Local roundup: Oxford Hills girls soar past Greely sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
James F. Thorne, 69, of Media, PA, passed away December 31st, 2020. Jim was born in Watertown, NY. Growing up, he and his four siblings found themselves spending as much time as they could outdoors. Eventually Jimâs love of the outdoors brought him to Yale where he earned a PhD in forestry in 1984.
Shortly thereafter Jim moved to the Philadelphia area with his wife, Rosemary, to accept a position with the Univ. of Pennâs Graduate School of Landscape Architecture. Eight years later, Jim continued his professional career at the Nature Conservancy. While there, Jim discovered a passion for conducting prescribed fires as a way to promote the growth of native plants and trees. Jim then spent ten years with Natural Lands Trust, where his proudest achievement was playing a critical role in the formation of the Hopewell Big Woods Partnership, a 73,000 acre conservation area encompassing the largest contiguous forest in southeastern Pennsylvania.