TREE goes virtual during COVID to take kids into the canopy!
Fifth grade teacher, Kelly O’Brien, and her students enjoyed a virtual session with CanopyMeg. Ms. O’Brien wrote the following: “Thank you for taking the time to talk with our students on the Google Meet. It was a wonderful way for the kids to wrap up our study of The Most Beautiful Roof in the World […]
Beloved Mentor of Canopymeg Passes Away
CanopyMeg wrote the following about entomologist, Terry Erwin, who recently passed away. “I met (and worshiped!) Terry when I funded him to speak as a keynote at the first international canopy conference which I hosted/chaired in 1994 – so I knew him personally for 25 years, at a distance for 35 years, and was always […]
Student Draws Comic About CanopyMeg
Abby Howe, a student from Hawaii, drew this comic strip based on what she learned from a recent Nat Geo live stream with CanopyMeg! Thanks Abby! See the original tweet
CanopyMeg Listed in Sarasota-Manatee Business People on Feb 3, 2020
From the Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Dr. Margaret Lowman, known worldwide as “Canopy Meg” for her tireless efforts to save global forests and the visionary behind the creation of the canopy walkway in Myakka River State Park, has been selected by the National University of Singapore as the institution’s first-ever female Visiting Distinguished Professor in STEM studies. […]
2019 Keynote Speaker Dr. Meg Lowman at Treehouse Conference
Dr. Margaret “CanopyMeg” Lowman’s delivered the keynote talk for the International TreeHouse Builders’ Conference, October 2019
Ms. Pope’s class learns about rain forest science with CanopyMeg
Students in Angela Pope’s class from Erma Siegel Elementary in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
New Book Featuring Florida Icons, including CanopyMeg
A New Book Featuring Florida Icons, including CanopyMeg, has been released: “Made in Florida: Artists, Celebrities, Activists, Educators, and Other Icons in the Sunshine State” by Art Levy. Excerpt from an interview with the author, Art Levy, in Florida Trend Magazine: Speaking to Meg Lowman in 2008 was an education, too. When I interviewed her, […]
Fighting climate change by cloning the world’s oldest trees
Meg Lowman continues to advocate for conservation of primary forests with old trees that are enormous carbon storage units, as the best way to ameliorate climate change! From thehill.com: Meg Lowman, a forest canopy ecologist, worked alongside Archangel (then known as the Champion Tree Project) when she taught at the New College of Florida 20 […]
David Anderson and his Latin American arbornauts take to the treetops!
Program for Research and Conservation in the Neotropical Canopy
First graders in Tennessee learn about Dr. Lowman’s rain forest research
First grade readers at Guild Elementary School in Gallatin, Tennessee read about CanopyMeg’s rain forest research, and ask her questions!
How to Save the Planet, One Tree at a Time
By Meg Lowman Ph.D., Science Advisor to Earthwatch Even though the official United Nations “Year of the Forest” was eight years ago in 2011, the year 2019 has without doubt been The Year of the Tree, a transformational time that has highlighted the global importance of trees, with millions of citizens getting a bit muddy […]
Boost Florida’s energy efficiency
If you care about the air you breathe, the water you drink and the strength of our local economy, then you also ought to care about a big decision coming up relating to energy policy. The Florida Public Service Commission, which regulates utility companies, will soon decide whether to establish adequate energy-efficiency standards. These standards […]
Meg Lowman Treetops Camp for young ladies who love science
From www.mytwintiers.com: The Meg Lowman Treetops Camp is designed for young ladies between the ages of 9 and 12 who take a special interest in science. “Every year there is a new twist and it’s always a fun experience,” said camper Hailey Green. Held at the Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum, this camp was named […]
CanopyMeg Honored to be Speaking in her Home Town Art Gallery in Upstate New York
Arnot Art Museum presents a conversation with Dr. Meg Lowman: BREATHING GIANTS Saving Trees From Elmira to Ethiopia Thursday, August 1 at 7pm in the Falck Gallery Free and open to the public with limited seating For reservation, call 607-734-3697. Nicknamed the “real-life Lorax” by National Geographic, Margaret D. Lowman, Ph.D. pioneered the science of […]
Forestry Ink: Canopy Meg; a living legend
Article written by Jim Hilton and taken from www.quesnelobserver.com: Doctor Margaret Lowman has a number of titles, including Canopy Meg and Einstein of the tree canopy. She is well known for her original work on forests throughout the world, mostly those in the tropics. I first heard about her work when Paul Kennedy interviewed her […]
Tree Care Conference, Europe 2019
Approximately 2000 European tree arborists and scientists gathered in Augsburg, Germany during early May for their annual conference. CanopyMeg Lowman was a keynote speaker in both the science and the arborist convention halls. This video summarizes the exciting event! https://vimeo.com/jahnsmedia/review/338227905/d6e5e1a142 (It is a German film and gives an overview about the conference.)
