The Forest LyceumA lecture Series at the Douglas, Hunt, and Norfolk librariesJanuary through March 2014 - Reservations are required. *
January 18 - Norfolk Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm book talk and signing)Jeffrey R. Walker, Ph.D"
Professor of Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NYPresident of the John Burroughs Association, American Museum of Natural History, New York
Signs & Seasons(John Burroughs, 1886, Introduction and Commentary by Jeffrey Walker, 2006)
An authoritative new introduction by Jeff Walker makes Burroughs' work relevant to the twenty-first century, notonly through Burroughs' excellent natural history writing but also through his beliefs about community,sustainability, and social justice. (Syracuse University Press; books will be available for purchase)
February 8 - Douglas Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm book talk and signing), North CanaanRobin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, SUNY College of Environ. Science and Forestry, SyracuseFounder and Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
Braiding SweetgrassIndigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishingtoday, Prof. Kimmerer circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousnessrequires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.(Milkweed Editions; books available for purchase)
February 22 - Hunt Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm talk), FallsVillagePaul K. Barten, Ph.D.
Professor of Forestry and Hydrology, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Executive Director, Great Mountain Forest
The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942 ...2014?Widely regarded as one of the most successful New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps helped our nationrecover from the Great Depression. Successful programs like AmeriCorps and the California and Vermont YouthConservation Corps-along with a familiar litany of social and environmental challenges and opportunities-have ledmany to call for a full-scale national CCCprogram adapted to the zr" century.
March 8 - Norfolk Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm talk)Mark H. Jones, Ph.D.
Connecticut State Archivist (retired), Connecticut State Library, Hartford
Frederic Collin Walcott: From Game Preserve to National Natural ResourcesFrederic Collin Walcott (1869-1949) was a resident of Norfolk, co-founder, with Starling W. Childs, of the GreatMountain Forest, and a United States Senator (1929-35). Dr. Jones, who is working on a biography of Walcott, willprovide an overview of his conservation career to highlight how his thinking evolved and, along with contemporarieslike Aldo Leopold, how his legacy endures .
•:. GMF gratefully acknowledges series sponsorship by Ackerly Brown, LLP,Attorneys-at-Law·:·Bantam, Connecticut - 860.567.0828 - www.ackerlybrown.com
Great Mountain Forest, T&E Childs Center, 200 Canaan Mtn. Road, Falls Village, CT06031, 860.824.8188*www.greatmountainforest.org - [email protected]*
