Spring Botany Walk In Hopkins Forest10:52AM / Friday, May 01, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - On Sunday, May 3, there will be a Spring Botany Walk beginning at the Rosenburg Center, Hopkins Memorial Forest, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Henry "Hank" W. Art will lead the walk.
Art teaches Current Issues in Ecology, Field Botany and Plant Natural History, and Environmental Planning and Analysis at Williams College.
He has been involved in long-term ecological research in the Hopkins Forest, studying on the relationship land and ecosystem dynamics. Art is investigating the long-term changes in successful relationships between species living in the forest. As part of his investigation, he also has been analyzing s natural and human-disturbances that take place at Hopkins Forest.
Art's publications include a variety of ecological works and studies. Among them are, "The Dictionary of Ecology and Environment Science" (1993), "The Impacts of Hurricane Gloria, and Trails in the Sunken Forest, Fire Island National Seashore, Fire Island, New York" (1992), and "Wildflower Gardener's Guide" Midwest, Great Plains, and Canadian Prairies Edition" (1991).
He received his A.B. from Dartmouth in 1966 and his PhD. from Yale University in 1971. |
