A one-day conference for high-school age young women. The goal of the summit is to increase awareness about work in these traditionally male-dominated fields and to introduce the young women to local women professionals in these fields who can share their experiences and their knowledge. 75-80 young women (students from five participating schools) will spend…

Author and ecologist Tom Wessels will lead a walk interpreting the forest history of Bow Wow Woods. Wessels is professor emeritus at Antioch University, where he founded the master's degree program in conservation biology, He is the author of six books, including Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England. Bow Wow Woods…