WELCOME TO THE HARVARD FOREST!
It might not look like Harvard Square, but when you come to seek out this cache, you are visiting the site of a department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) of Harvard University. Here, researchers and students explore topics ranging from conservation and environmental change to land-use history and the ways in which physical, biological and human systems interact to change our earth.
This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates, and there is no need to go there. Answer the question below correctly to see where the cache IS. Now on to the PUZZLE!
The Fisher Museum at the Harvard Forest is free and open to the public, and it is well worth a visit. Hours and other information about the museum can be found at https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/fisher-museum. The museum is home to a remarkable set of dioramas showing the landscape history of Central New England from 1700 to the present day.
Take a look at the dioramas, and find the one that describes the height of forest clearing and agriculture between 1830 and 1880. What percentage of the forest had been cut down at that time?
- 15 - 25
- 30 - 45
- 60 - 80
- 100
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NOTE: Although you can view the dioramas online, it is absolutely worth stopping in to see them in person!
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