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src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/Simes%20Walking%20Small_0.jpg?itok=0nzPzZkk" width="823" height="435" alt="Scientists wearing hard hats walking in the forest" class="image-style-main"> </article> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 420px;"> <h2><a href="/projects/Landscapes-and-Resilience/new-england-landscape-futures">New England Landscape Futures</a></h2> </td> <td style="width: 8px;"> </td> <td style="width: 420px;"> <h2><a href="/projects/Landscapes-and-Resilience/forest-pests-and-pathogens">Forest Pests and Pathogens</a></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 420px;"> <p>Scientists, business owners, government officials, landowners and non-profit representatives are developing four scenarios to anticipate future changes to the New England landscape.</p> <p><a href="/projects/Landscapes-and-Resilience/new-england-landscape-futures">MORE</a></p> </td> <td style="width: 8px;"> </td> <td style="width: 420px; vertical-align: top;"> <p>Imported forest pests are the most pressing, and under-appreciated, forest health issue in the US today. Common-sense prevention measures can reduce the arrival and establishment of new forest pests.</p> <p><a href="/projects/Landscapes-and-Resilience/forest-pests-and-pathogens">MORE</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 420px;"> </td> <td style="width: 8px;"> </td> <td style="width: 420px;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 420px;"> <article class="embedded-entity inline"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/12239191_10153754363490148_3241395808516379980_o.jpg?itok=N6x-Ft5s&h=4b55d386" width="823" height="435" alt="People running in forests" class="image-style-main"> </article> </td> <td style="width: 8px;"> </td> <td style="width: 420px;"> <h3> </h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 420px;"> <h2><a href="/projects/Landscapes-and-Resilience/wildlands-and-woodlands">Wildlands and Woodlands</a></h2> </td> <td style="width: 8px;"> </td> <td style="width: 420px;"> <h3> </h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 420px;"> <p>A New England conservation vision to preserve our forests for people, nature, and future generations.</p> <h4><a href="/projects/Landscapes-and-Resilience/wildlands-and-woodlands">MORE</a></h4> </td> <td style="width: 8px;"> </td> <td style="width: 420px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blocknews-block-2" id="block-views-block-news-block-2"> <h2 class="block__title">News</h2> <div class="block__content"> <div> <div class="view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block_2 js-view-dom-id-73bc5194cec168e6807d5dcf36a1be6dd01491b652ebe724802dcb6fc4d1f76e"> <div class="view-content"> <div> <ul class="views-list"> <li class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"> <time datetime="2020-05-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 20, 2020</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> Harvard Forest Webinar </div> <div class="field field-name-field-picture"> <a href="/news/using-scenarios-conservation-planning-uncertain-times"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/NELF%20Explorer%20for%20SPE%20Website2.png?itok=iEo001zF" width="823" height="435" alt="Worcester, MA view from NELF Explorer" class="image-style-main"></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2><a href="/news/using-scenarios-conservation-planning-uncertain-times" hreflang="en">Using Scenarios for Conservation Planning in Uncertain Times</a></h2> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> The NELF Explorer team at Harvard Forest is hosting a monthly discussion group via Zoom to discuss how to apply scenarios and indicators of change to review and update conservation plans, strategies, and actions. The next meeting will be on Tuesday June 16, 2020 at 11:30am. </div> <div class="field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/using-scenarios-conservation-planning-uncertain-times" hreflang="en">More</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"> <time datetime="2020-04-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Apr 30, 2020</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> New York Times Magazine </div> <div class="field field-name-field-picture"> <a href="/news/new-york-times-magazine-quotes-project-leader-lovett"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/3540739508_13e0012a60_k.jpg?itok=a0g-rzvr&h=18b31eb2" width="823" height="435" alt=""Chestnut" by Peewubblewoo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0" class="image-style-main"></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2><a href="/news/new-york-times-magazine-quotes-project-leader-lovett" hreflang="en">New York Times Magazine Quotes Project Leader Lovett</a></h2> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> Science Policy Exchange project leader Gary Lovett of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is quoted in an article entitled, "Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut?" by Gabriel Popkin, in the New York Times Magazine. </div> <div class="field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/new-york-times-magazine-quotes-project-leader-lovett" hreflang="en">More</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"> <time datetime="2019-03-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Mar 28, 2019</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> S3 RCN Outreach Product </div> <div class="field field-name-field-picture"> <a href="/news/meet-new-england-landscape-futures-explorer"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-05-19%20at%203.39.03%20PM.png?itok=bgsZ2u3b" width="823" height="435" alt="New England Landscape Futures Explorer Landing Page found at newenglandlandscapes.org" class="image-style-main"></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2><a