Spring 2011

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Walter Medwid

04

Calendar
Virginia Barlow

05

Editor’s Note
Dave Mance III

07

1,000 Words
Frank Kaczmarek

09

When is the Best Time for Sugarmakers to Tap their Maple Trees?
Michael Snyder

10

Letters to the Editors

15

Shed Hunters
Susan C. Morse

16

Knots and Bolts

Exploding Flowers
Marrow Core Analysis
My Experiments Growing Shiitake Mushrooms
Student Scientists Say White Pine Getting Healthier

22

Of Trout and Trees
Nathaniel Tripp

28

A Place for Wolf Trees
Michael Gaige

33

Forest Spiders
Virginia Barlow

34

Seeds of Hope
Various Authors

42

Woods Ghost: Bobcats on a Comeback
Dave Mance III

50

Melissa Fierke
Heather Engelman

53

Calling in the Mob
Bryan Pfeiffer

54

Discoveries

Lead Levels Settling Down
Lights, Action!
The Pine Tea State

57

Corduroy Roads
Carl Demrow

63

No Bugs
Robert Kimber

64

Wood Lit

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
A is For Allagash: A Lumberjack’s Life
Fo the Health of the Land & The River of the Mother of God

71

Slippery Elm
Virginia Barlow

75

Outdoor Palette

76

A Place in Mind
Sydney Lea