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December 03, 2008
Fifteen winters ago, Virginia Barlow and I were hatching the idea for this publication. We were busily meeting with foresters, industry associations, environmental groups, and government officials to let them in on our plans. Those discussions were productive, and before we had a publication, we had a core group of subscribers.
Ginny managed the database of subscribers, staying up much …
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From the Center
September 01, 2008
What’s in a name? With Northern Woodlands as the flagship program of an organization officially named the Center for Woodlands Education, there has been some confusion over the different names. Where does Northern Woodlands end and the Center for Woodlands Education begin? Are they two separate entities or two names for the same thing?
Northern Woodlands is a registered …
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From the Center
June 01, 2008
There’s been a great deal of talk about the economic stimulus package, and specifically about the checks that began arriving in our mailboxes in May. I like to think of Northern Woodlands as an economic stimulus package that arrives four times a year.
First, with our four full-time and two part-time employees, we’re the largest employer in our town …
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From the Center: Spring 2008
March 01, 2008
It’s my pleasure to tell you about a special honor bestowed by the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on the founders of Northern Woodlands. Steve Long and Ginny Barlow received the distinguished Franklin Fairbanks Award at the Museum’s annual meeting on January 27 in recognition of lifetime achievement. Past recipients of this prestigious leadership award include Senator Robert Stafford, …
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From the Center: Winter 2007
December 01, 2007
If you’re in a fishing boat on Lake Champlain, the boundary between New York and Vermont can seem quite blurry, so blurry that fishermen from either state can fish anywhere on the lake with only their own state’s fishing license.
But in almost every other regard, the distinction between these two states could hardly be sharper, despite their four …
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From the Center: Autumn 2007
September 01, 2007
At the end of this column in the last issue, we reported that we had subscribers in 48 states, and that in order to make it a perfect 50, all we needed were subscribers from Louisiana and Mississippi. I’m not sure the ink was even dry on the magazine when I heard from Steve Wright of the National Wildlife Federation. …
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From the Center: Summer 2007
June 01, 2007
Northern Woodlands magazine has come a long way in the 13 years since we launched its predecessor, Vermont Woodlands. Our first issue was published in June 1994. It was a slim 28 pages, printed in black with some splashes of red as an accent color. I can remember wondering what to charge for a subscription to a small, tightly focused …
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From the Center: Spring 2007
March 01, 2007
I serve on Northern Woodlands’ Board of Directors, and the reason is quite simple. I fully embrace the mission of the organization: “To encourage a culture of forest stewardship in the Northeast by increasing understanding of and appreciation for the natural wonders, economic productivity and ecological integrity of the region’s forests.” To me, this means the forestland is for everyone, …
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From the Center: Winter 2006
December 01, 2006
I’ve had an attraction to forests for a long time. It’s right there in my high school yearbook: “I will be studying forestry at ….” After college, I thought I would end up out West in the big woods. Funny then, that I could leave the Midwest, head east to the more settled and populated Northeast, and find “big woods.” …
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From the Center
September 01, 2006
The forests of New England and northern New York are among the most diverse and intricate ecosystems on the planet. With mind-boggling numbers of plant and animal species living in complex natural communities, these woodlands are truly an environmental treasure of national significance. They are also part of equally complex economic and political systems with an astonishing diversity of human …
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