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Gloria Rapalee, who worked at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass. is suing Harvard and the director of the Harvard Forest, David R. Foster...
Experiments in the Harvard Forest Ecosystem near Petersham, Mass. have shown that if there is too much carbon in the leaves, decomposition slows down, and nutrients are returned to the ground more slowly. Once there are less nutrients in the ground, plant growth will be stunted...
Research and class field trips are conducted in the Petersham, Massachusetts' forest, which was given to Harvard in 1908 by James W. Brooks. Nearly 30 people staff the facility, which features a 22,570 volume library. "The forest is unique in that it is the only place in the country that has a good set of land use record keeping over time," says forest economist Ernest M. Gould...
John Stillman said his brother was never interested in Black Rock, and didn't appreciate how much his father valued the New York forest. He said Calvin Stillman spent more time in Petersham, and is naturally more interested in maintaining that operation...
...said the gift of the land was separate in time and place from the many cash gifts that Ernest Stillman gave to Harvard, Calvin Stillman also said that while his father was living, he emphasized gifts to the Harvard Forest at Petersham, rather than the Black Rock Forest...