There's always something happening at Black Rock Forest!

• This spring, you can get out into the woods and help Black Rock Forest at the same time!  Find out more about planting oak seedlings and cleaning up Black Rock and Canterbury Brooks.
• The Consortium's Small Grant program, generously funded by the Stiefel Foundation, awarded six grants totaling $26,308.07 to scientists and educators working in the Forest.
• You can now donate online to the Black Rock Forest Consortium, through the secure web site of NYCharities.org.
• From July 6-18, the Consortium is pleased to offer its first Field Ecology Internship program for high school sophomores and juniors (incoming juniors and seniors). Applications are due March 7.
• The new Winter 2008 issue of the newsletter is now available online.
• Consortium founder William T. Golden died on October 7; read a tribute by Dr. William Schuster, Executive Director.
• The Green Ride, a 260-mile bike ride fundraiser, from New York City to the Catskills and back, over the Columbus Day weekend (October 6-8, 2007, was a great success!  Photos now online!
• Hunter College has just joined the Consortium.
• Abstracts from the Fifth Black Rock Forest Research Symposium  on June 25 and 26 are now online, along with a detailed article about the Symposium, expanded from the one appearing in the Fall 2007 issue of the Black Rock Forest News.
• Student Research Spotlight articles are now available online.
• About 200 people enjoyed Consortium Day on June 10. The E.G. Stillman Award was presented to Clearwater.
• Earth Day was April 22.  More than 100 Friends of the Forest, neighbors, and Consortium visitors came to the Forest for tree planting, green building tours, and the season's first trout release.