Weston Roundtable: Professor Anne Short Gianotti

The dynamics of forest cover and the benefits forests provide are shaped by decisions of landowners, public agencies, towns, and environmental organizations. In this talk, I report on an interdisciplinary project that examines the social and ecological dynamics of forest conservation and private land management across two urban-to-rural gradients in Massachusetts. Our findings illuminate how attitudes and behaviors vary across gradients and explore ecological consequences of this variation.