Spring 1999

Table of Contents

04

Calendar

05

Editorial
Virginia Barlow and Stephen Long

07

Letters to the Editors

10

Knots and Bolts

13

Tracking Tips
Susan C. Morse

14

Earthy Pleasures: Foraging for Spring’s Wild Edibles
Eleanor Kohlsaat

18

All in a Day’s Work
Stephen Long

23

Woods Whys
Michael Snyder

24

Loons: Sound and Spirit of the North Woods
Steven D. Faccio

29

Sugar Maple
Virginia Barlow

30

Field Work
Kathleen Hentcy

32

Political Thicket: The Northern Forest Stewardship Act - What’s the Big Deal?
Jon Margolis

35

Notes from the Puckerbrush
Stephen Long

37

Yellow Birch Conk
Virginia Barlow

38

Life in the Litter: A (Close-up) Look at Springtails
Alan Pistorius

43

Cooper’s Scents of Spring
Paul Sachs

44

Wood Lit

52

Stumpage Prices

59

Endangered Species Act Must be Changed
Bill Samal

60

A Place in Mind
Catherine Tudish