On Saturday Oct. 6, the Marion Natural History Museum and the Sippican Lands Trust enjoyed learning a little about the New England landscape with Tom Wessels, author of "Reading the Forested Landscape" and "Forest Forensics". 

Tom spoke about the how clearing of the land for agriculture, forestry products and other reasons has shaped our current wooded areas. Evidence of tree scaring by fires and wind, placement and design of stone walls and other landscape features all tell a story of what has occurred over the past several hundred years in our area.

The Marion Natural History Museum and the Sippican Land Trust thank the Marion Cultural Council for their generous grant donation toward the program.