Keynote Speaker Meg Lowman Gives Inspirational Talk at ‘Inspire’ Fundraising Dinner
Article from: www.steubencourier.com: CORNING – The Fund for Women of the Southern Tier, Inc. officials called “Inspire” – an annual fundraising dinner Tuesday at the Corning Museum of Glass – a great success… Chafee said the fundraising event included a curated silent auction, dinner and an invigorating and inspiring keynote address by Dr. Meg Lowman. […]
5th graders from New York learn about rain forests from CanopyMeg
5th graders in Mr. Miller’s and Mrs. DeMitry’s ICT class at Dundee Central School in Dundee, New York, care about the Rain Forest!
Sharing tree science with a German audience
This publication is the product of the TreeCare Conference 2019, Augsburg. So great to experience so much enthusiasm for trees in Europe! A few posts from the conference: Die Deutschen Baumpflegetage 2019 bieten Internationale Themenvielfalt mit starkem Praxisbezug Deutsche Baumpflegetage in Augsburg Baumpflegetage: sensible Riesen & die„Mutter der Baumkronen-Forschung Deutsche Baumpflegetage 2019
Saving Ethiopia’s Church Forests
Prelude — On August 10, 2010, approximately ten of us will embark for the northeast corner of Ethiopia. Our mission: to work with local foresters to survey the biodiversity of their church forests and to inspire an innovative forest conservation scheme. We are a diverse group of students, teachers, entomologists, ecologists, zoologists, natural history buffs, […]
Publications
Margaret Lowman Catalog of Publications
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Books
- Lowman MD and Yaroslava Yashchuk, 2025. CanopyMeg Chronicles 2 – What Next? In press.
- Lowman MD. Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives. University of Chicago Press, August 2025.
- Lowman MD and Yaroslava Yashchuk. 2023. CanopyMeg Chronicles – Peppertree Press.
- Lowman MD. The Arbornaut. A memoir. Farrer, Strauss & Giroux, August 2021.
- Frost C and M Lowman. In prep. Forest Canopies – third edition. Springer/Elsevier.
- Lowman MD, S Azizah Mohd Nor, N Ruppert (editors). In press. Biodiversity Survey on Penang Hill, Malaysia. USM Publishers.
- Lowman MD. 2017. Muddy Boots – essays of a field biologist. Peppertree Press, 148 pp.
- Lowman MD. 2016. Through the Year with Gertrude Grosbeak. Peppertree Press, children’s book.
- Lowman, M.D. and W Mulat. 2014. Beza – Who Saved the Forests of Ethiopia, One Church at a Time. Peppertree Press (children’s book), both English and Amharic versions.
- Lowman, M.D., S. Devy, and T. Ganesh. 2013. Treetops at Risk. (Springer Verlag).
- Lowman, M.D., Schowalter T., & Franklin J. 2012. Methods in Forest Canopy Research (University of California Press).
- Lowman, M.D., J. Burgess and E. Burgess. 2006 It’s a Jungle Out There – More Tales from the Treetops. Yale University Press. 291 pp. (Paperback, 2008; reprinted in Korean, 2009).
