Tom Wessels Faculty Emeritus, Antioch University New England, and Author, Reading the Forested Landscape Presents: Forest, Succession, and Self-organization: Why Old Forests are Important Thursday, November 19th, 7:00 pm Centennial Hall, Alumni Center (at the corner of Main St. and Marlboro St.) Keene State College Tom's talk will give the scientific rationale for the importance of old forests as a functional part of our regional landscape - one that is presently under-represented. Using the principle of self-organization and its relationship to ecological succession, as well as our current understanding of soils, the functional role of old forests will be explored. Since the western core of Pisgah State Park is our region's oldest forest, with a number of old-growth stands, it will be used as an example of the importance of these forests.

Sponsored by Keene State College Environmental Studies Department and Pisgah Defenders

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