Friend’s of Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge Presents a Talk on Fire-Dependent Forests

Friend’s of Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge presents a talk on the unique features of fire-dependent forests by Tim Simmons.

Mr. Simmons is a restoration ecologist with Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program. He will talk about his experiences managing forests for this unique habitat.

Fire-dependent forests provide habitat for some rare wildlife species including Barren's buck moth, whip-poor-wills, and New England cottontails. These unique pitch pine-scrub oak forests rely on fire to regenerate and can be found in the Desert Natural Area in Marlborough and Sudbury.

Talk is co-hosted by Friends of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Sudbury Valley Trustees. Members of the local community are especially encouraged to attend.

Contact Erin Snook to sign up - esnook@svtweb.org or 978-443-5588.

The program will be held at the Visitor Center at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge at 680 Hudson Road in Sudbury.