- Lowman M.D. and H.B. Rinker. 2004 Forest Canopies. Elsevier Press.
- Lowman, M.D. 1999. Life in the Treetops. Yale University Press. (Editions in German, Chinese and Korean; paperback version in 2002)
- Lowman, M.D. and N.M. Nadkarni (eds.) 1995. Forest Canopies. Academic Press 624 pp. (Second Edition in paperback 1996)
- Lowman, M.D. (ed.) 1992. Ecology of Hopkins Forest. Williams College Printers. 100 pp
- Heatwole, H. & M.D. Lowman. 1986. Dieback: The Death of an Australian Landscape, Reed & Co. 150 pp.
- Lowman, M.D. 1974. Some Aspects of the Fabric of Life, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 204 pp.
National Leadership Reports
- Lowman MD. 2024. Mission Green – a prospectus.
- Meg Lowman, signatory to, The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
- Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. 2019. Environmental leadership case studies. Chapter on Ethiopian church forests and bottom-up conservation.
- Lowman, M.D. 2012. Health and environment – kids and treehouses. http://www.epa.gov, blog from Women and Environment White House summit.
- NEON Tiger Team. 2008. Education Plan. http://www.neoninc.org/documents/tigerteam
- Sarasota County Environmental Initiatives, FL (2004 – 2009) series of quarterly reports over 5 years to document environmental programs: invasive reptiles, science education outreach, development of Land Institute, conservation action plans, and other activities.
- NEON ISEP. 2006. National Ecological Observatory Network, Integrated Science and Education Plan. National NEON Design Committee, M.D. Lowman – co-chair education group, contributed to ISEP plan and writing.
- Lowman, M.D. 1974. Some Aspects of the Fabric of Life, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 204 pp.
Theses
- Lowman, M.D. 1982. Leaf Growth Dynamics and Herbivory in Australian Rain Forest Canopies. Ph.D. Thesis. Sydney University (Supervisor: Peter Myerscough).
- Lowman, M.D. 1978. Phenology and Productivity of Betula pendula and B. pubescens in Scotland. Master’s Thesis. Aberdeen University (Supervisor: Peter Ashton).
- Lowman, M.D. 1976. Phenological Phenomena and Growth Studies for 16 Northern Hardwoods. Honors Thesis. Williams College (Supervisor: Henry Art).
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed except those with *)
- K.M. Klemow, A.R. Berkowitz, C.R. Cid, T.A. Langen, M.D. Lowman, G. Middendorf, J.A. Reynolds. 2026. A Century of Learning: The Story of ESA’s Education Committee, 1918–2025. The Ecological Society of America (ESA) Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70089
- Moore, A., W.R. Miller & M.D. Lowman, Subm. Tardigrades of the Canopy: Milnesium martafischeri nov sp. (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milneslidae) from Oregon, USA
- Caviglia-Harris, J., K. E. Hodges, B. Helmuth, E. M. Bennett, K. Galvin, M. Krebs, K. Lips, M. Lowman, L. A. Schulte, and E. A. G. Schuur. 2021. The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an academic leader. Ecology and Society 26(3):9.
- WR Miller, H Cotten, SAM Nor, MD Lowman. 2021. Tardigrades of Malaysia: New records of occurrence from Penang Hill. In: Kansas Biology Transactions.
- S Saatchi, M Longo, L Xu, Y Yang, H Abe, MD Lowman (2021). Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors. Science Direct. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.002
- Caviglia-Harris, J., K. E. Hodges, B. Helmuth, E. M. Bennett, K. Galvin, M. Krebs, K. Lips, M. Lowman, L. A. Schulte, and E. A. G.
