Northern Woodlands

Virginia Barlow

Virginia Barlow works as a consulting forester at Redstart Consulting as well as writing and editing for Northern Woodlands. She has lived in Corinth since graduating from college the first time, except for spending two years in Burlington, Vermont, when she went to college for the second time. She serves on the town's planning commission and as the town tree warden.

Finding material for the magazine's tree species, insect and disease profiles, and for the weekly calendar forces her to spend time outdoors, as do gardening, beekeeping, messing around with firewood, and just general messing around.

She visits the Caribbean each year to spend time with her partner, Chris Doyle, and to sail, fish, snorkel, and learn about island plants and animals. Her Caribbean trips provided the material for her book, The Nature of the Islands, which she is in the process of updating.

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Dave Mance III

Dave Mance III is the editor of Northern Woodlands magazine and The Outside Story column. Dave splits his time between Corinth and Shaftsbury, Vermont, where he’s part of a four-generations-old family sugaring operation. When not working he enjoys all manner of outdoor pursuits, including, as this picture indicates, amateur archeology. This is charcoal residue from a 1800s coke kiln in southern Vermont.

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Walter Medwid

Walter Medwid is the executive director/publisher of the Center for Northern Woodlands Education. He has served previously as the executive director of the International Wolf Center in Minnesota, the Adirondack Mountain Club in New York, and the NorthWoods Stewardship Center in Vermont. While in New York, he became an Adirondack 46er by climbing all the peaks over 4,000 feet. A biologist, his love of the outdoors developed on summer visits to his aunt’s home in Corinth, forever etching a soft spot for this special part of the Northeast.

Walter lives in Derby, Vermont, with his wife Mary Beth, where they enjoy views of Owl’s Head Mountain, the bike path along Lake Memphremagog, and ever-evolving vegetable and perennial gardens. As this picture indicates, he has a special passion for fishing - especially on those rare occasions in the Arctic.

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Meghan Oliver

As assistant editor at Northern Woodlands, Meghan has rounded out her dream of working with her favorite two things – words and birds – partnering her editing work with her position as an avian wildlife rehabilitator at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. Outside the working world, Meghan is slowly learning to pick the banjo, likes to read about the Civil War, and greatly enjoys anthropomorphizing her hens and roosters.

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Amy Peberdy

Amy Peberdy gained experience in magazine production from the printing side, having worked for 5 years at the company that prints Northern Woodlands. Still, somewhere in the back of her mind, she always knew that she’d give up her 45-mile commute as a customer service rep at the printer and put her expertise to work five minutes from home at Northern Woodlands.

Studio Art majors do many things well, except make a living with their art. So Amy’s employment has run the gamut while raising three children with her husband Bill, a cabinetmaker. Now as an energetic first-time grandmother, she’s sewn up all her experiences to dedicate herself as operations manager at Northern Woodlands.

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Emily Simone Rowe

Emily is the token vegetarian on staff but has been known to eat venison stew when presented to her. Originally from New Hampshire, Emily graduated from Hampshire College, gardened for a while, then moved to Vermont to raise a family on a sunny patch of land. Her passions include cooking, organic gardening, homesteading, and history. She is a member of her town’s conservation commission, coordinates Green Up Day, volunteers at the swap shop, and serves on the board of trustees at Enfield Shaker Museum. As the operations coordinator at Northern Woodlands, Emily is responsible for circulation, coordinating the Northern Woodlands Goes to School program, driving the website and social media platforms, and assisting the executive director. If you call between 9 and 5, chances are you’ll speak with Emily.

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