The Oxford Land Trust is holding its annual Members' Meeting on Thursday, Dec. 8th, at 7pm at the Oxford Town Hall. The Program: "A History of the Connecticut Forest" is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Please join us.
"A HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT FOREST "
Viewed across the landscape, the forests covering our hillsides and valleys seem as though they have always been there. A different story emerges, however, when you walk along a trail and discover evidence of human impact on the land from earlier generations: overgrown stone walls, a charcoal mound, or a sunken cellar. The resilient Connecticut forest has undergone dramatic changes over the past 400 years and earlier. This talk will cover the changes in our forests since the ice age, and what the future forest may look like.
Jeffrey S. Ward, Ph.D. received his BS (forest biology) and MS (silviculture) at The Ohio State University, and after time in the Peace Corps (Guatemala), his PhD (forest ecology) at Purdue University. He has been in the Department of Forestry & Horticulture at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station since 1987 and is currently a Chief Scientist. His early research focused on long-term population dynamics in unmanaged forests. His more recent work has included control and impact of invasive species such as Japanese barberry, alternative forest management practices, forest health indicators at watershed scales, and examining the impact of deer damage in unmanaged forests. He is an author on nearly 90 papers and averages over 30 talks per year to the public and natural resource professionals.
