The Trees are Speaking book talk with Lynda Mapes
When:
Sunday, Sep 21, 2025 2:00p -
3:30p
Sunday, Sep 21, 2025 2:00p -
3:30p
Where:
Arnold Arboretum
125 Arborway
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Innovation, Lectures & Conferences, Nature, Rainy Day Ideas
Event website:
https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/the-trees-are-speaking-by-lynda-mapes/?occurrence=2025-09-21
The old-growth forests of Oregon and Washington play a vital role in the ecosystems there, supporting a wide diversity of life and sequestering carbon in enormous, long-living trees. The east coast, by contrast, has been logged and clear cut for generations and has precious little old-growth forest left. Join environmental journalist and Bullard Fellow at Harvard Forest, Lynda Mapes, for a talk about her book “The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests.” In this thought-provoking new book, Mapes interviews scientists, loggers, and Indigenous activists to answer deep questions about the importance of old-growth forests, the conflicting desires around how to manage them, and how we can protect these forests into the future.
This talk takes place in the Hunnewell Lecture Hall. There is public parking on Arborway, but parking can get tight with large programs like this: please give yourself some extra time to park and walk to the Hunnewell Building.
Accessibility: The lecture hall is wheelchair-accessible.
Audience: This program is geared towards adults.
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