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Home » NW Issues » Issue 44

In this Issue

• 2 From the Center
• 4 Calendar:  March  April  May
• 5 Editorial
• 9 Another View: A Contract Between Friends
  David Brynn
• 10 Letters to the Editors
• 12 Woods Whys: Can Your Woods be Too Tidy?
  Michael Snyder
• 14 Knots and Bolts:  Northern Woodlands Receives Award for Bridge Building
   Funds Available for Wildlife Habitat Improvement
   New Hampshire Project Learning Tree Celebrates Its 25th
  
• 19 Notes from the Puckerbrush: Thoughts on Love
  Stephen Long
• 21 Tracking Tips: Raccoon Ramblings
  Susan C. Morse
• 22 Gaudy Giants of the Night
  Gayle Goddard-Taylor
• 29 An Investment in Forestry
  Brooks Mills
• 34 Field Work: Uncovering the Secrets of New England’s Stone Walls with Robert Thorson
  Todd McLeish
• 37 Species in the Spotlight: Speckled Alder, Alnus incana
  Virginia Barlow
• 38 The Floppy-Eared Fox
  Dave Kynor
• 44 Discoveries:  Salamanders Undaunted by Open Fields
   Past Land Use Affects Plant Biodiversity
   Deadbeat Redstarts Get a Head Start
  
• 46 A Head Start for Spring Wildflowers
  Kathryn Lund Johnson
• 52 From the Bog to the Sea: Maine Logger Harvests Stumps for Ships’ Knees
  Andy Kekacs
• 57 Here & There: Mountains and Mileage
  William Shutkin
• 59 Tricks of the Trade
• 60 Under the Microscope: Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
  Virginia Barlow
• 62 Wood Lit
• 69 Mill Prices
• 75 Outdoor Palette
• 76 A Place in Mind
  Chuck Wooster