Schuur. 2021. The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an
academic leader. Ecology and Society 26(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12396-260309 - Charles H. Cannon1, Colby Borchetta1, David L. Anderson, Gabriel Arellano, Martin Barker, Guillaume Charron, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Jeannine H. Richards, Ethan Abercrombie, Lindsay F. Banin, Ximena Tagle Casapia, Xi Chen, Polina Degtjarenko, Jane E. Dell, David Durden, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, Rebeca Hernández-Gutiérrez, Andrew D. Hirons, Chai-Shian Kua, Hughes La Vigne, Maurice Leponce, Jun Ying Lim, Margaret Lowman, Andrew J. Marshall, Sean T. Michaletz, Benjamin B. Normark, Darin S. Penneys, Gerald F. Schneider, Joeri S. Strijk, Bashir B. Tiamiyu, Tara L. E. Trammell, Yalma L. Vargas-Rodriguez, Samantha R. Weintraub-Leff, Alexis Lussier Desbiens and Matthew Spenko. (2021). Extending Our Scientific Reach in Arboreal Ecosystems for Research and Management
- WR Miller, H Cotten, SAM Nor, MD Lowman. July 2021. TARDIGRADES OF MALAYSIA: NEW RECORDS OF OCCURRENCE FROM PENANG HILL.
- Moore A, MD West, L Tibbs, WR Miller, C Johansson, MD Lowman. Submitted. July 2021. Tardigrades of the canopy: a new genus for Acanthechiniscus goedeni (Heterotardigrada: Eschiniscoidea: Echiniscidae) from Oregon USA. Zootaxa. (first authors were undergraduate students)
- *MD Lowman, Leon Kagonovskiy, and Caroline Haley. (2020). Herbivory in the Malaysia Rain Forest Canopy, Penang Hill
- Wayne P. Sousa, Kyle E. Harms, Claudia M. Tyler, Margaret D. Lowman, Michael J. Keough, Peter T. Green, Allan Stewart-Oaten (2021). Resolution of Respect Joseph Hurd Connell (1923-2020). The Ecological Society of America (ESA) Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1846
- *Lowman MD. David K. Goodin, Alemayehu Wassie. (2019). The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Forests and Economic Development. The Case of Traditional Ecological Management.
- *Lowman M. (2019). Life in the treetops—An overview of forest canopy science and its future directions. Plants, People, Planet. 2020;00:1–6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10125
- *Lowman MD. (2019). Life in the Treetops – A Planetary Biodiversity Hotspot
- Lowman M., Ruppert N, Mohd Nor SA. Further advancing the expert bioblitz for the rainforest conservation toolkit. Conservation
Science and Practice. 2019;1:e2. - Prashanth Ballullaya U, Manoj Kandoth, Rajesh TP, KS Reshmi, MD Lowman. 2019. Stakeholder motivation for the conservation of sacred groves in south India: an analysis of environmental perceptions of rural and urban neighborhood communities. Land Use Policy (in press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104213
- Qing Pei, Guodong Li, BP Winterhalder, MD Lowman. 2019. Regional patterns of pastoralist migrations under the push of reduced precipitation in imperial China. Global Ecology and Biogeography 00:1-11. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13040. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13040
- Lowman MD. 2019. Methoden der baumkronen-forschung im wald. IN: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege (Yearbook of Arboriculture) 2019. (Ed D. Dujeseifken). Haymarket Media. Pp. 111-121.
- WR Miller, H Cotton, SA Kimball, MD Lowman. 2019. Tardigrades in the canopy: from outreach to classroom to science. (In press).
- Waymire A, M DuBuc, WR Miller, MD Lowman. 2019. Tardigrades in the canopy: an analysis of arboreal habitats. (In press).
- David K. Goodin, Alemayehu Wassie, M.D. Lowman (2019) The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Forests and Economic Development: The Case for Traditional Ecological Management, Journal of Religion & Society, 21: 1-23
- Lowman MD, L Nkaganovsky, C Haley. 2019. Herbivory in the Malaysian rain forest canopy, Penang Hill. IN: The Biodiversity of a Malaysian Rain Forest, Penang Hill. Malaysian Forestry Service Publications.
- Lowman MD, S Azizah Mohd Nor, N Ruppert. 2018. Advancing the rain forest conservation toolkit – a new model for biodiversity surveys. Conservation Biology and Practice (online). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.2
- Lowman MD.2018. Earth system environmenta