Wildlands and Woodlands: Author Biographies

Betsy Colburn

Betsy Colburn is Aquatic Ecologist at the Harvard Forest and author of Vernal Pools: Natural History and Conservation. She conducts research on freshwater animal communities in ponds, lakes, streams and wetlands of northeastern forests. colburn@fas.harvard.edu

Anthony D'Amato

Anthony D'Amato is a doctoral candidate in Forestry in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation at the University of Massachusetts. His current research examines the characteristics, ecosystem properties, and dynamics of old-growth forests in Massachusetts. adamato@forwild.umass.edu

Brian Donahue

Brian Donahue is Associate Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University and Environmental Historian at the Harvard Forest. His recent books Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town and The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord examine the relationship between people and the land in New England. bdonahue@brandeis.edu

Aaron Ellison

Aaron Ellison is Senior Research Fellow and Senior Ecologist at the Harvard Forest and co-author with Nicholas Gotelli of A Primer of Ecological Statistics. His research focuses on how wetland and forest ecosystems are assembled and how they respond to anthropogenic stressors and invasive insects. aellison@fas.harvard.edu

David Foster

David Foster is Director of the Harvard Forest, Principal Investigator of the Harvard Forest LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) Program, and author of Thoreau's Country; New England Forest through Time (with John O'Keefe); and Forests in Time: the Environment Consequences of 1000 Years of Change in New England (co-editor with John Aber). drfoster@fas.harvard.edu

Brian Hall

Brian Hall is GIS Specialist at the Harvard Forest and conducts research on the historical and current dynamics of the New England landscape. brhall@fas.harvard.edu

David Kittredge

David Kittredge is Associate Professor of Forestry in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Extension Forester for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Policy Analyst at the Harvard Forest. His research focuses on the attitudes and behaviors of private forest owners. dbk@forwild.umass.edu

Glenn Motzkin

Glenn Motzkin is Plant Ecologist at the Harvard Forest. His research focuses on historical and modern vegetation dynamics as applied to conservation in New England. gmotzkin@fas.harvard.edu

David Orwig

David Orwig is Forest Ecologist at the Harvard Forest. His research integrates community, landscape, and ecosystem approaches in examining various disturbances and their role in shaping forest dynamics. orwig@fas.harvard.edu