Science Talk: Forest Forensics

Science Talk

This is a Pay What You Will event.

Topic:

Forest Forensics: Finding Clues to the Past in Our Woods Today

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Guest Speaker:

Chris Bolgiano, Mildly Amusing Nature Writer and JMU Professor Emerita

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Topic:

Well over a century after the establishment of national forests across the Appalachian Mountains, their origin story has faded from common memory.   After all, trees blanket our mountains down into hollows and up over ridges far into the blue distance.  But as William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”  The past of our forests remains very much present today, and will for centuries to come.  This talk will illustrate why.

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Speaker: Chris Bolgiano:

Christ Bolgiano joined the Library Faculty of then-Madison College in 1974. Upon getting tenure, she promptly resigned to become a freelance writer.  James Madison University graciously saved her from starving by hiring her as Adjunct Faculty to develop a Library Special Collections Department.  This played right into her hands by giving her authority to identify, collect and study the historical resources that inform her writing.  Now long retired, she cultivates JMU’s excellent Special Collections and Reference Librarians.

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