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May 26, 2011 for Immediate Release

Know a Tree by its Bark, With New Book by Antioch University New England Alumnus

Michael Wojtech writes a guide to identifying regional trees

(Keene, NH) -- Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast, by Michael Wojtech (MS ’ 96), an Antioch University New England (AUNE) alumnus, has been published by University Press New England.

The book is a guide to the sixty-seven native and naturalized tree species in the region, and shows how to identify them by their bark alone. It is based on the thesis Wojtech wrote for AUNE’ s Conservation Biology program, Field Guide to Bark Characteristics of New England Trees. Tom Wessels, core faculty member in the Department of Environmental Studies and Wojtech’ s thesis advisor, wrote the foreword to Bark.

The 280-page, color-illustrated book was published by University Press New England.

Wojtech, who lives in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, edited Volume 11 of Whole Terrain (the Gratitude and Greed, 2002-2003) while at AUNE. He now researches, writes and teaches about trees and other aspects of natural history. He will give several workshops this year:

Saturday June 25, 9 a.m. Bark Ecology and ID – Get to Know Your Trees – Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Saturday, November 19, 9:30 a.m. Bark: Get to Know Your Trees – Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Saturday, December 3. Harris Center for Conservation Education, Hancock, New Hampshire.

Find out more about Michael Wojtech here.
For more information about Bark, call 800-421-1561, email university.press@dartmouth.edu or visit the website for University Press New England.

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