Current Events
May 1, 2026
Dr. Richard Primack
“Flower Visitors to the Plants of Newton and the Arnold Arboretum:
Can Honeybees and Native Insects Coexist?”
Richard Primack is a Professor of Plant Ecology at Boston University with interests in plant ecology, conservation biology, and climate change. He served as President of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biological Conservation. He has written two widely used conservation biology textbooks, which include 38 foreign language editions with local co-authors adding in examples from their countries. For the past 25 years, Prof. Primack and his team have investigated the effects of a warming climate on the plants and birds of Concord, Massachusetts, continuing the observations made by the philosopher Henry David Thoreau. His team, including students and volunteers, have investigated the timing of leaf out, fruit ripening, and autumn leaf senescence of woody plants at the Arnold Arboretum. Prof. Primack has also spread the word about the effects of climate change through public talks and popular writing, including the book Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods.
Please visit our Upcoming Meetings page for Dr. Primack’s abstract, program details and registration information.
Congratulations to the Fernald Award Recipients
for Rhodora Vol. 125
Dr. Robert Bertin
Brett Trowbridge
Brian Keevan
The Merritt Lyndon Fernald Award Committee is pleased to recognize Dr. Robert Bertin, Brett Trowbridge, and Brian Keevan for their paper “Patterns in the flora of the Wachusett Mountain area, Princeton and Westminster, Massachusetts, U.S.A.”