Spring 2025

Table of Contents

02  

From the Center Jackson Saul

04  

Editor’s Note Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

05  

1,000 Words Lee Toomey

07  

Behind the Pages

08  

Letters to the Editors

12  

Community Voices: The J Team

16  

Seasonal Notes Elise Tillinghast

20  

Knots & Bolts

36  

Nature Journal Clare Walker Leslie

40  

A Lesson in Turtles Madeline Bodin

46  

Slow Wood: An Excerpt Brian Donahue

48  

A Master Class in the Outdoors Jack Beaudoin

56  

Memories Take Shape in Wood Colby Galliher

62  

Monitoring Forests for Climate Resilience

68  

Discoveries Emily Humphreys & Chris Gillen

70  

Six-spotted Tiger Beetles: Springtime Sprinters Declan McCabe

71  

Spring Bitter with Red-winged Blackbird Raphael Kosek

72  

Wood Lit

75  

Addressing Deer Over-browsing Ethan Tapper

77  

Constructing a Wattle Fence Brett R. McLeod

79  

Art Review: Tom Glover Adelaide Tyrol

80  

The Woodshed Wrens Colby Galliher