecture will take place in the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum on Wednesday, February 22 beginning at 7 pm. Fee Free for Arboretum members and students, $10 nonmember. Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277. Image from www.nature.org.