Spring 2004

Table of Contents

02

Publisher’s Page

04

Calendar

09

A Life of Tradition in the Adirondacks

10

Letters to the Editors

14

Knots and Bolts

19

Why is Soil Compaction a Problem in Forests?
Michael Snyder

21

When a Wild Cat Kills a Deer
Susan C. Morse

22

One Hundred Birds by Bedtime
Peter Brewitt

27

Regarding the Wind
William Shutkin

30

Timber Baron: George Van Dyke was King of the Connecticut River Log Drives
Bill Gove

35

Hurricane Ridge
Stephen Long

36

Fiddlehead Season
Sheila McGrory-Klyza

43

Balsam Poplar
Virginia Barlow

44

Discoveries

46

Rx for a Broken Forest
Michael Snyder

53

Emerald Ash Borer
Virginia Barlow

54

Return of the Osprey
Cassandra Hemenway Brush

59

Tricks of the Trade
Joseph Smith

62

At Work Measuring Big Trees with Robert Leverett
Gayle Goddard-Taylor

66

Wood Lit

69

Mill Prices

75

Outdoor Palette

76

A Place in Mind
George Wood