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Hunters for the Hungry
September 01, 2005
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Ten Years Later, Common Ground is Easier to Find
September 01, 2005
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First Spoon
September 01, 2005
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The Rut
September 01, 2005
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To Catch a (Timber) Thief
September 01, 2005
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The Mystery of Pease’s Mountain
September 01, 2005
On a spectacular summer day in July, three of us – all botanists – gathered our gear together at a remote trailhead in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Dorothy Allard, Annie Reed, and I are all members of the Vermont Scientific Advisory Group on Flora, which advises the state Endangered Species Committee on plant issues. But that day’s task was very different. …
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Goldthread: From the Forest Floor to the Medicine Cabinet
June 01, 2005
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Peering Behind the Veneer
June 01, 2005
Greg Saulnier is paid to be picky. At 44, the Rumney, New Hampshire, native has been looking at logs for 15 years, first as a logger and for the last eight years as a log buyer for Columbia Forest Products. His work has him crisscrossing New Hampshire, from the seacoast to the Connecticut River and up to Franconia Notch, stopping …
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Growing Value in Your Woods
June 01, 2005
In the world of high-end veneer logs, there’s a lot of money to be made – and a lot of things to watch out for.
High-end veneer logs are an almost mythological subject. These are the logs that are worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars each. There are the stories of people “striking it rich,” of “timber rustling,” where …
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New Eyes on the Forest
June 01, 2005
The young people board the van in the middle of a loud, congested neighborhood. As they ride, they watch the scenery gradually change from factories and apartment buildings to fields and forests. They arrive at their destination, a peaceful spot deep in the woods unlike any place they’ve ever been before. They spend the day in the quiet forest with …
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