Hubbard Brook Research Foundation

Welcome to Hubbard Brook!

 

The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation’s (HBRF) mission is to promote the understanding and stewardship of ecosystems through scientific research, long-term monitoring, and education; and to develop new intiatives linking ecosystem science and public policy. HBRF works to sustain and enhance the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, the National Science Foundation’s LTER program, and many colleges, universities, and other institutions.

Hubbard Brook Consortium Formed
to Support Ecosystem Science

Hanover, NH – Five institutions have joined with the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation to form a consortium to support research, education, and policy initiatives at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in central New Hampshire, the site of one of the longest running and most comprehensive ecosystem studies in the world.

The five charter members of the Hubbard Brook Consortium are Dartmouth College, Plymouth State University, Syracuse University, the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station, and Wellesley College.

Read complete press release here.

Hubbard Brook featured in recent Concord Monitor article! Read about the origins of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study and how its 45-year record of ecological change has impacted environmental policy. Article here

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The Campaign for Mirror Lake heads into the final stretch

See Campaign brochure here Several years ago, the scientific community rallied to protect a vital research site at Mirror Lake, adjacent to the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Mirror Lake has often been called the "most studied lake in the world," as Hubbard Brook scientists have performed vital ecological research there for decades, documenting key insights about how lakes function. A $3 million-plus capital campaign that was launched in 2005 has now reached 75% completion. Click here to find out more about this important project - and how YOU can help!

Mercury Matters

HBRF's newest Science Links report, Mercury Matters, documents five confirmed and nine suspected biological mercury hotspots in the northeastern United States and Canada. Click here to view report and related information. Click here to read NewYork Times Op Ed by Co-authors Dr. Charles Driscoll and Dr. David Evers.

Who Needs Environmental Monitoring? In a new paper published in the June 2007 issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a team of ecologists from Hubbard Brook and other research forests defend the necessity, effectiveness and economy of these programs, arguing that "monitoring should be considered a fundamental component of environmental science and policy... and (we) urge government agencies and other funding institutions to make greater commitments to increasing the amount and long-term stability of funding for environmental monitoring programs." Read article here