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  • Wednesday, October 14, 7:00 pm – Deer, Forests, and People: Understanding and Managing Socioecological Systems

    Wildlife comebacks in the last half century are to be celebrated. But, there have been unintended negative consequences. Deer populations, in particular, have risen to unprecedented levels in many areas, causing all kinds of problems. This Athol Bird & Nature Club presentation on Wednesday, October 14, beginning at 7 pm at the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main Street, Athol, will explore the deer overabundance issue and its many challenges. We no longer manage wildlife, but rather, “socioecological systems.” Tom Rawinski Botanist US Forest Service Durham Field Office will speak. Free.

  • Wednesday, June 4, 7:00 pm – Scentless Spring: Ecosystems Under Siege by White-Tailed Deer

    The overabundance of white-tailed deer is a growing problem. As a keystone species of forest ecosystems, they have a disproportionate impact on other species – wildflowers, tree seedlings, songbirds, and insects. Learn about the extensive damage caused by deer overpopulation on the Blue Hills Reservation and in other forests throughout our region, on Wednesday, June 4 at 7 pm at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, at a free program sponsored by Grow Native Massachusetts. We can solve this by restoring the predation that once kept deer populations in check.

    Speaker Tom Rawinski is a US Forest Service botanist in Durham, NH. For more information visit www.grownativemassachusetts.org.

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  • Friday, October 4, 6:45 pm – Deer, Forests, and People: Understanding and Managing Socioecological Systems

    The New England Botanical Club will present Tom Rawinski, Botanist, USDA Forest Service, Durham, New Hampshire, on Friday, October 4.  Tom will speak on Deer, Forests, and People: Understanding and Managing Socioecological Systems, beginning at 6:45 pm at Harvard University, Cambridge, in the Haller Lecture Hall (Room 102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge (door to the right of the Harvard Museum of Natural History entrance.)  For information on the New England botanical Club, visit www.rhodora.org. Picture below from www.animalliberationfront.com.

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