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The Unseen Traveler
Migratory flights of Canada geese are hard to miss. A chorus of honking can be heard in the distance before they come into view in their ever-shifting chevron formation, and witnessing their high-altitude passing is one of our elemental autumn experiences. While the honkers are calling attention to themselves during the day, other migrating birds are on the ground, resting… (more)
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It Looks Like Your Father Was Right: Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees
If they have been half listening, owners of timberland in Vermont may be feeling good these days about the value of their holdings. Prices for stumpage are rising, mills are expanding heir capacity, and demand for Vermont timber is strengthening at home and abroad, according to recent reports. The complete content of this article is part of the downloadable pdf… (more)
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Good Neighbors
Ken Clayton’s two-acre lot in Bennington includes not more than one acre of wooded land to the north of his house. That’s not what one would call extensive holdings. Still, it was enough that last winter, trees cut from that single acre brought him stumpage payments of $3000. The complete content of this article is part of the downloadable pdf… (more)
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A Rocky Past
Almost anyone who has walked in Vermont’s woods must have paused more than once to puzzle over the stone walls that run like stitching through most of the state’s wooded land. Even in the dense forest, a mile from the nearest habitation, the stone walls speak of a tamed landscape: a farmer, his team of oxen, a stone boat, sheep… (more)
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Editorial
Many people have let us know that they liked the first issue of Vermont Woodlands and we appreciate their encouraging words. A few people who have read the magazine have looked at me strangely, as though they were trying to figure something out. Some have asked what many others may be wondering: “So what really is going on here? What… (more)
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Long Beards and Short Tales: Our Lumbering Language
What do loggers and moneylenders have in common? When is a lumberer a lumberjack? And what the heck is a lumber room? The complete content of this article is part of the downloadable pdf of this issue, available in our online shop.
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Another View
In 1984, my family and I had the opportunity to spend three days at the International Forest Congress in Quebec City where conditions of the world’s forest were being discussed. The complete content of this article is part of the downloadable pdf of this issue, available in our online shop.
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Adelgid Threatens Eastern Hemlock
In southern New England and Pennsylvania, the hemlock has been under attack by the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelgus tsugae. There is enough fear of its spreading north that Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine have quarantined hemlock logs and nursery stock from infested areas since 1988. The hemlock woolly adelgid is an aphid-like insect native to Asia that was found in… (more)
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Balsam Brush in Bunches: How to Make a Christmas Wreath
Let’s face it, anybody can decorate a Christmas tree. It’s almost as if we were born with the ability, and we put it into practice as soon as we are tall enough to stand up and attach an ornament. The complete content of this article is part of the downloadable pdf of this issue, available in our online shop.
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Pruning for Profit
Many people appreciate the park-like appearance of a stand of trees in which the lower branches have been removed. Trails lined by pruned trees invite us to take a walk, and for some of us sawing off dead branches seems to satisfy a primordial impulse. The complete content of this article is part of the downloadable pdf of this issue,… (more)