Forest Watch

Forest Watch conducts basic and applied research on forest ecosystems in New England.

Data is collected by teachers and students in grades K-12, sampled from trees in their study plot.

Study Species

White Pine
Sugar Maple

This program is funded by the New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium, located at Univ. of New Hampshire Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space.

Who we are...
Meet our Forest Watch staff...

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Staff Directory

Participating Schools

Forest Watch Facts

Summary of Findings

Program Objectives

Forest Watch Newsletter
Forest Watch "Twigs" Newsletter, Sept. 2011...

Coming this Spring:
Forest Watch
Student Convention
• How to Register...
• Building a Great Poster...
• Convention Details...

Workshop for Teachers:
December 9, 2011

Forest Watch in Action. . .

Students at Merrimack Middle School with teacher Rick Glatz collect white pine samples. Photo by Mike Gagnon .

Dr. Barry Rock, founder of Forest Watch, takes field notes with students. Photo by Mike Gagnon

Students, like these Merrimack Middle School students, collect pine samples each spring or fall. Photo by Mike Gagnon .

Mary Fougere and her Gilmanton students at the 2009 IGARRS conference in Boston. Photo by Gagnon .

Sewell-Anderson scientists taking notes in the field. Photo by Gagnon .

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