PhoenixSerenity#SuzanneSimard #majored in #ForestManagement at #UBC w/her summers spent working for a #LoggingCompany & the #ForestService .
She has drawn special #attention to so-called #MotherTrees , the oldest, most abundantly connected individuals, which play #indispensable roles in #nurturing seedlings & helping #forests #heal after disturbances.
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Pioneering forestry researcher Suzanne Simard to receive the 2023 Lewis Thomas Prize - News
In her scientific memoir, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, forestry researcher Suzanne Simard gracefully intertwines her private and professional lives. As a child, she learned the rough-and-ready ways of her logging ancestors and developed a deep devotion and commitment to forests. As a researcher, she pressed colleagues to look beyond […]