href="/news/meet-new-england-landscape-futures-explorer" hreflang="en">Meet the New England Landscape Futures Explorer</a></h2> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> The New England Landcape Futures (NELF) Explorer is a scenarios-based interactive land-use mapping tool created with the input of more than 100 New Englanders who helped develop the scenarios and reviewed the beta-versions of the tool. With the NELF Explorer, you can visualize alternative future land uses over space and time at multiple scales including state, watershed, and town. You can also gain an understanding of how the different land-use scenarios would affect conservation priority lands such as wetlands and wildlife habitat. </div> <div class="field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/meet-new-england-landscape-futures-explorer" hreflang="en">More</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"> <time datetime="2017-11-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Nov 14, 2017</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> Press Release </div> <div class="field field-name-field-picture"> <a href="/news/pest-control-tactics-era-human-induced-change"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/Hikers%20VT.jpg?itok=p5V-4O2e" width="823" height="435" alt="Hikers in a Vermont forest" class="image-style-main"></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2><a href="/news/pest-control-tactics-era-human-induced-change" hreflang="en">Pest Control Tactics for an Era of Human-Induced Change</a></h2> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> New research by Science Policy Exchange collaborator Matthew Ayres of Dartmouth College offers eight tactics for combatting imported forest pests in a new paper published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. In the new paper, Ayres underscores the importance of prevention efforts to protect forests from highly damaging insects and diseases transmitted as an unintended consequence of global trade. </div> <div class="field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/pest-control-tactics-era-human-induced-change" hreflang="en">More</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"> <time datetime="2017-10-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Oct 30, 2017</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> S3 RCN Webinar Announcement </div> <div class="field field-name-field-picture"> <a href="/news/november-webinar-mapping-future-scenarios-thurs-112"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/map%20for%20Website.jpg?itok=EM_xJTmT" width="823" height="435" alt="Maps of New England Land Use" class="image-style-main"></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2><a href="/news/november-webinar-mapping-future-scenarios-thurs-112" hreflang="en">November Webinar: Mapping the Future Scenarios Thurs 11/2</a></h2> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> The S3 RCN Presents New England Landscape Futures Webinar #2 on Thursday November 2, 2017 at 2pm Eastern Daylight Time. The webinar will feature a presentation by Joshua Plisinski and Jonathan Thompson of Harvard Forest. They will describe how the New England Landscapes Futures scenarios were translated into input for modeling and mapping future land use, how the maps were made, and how to access the maps. </div> <div class="field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/november-webinar-mapping-future-scenarios-thurs-112" hreflang="en">More</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"> <time datetime="2017-09-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Sep 29, 2017</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> Adirondack Daily Enterprise </div> <div class="field field-name-field-picture"> <a href="/news/stopping-next-emerald-ash-borer"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/EAB%20Bugwood.jpg?itok=_MxuY2RO" width="823" height="435" alt="Ash tree with bark removed to reveal galleries carved by emerald ash borer." class="image-style-main"></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2><a href="/news/stopping-next-emerald-ash-borer" hreflang="en">Stopping the Next Emerald Ash Borer</a></h2> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> Recent news of the discovery of the emerald ash borer in Franklin County and the hemlock woolly adelgid near Lake George crystallizes the threat that imported forest pests pose to the Adirondacks. In a new op-ed, Gary Lovett of the Cary Institute, leader of the Science Policy Exchange forest pests project, discusses the growing problem of forest pests and what we can do to prevent another highly damaging pest from arriving and establishing. </div> <div class="field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/stopping-next-emerald-ash-borer" hreflang="en">More</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-article node--view-mode-teaser ds-1col clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"> <time datetime="2017-09-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Sep 28, 2017</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> In the News: NECN </div> <div class="field field-name-field-picture"> <a href="/news/2017-could-be-banner-foliage-year"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/main/public/images/Quabin%20Treeline.jpg?itok=w7C1c7xe" width="823" height="435" alt="" class="image-style-main"></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2><a href="/news/2017-could-be-banner-foliage-year" hreflang="en">2017 Could Be a Banner Foliage Year</a></h2> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> Vibrant fall colors in New England come from healthy trees, which means preventing forest pests, according to Harvard Forest's David Orwig. Dr. Orwig is a member of the Science Policy Exchange's forest pests research team. 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