Fighting the Fates of Nature Fragmentation

Presented live via Zoom with time for Q&A. Pre-registration is required.

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Like most places, New Hampshire is not a stranger to the effects of development and land use change. Historically driven by intensive logging and today by rapidly expanding residential development, nature is fragmented and the effects of such are impacting biodiversity and how nature functions. Whether you consider the logging roads that crisscross the Northern Forest or the highways and byways of the lakes and coastal plain regions, habitat fragmentation threatens the persistence of iconic species alongside their lesser-known counterparts. In this presentation we will explore the direct and indirect effects of fragmentation in New Hampshire and how to avoid future loss of nature.

Amy M. Villamagna is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, Center for the Environment at Plymouth State University. She uses a combination of field and GIS methods to explore how changes in land use and climate affect ecosystems. By incorporating principles of landscape, ecosystem, and community ecology, she identifies key patterns and processes in natural and semi-natural environments. Dr. Villamagna teaches in the undergraduate and graduate Environmental Science & Policy programs, Geography, and Sustainability (minor). 

Free and open to the public. Presented as part of the Museum’s ongoing virtual Mountain Voices series.