Welcome to Aton Forest

Aton Forest, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) organized and operated for scientific research and preservation of land and natural resources. Our aim is to protect lands in Norfolk and Colebrook, Connecticut, preserve the physical and intellectual legacy of our founder, Dr. Frank E Egler, and continue the low impact, long-term ecological research that he pioneered. The organization maintains an archive of his written materials and library.

 Aton Forest will host a session at the Norfolk Hub on:

"Managing Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: Lessons from New York"

Saturday, November 18, 2023 (2:30-4:00 pm)


Speaker: Budd Veverka, Director of Land Management, Mianus River Gorge Preserve, Bedford, New York. Billy Gridley, President of Aton Forest, Inc. will moderate this session on woolly adelgid, an invasive, aphid-like insect that attacks Eastern hemlocks, Connecticut's second most abundant conifer after eastern white pine.

 

This hybrid event (in-person at Norfolk Hub and virtual via zoom) is being co-sponsored by the Great Mountain Forest.


Registration is REQUIRED. Click HERE.