Summary: Lynda V. Mapes is the environmental reporter for the Seattle Times . She researched and wrote Witness Tree while a Knight Fellow in science journalism at MIT and a Bullard Fellow in forest research in residence with her oak at the Harvard Forest. John Latimer met Lynda when he spent time at Harvard Forest talking about his extensive Phenology notes for over 34 years and his program on KAXE/KBXE Tuesday mornings. Listen to their conversation here about a tree that Lynda studied for a year in the
