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Concord From Above the Trees

Concord from Above the Trees: Copter Ecology Views with Richard T. T. Forman

Thursday, January 26, 2023, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Goodwin Forum, Main Library

Join Richard T. T. Forman for a presentation of Concord From Above the Trees: Copter Ecology Views. The presentation will feature aerial photography recently captured, plus selections from the holdings of the William Munroe Special Collections.

Richard T. T. Forman taught ecology for 36 years at Harvard University, where he is a professor emeritus. His books include Landscape Ecology (1986), award-winning Land Mosaics (1995), Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning (1996), Road Ecology (2003), Mosaico territorial para la region metropolitana de Barcelona (2004), Urban Regions: Ecology and Planning Beyond the City (2008), award-finalist Urban Ecology: Science of Cities (2014), and Towns, Ecology, and the Land (2019).

In Concord, Forman helped head the Town’s 1992 Open Space Plan, led the 1995 Historic Resources Masterplan, co-led the 2004 Open Space and Recreation Plan, in 1997, wrote Concord’s Millbrook: Flowing Through Time, in 2021, co-authored Ecology along Concord Trails, and in 2022, wrote Deciphering Concord's Old Stone Walls and What They Indicate: A Field Guide.  [Register]