#  Writing 

 



I have a master's degree in Nonfiction Writing and publish frequently about ecology, trees, and people who work on behalf of others.

### Recent Harvard Forest Press Releases

- [New England's Trees Capturing More Carbon](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/08/new-englands-trees-capturing-more-carbon-says-25-year-study/) (2020)
- [New Insights on Forests in a Changing Landscape](http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/news/forests-changing-climate) (2017)
- [New Study Links Hemlock Decline to Shifts in Water Resources](http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/news/new-study-links-hemlock-decline-shifts-water-resources) (2017)
- [Canadian Forests a Refuge as Warming Creeps North](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160616150749.htm) (2016)
- [Why More Hotspots Aren't So Cool](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/why-more-hotspots-arent-so-cool/) (2015)
- [More Maple Seeds, Less Maple Syrup](http://now.tufts.edu/articles/more-maple-seeds-less-maple-syrup) (2014)
- [When Forests Take the Hit](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/04/when-forests-take-the-hit/) (2014)
- [Pitcher Plants Provide a Tipping Point](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/pitcher-plants-provide-tipping-point/) (2013)
- [When It's Best to Do Nothing At All](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/10/when-its-best-to-do-nothing-at-all/) (2012)
- [Knowing New England’s Ants](http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/sites/harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/files/Harvard%20Forest%20ant%20press%20release.pdf) (2012)
- [First Contact: A Mighty Exhibit](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/09/mighty-exhibit/)​​​​​​​ (2012)

### Recent Freelance Publications

- *Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly*. Winter 2018. "[Trees that Teach and Are Remembered](https://alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/blog/trees-that-teach-and-are-remembered/)" (full text)
- *Tree Care Industry Magazine.* June 2016. "[Spreading the Warmth](https://tcimagazine.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/06-2016-TCI-Mag-web.pdf): Firewood Donations an Investment in Community" (full text)
- *Orion.* January/February 2016. "[Tree People](https://orionmagazine.org/issue/januaryfebruary-2016/)"
- *Whole Terrain*. 2016. "[Being There](http://wholeterrain.com/volume-22-trust/)"
- *The Quiet Earth* (Mass Audubon). 2016. Poem - "[Summer Rain](https://www.massaudubon.org/news-events/publications/annual-member-publication/the-quiet-earth-nature-and-human-health)"
- *Worcester Living Magazine*. Fall 2015. "[Trees Define Our Environment](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2015/09/27/home-garden-through-seasons-years/33386922007/)" (full text)
- *Worcester Telegram & Gazette*. Aug 2014. "[Petersham arborist hopes to climb her way to tree championship](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2014/08/01/petersham-arborist-hopes-to-climb/36749197007/)" (full text)
- *ESA's EcoTone blog.* July 2014. "[Parachuting In: Writing that Drops Readers into the Field of Ecology](http://www.esa.org/esablog/meetings/parachuting-in-writing-that-drops-readers-into-the-field-of-ecology/)" (full text)
- *Ecotone Journal.* Winter 2014. "[While Our Backs Are Turned](https://ecotonemagazine.org/nonfiction/while-our-backs-are-turned/)" (full text)
- *Worcester Living Magazine.* Fall 2013. "[Therapy on Wheels](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/08/30/therapy-on-wheels-sheep-with/44317492007/)" (full text)
- *Christian Science Monitor.* Spring 2013. "[Scott Budnick serves breakfast--with a side order of respect--to the homeless](http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2013/0517/Scott-Budnick-serves-breakfast-with-a-side-order-of-respect-to-the-homeless)" (full text)