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Spring 2008

Issue Number 56

Photo by A. Blake Gardner
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In this Issue

2 From the Center
4 Calendar: March April May
5 The Long View
9 Another View: The Myth of Free Wood
Eric Kingsley
10 Letters to the Editors
16 Knots and Bolts: Thrushes from Top to Bottom
An Icy Life on the St. John River
Planning for an Invasion
Fingerprinting the Fisher
19 Stewardship Stories
25 Woods Whys: What Is the Difference Between Red Knots and Black Knots?
Michael Snyder
26 Tale of the Tick: How Lyme Disease is Expanding Northward
Dave Mance, III
32 An Outdoor Life
Malin Ely Clyde, Photos by Jerry & Marcy Monkman
36 Clearing the Air: Outdoor Wood Boilers Face Regulation
Hamilton E. Davis
43 North Country Numbers: A New Look at the Forest-Based Economy
Chuck Wooster
46 The Thunderstorm Mill: Making Lumber the Old-Fashioned Way
Story and Photos by Elinor Osborn
50 Field Work: At Work Managing Furbearers with Biologist Kim Royer
Carolyn Haley
53 Species in the Spotlight: Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana
Viriginia Barlow
55 Tracking Tips: Bear Dens
Susan C. Morse
56 Discoveries: Proof Is in the Bark
Tums for Trees
New Suspect in Frog Deaths
61 Under the Microscope: Birch polypore, Piptoporus betulinus
Virginia Barlow
68 Wood Lit
71 Mill Prices
73 Tricks of the Trade
75 Upcountry: Rites of Spring
Robert Kimber
79 Outdoor Palette
80 A Place in Mind
Ray Chapin

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