An afternoon to honor Bob's lifelong work to protect old-growth forests — with a screening of the film Saving Ice Glen, a conversation with Bob and friends, and a toast to his work.
Reserve my seat →Free & open to all · sponsored by The Red Lion Inn & Chestnut Carbon · with BNRC, OLLI, Laurel Hill Association, Berkshire Waldorf High School & the Old Growth Forest Network · hosted by Jenny Hansell & Patrick White
A screening, a conversation, and a toast — all in Bob's honor.
A screening of Saving Ice Glen, the documentary on Bob's work in Stockbridge's old-growth forest.
Bob and guests take your questions on Ice Glen, the Berkshires' old-growth forests, and the work of protecting them.
We raise a glass and celebrate Bob Leverett's life's work, with light refreshments among friends.
Bob Leverett is co-founder of the Native Tree Society, co-founder and President of Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest, Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Forest Reserves Science Advisory Committee, and co-author of the American Forests Champion Tree-Measuring Guidelines Handbook. Educated as an engineer, Bob is a recognized expert in the discipline of measuring trees for both science and sport.
Currently, he is working with climate scientists to help measure carbon sequestration in individual trees. Co-author of several books, including the Sierra Club Guide to Ancient Forests of the Northeast, he has been the central figure in the Ancient Eastern Forests Conference Series. A co-discoverer of most of the known old growth in Massachusetts, his association with old-growth forest confirmations dates to the middle 1980s.
His volunteer work consulting for the Town of Stockbridge and Patrick White directly resulted in the saving of Ice Glen's centuries-old ash and hemlock trees. The Town is forever grateful.
Never logged. Never tamed. Never forget it's one of the last old-growth forests in New England.— The old growth of Ice Glen
What makes Ice Glen extraordinary isn't only its age — it's that it was never cut.
Some of the tallest trees in Massachusetts rise from the ravine — white pines and hemlocks that have stood for centuries among the boulders.
A rare survivor of primary forest in southern New England, its canopy undisturbed — a glimpse of the woods as they were before the saw.
Foresters and scientists — among them Bob Leverett — measure and map these giants to understand and protect them for the future.
Thanks to The Red Lion Inn and Chestnut Carbon for their generous sponsorship of this event.
Hosted by Jenny Hansell, BNRC President, and Patrick White, Former Chair, Stockbridge Select Board
The film was made possible by a generous grant from the Stockbridge Community Preservation Commission, funded by the citizens of Stockbridge under the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act.
Admission is free and open to all. Registering reserves your seat and helps us plan the afternoon.
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