{"content":[{"text":"Ecological Studies: Highstead \n Examining Forest \n Variation and the \n Impact of Deer and \n Invasive Plants \n To the Ecological Studies – Forest variation, deer \n Members impacts, and invasive plants \n and Friends \n of Highstead \n As we are beginning to \n enjoy the first hints of \n spring we invite you to \n learn more about our \n expanding efforts in \n southern New England \n through this newsletter \n and to join us in Redding \n at one of our numerous \n programs, interpretative \n walks and lectures. This \n year we will host another \n group of college interns \n working with Ed Faison \n on a range of ecological \n studies and will also be \n advertising a new position \n in regional conservation. \n Meanwhile, Kathleen \n Kitka will be finalizing the Map showing the 2007 proposed invasive, exotic study sites overlaid on major geological features of Redding. \n Proposed vegetation sampling will occur on Town of Redding, Connecticut DEP, Redding Land Trust, \n management plan for our \n Aquarion Water Company, and p rivate lands \n collections and landscape \n and will be working with \n Darel Peck and other staff Forest ecologist Ed Faison will work closely this summer with two students in \n to enhance our many Highstead’s intern program to broaden his studies of the role of invasive plants \n trails, plant collections, and deer browsing in southern New England forests. To expand previous work on \n and vistas. We hope that invasive exotic plants, Ed will sample forests occurring in the major river valleys of \n you enjoy learning about Redding where alluvial and sandy soils and calcium and magnesium-rich bedrocks \n these activities and can support diverse vegetation assemblages not found on Highstead and its adjacent \n find time to visit during properties. Invasive species research across Redding will be complemented by new \n the coming months. observational and experimental research on deer impacts in the region’s oak forests. \n The experiment will be modeled after Highstead’s Woodland Demonstration in \n David Foster is Director of \n the Harvard Forest at Harvard \n continues inside \n University and Chair of the \n Highstead Board.","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.019803,"width":0.882354,"height":0.938424}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.29457,"top":0.26199,"width":0.653285,"height":0.386705}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.29457,"top":0.26199,"width":0.653285,"height":0.386705}]}