The Outside Story
The Outside Story is a series of weekly ecology articles that has been appearing in newspapers across New Hampshire and Vermont since 2002. The series is underwritten by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation - Upper Valley Region and edited by Dirk Van Susteren at Northern Woodlands. To suggest a topic for a future article, inquire about writing for the series, or learn how to bring the series to your local paper, contact 
. Some of our favorite articles from the first four years of the series have been collected in The Outside Story - local writers explore the nature of New Hampshire and Vermont, available in the Northern Woodlands online shop and at bookstores across the region.
Latest Article
Their Goal: Saving the Butternut Tree
by Madeline Bodin
August 27, 2008
Butternut country is so distinctive that Parker Nichols knows he has arrived even before he sees the first butternut tree. As the proprietor of Vermont WildWoods, a flooring and millwork company in Marshfield that specializes in salvaging diseased butternut trees, he’s seen much of Vermont’s butternut country.
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