The trees are speaking
How much do forests matter? Author and reporter Lynda Mapes was in Acton on September 25 to address this question. Sixty-five attendees joined the author at Town Hall and another 25 listened online as Mapes described her research on the ecology of old-growth forests and all that she has learned. “It isn’t just the old trees that matter . . . Good people, every tree matters. Your town trees matter, the trees in your backyard matter, the trees in your local forests matter.” Her presentation focused on her new book, “The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests,” which…
