Keynote

Joan Maloof, Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University, founded the Old-Growth Forest Network to preserve, protect and promote the country's few remaining stands of old-growth forest. She spends her time lecturing, writing, visiting forests, assisting private landowners, and supporting local groups trying to protect community forests from development.​ Joan is an accomplished author; her latest book Forty Ways to Know a Tree: Exploring Trees to Understand Nature will be available in April 2026.