Lecture: The Future of Our Forests - What a Southern Pine Beetle Outbreak Means for Nantucket

In collaboration with Nantucket Conservation Foundation and Nantucket Land Bank, join us for an informative lecture about our local ecosystems.

Learn about the Southern Pine Beetle outbreak at Ram Pasture and how climate change is bringing this forest pest to Nantucket's pitch pine habitats. Danielle O'Dell, Wildlife Research Ecologist at Nantucket Conservation Foundation, and Emily Goldstein Murphy PhD, Director of Environmental & Agricultural Resources at the Nantucket Islands Land Bank, will discuss local and regional impacts of the Southern Pine Beetle. They will provide examples of preventative habitat management that local conservation organizations are currently undertaking to increase the resilience of their pitch pine forests in the face of this destructive threat.

This event is part of the Atheneum's Community Resilience Program series which encourages environmental stewardship. How will you get involved in your community? How will you protect our island's natural spaces and wildlife?