Woodlands and Waters, Forests and Faucets: A Look at Massachusetts’ Woods, Water Bodies, and Water Supplies for the Boston Metro Area (2012)

Lecture by Betsy Colburn, Harvard Forest

Betsy Colburn, Aquatic Ecologist at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA, investigates how forests affect the water cycle: streamflows, groundwater, floodwaters, wetlands, and clean water for human uses.  In this talk, Dr. Colburn looked at how major changes in land use have also changed the sources of water for metropolitan Boston, and going forward, how bold proposals for future forest conservation and land use have important implications for life in eastern Massachusetts, as well as in the rural central and western areas.