A Monarch Among Us
August 21st 2017
Thank you for this fun and interesting article from a parent’s perspective. Read More »Transformations: Which Caterpillar Becomes Which Butterfly?
August 21st 2017
Hello-I saw a unique type of moth the other day and couldn’t figure out what it was! I found your page on Google and saw the same moth! I am excited to put a name… Read More »Mud Bug Trouble
August 20th 2017
Brendan of Concord, NH. If you have a canoe or small boat, you could visit Mount Williams Pond in Weare, NH. I would use a minnow trap with discarded chicken fat or skin and drop… Read More »Transformations: Which Caterpillar Becomes Which Butterfly?
August 20th 2017
Yesterday, I saw a small, short all-yellow caterpillar with reddish antennae. I am unable to identify the caterpillar or what it will become as a butterfly or moth. Any ideas? Read More »What Happened to the Forest Industry?
August 18th 2017
Very, very well done. A ton of insightful analysis on a very complicated subject area. This deserves to be refined a bit and moved into the mag. It deserves a wider audience. Read More »What Happened to the Forest Industry?
August 18th 2017
Thanks for bringing me up to date. In the 1990s I tried to write a book about what happens to a tree after it’s cut, but I could never find a voice for it. I… Read More »What Happened to the Forest Industry?
August 18th 2017
Hey there Dave, As a guy who spent 40 years working in the woods of Vermont and got the hell out in 2013, I can look back with no regrets. I never cut a tree… Read More »A Dragon Devours the Sun
August 18th 2017
This is so fascinating for me, especially since it will be my 75th birthday. Loved the article and how it was perceived by those before us. Read More »The Great Duckweed Migration
August 16th 2017
Thanks for your interest and kind comments. Duckweed are among my favorite plants. Fun biology and easy to work with. Read More »What Causes Those White Splotches on Tree Bark? Are They Bad For The Tree?
August 16th 2017
Angela, I live in Norfolk county and a bunch of my trees have the same thing. They look like giant sweat stains and a lot of my trees have them. Read More »Butternut, Juglans Cinerea
August 15th 2017
I have about 8 butternut trees. The oldest is about 43 yrs. My father used to make chicken wired frames and hang the nuts in the carport. Squirrels couldn’t get at them. The nuts were… Read More »Transformations: Which Caterpillar Becomes Which Butterfly?
August 14th 2017
Thank you Dave Mance III and Gerry Lemmo!! I found 4 caterpillars on a milkweed today (first time) and was able to quickly identify them as future Monarchs!! I’ll be reading up on what to… Read More »The Other Treefrog
August 13th 2017
Every so often we would find one of these little guys sleeping under the flap of our spa cover. However this year we seem to have a bumper crop! At the least we find one… Read More »How Mange, a Terminal Disease, Afflicts Red Fox
August 10th 2017
I just killed a skunk that had the mange this afternoon. The only small amount of hair it had was on its tail. I didn’t realize that skunks could get mange. Read More »Bittersweet Battles
August 9th 2017
Here is an update/addition for anyone that may be reading this now ancient article (assuming that is okay with NW). The following paragraph was edited out of the article, but is still relevant. Clearing an… Read More »How Mange, a Terminal Disease, Afflicts Red Fox
August 8th 2017
Just saw a red fox that looked like it had just come from a sheep shearing. I was about fifty feet away and didn’t see any bare skin but it definately had short hair from… Read More »Why Is the Treeline at a Higher Elevation in the Tetons than in the White Mountains?
August 7th 2017
I also believe wind and altitude play a factor. Mt Washington’s summit you have 60-80 mph winds but it hits much harder at 4-5000’ than at the Tetons 10,000’. When I drive 60mph here in… Read More »Troubled Waters: Preserving a World-Class Trout Fishery in Maine
August 5th 2017
Glad to see you point out your FFIM efforts here Ken. Read More »A Cool Historic Video
August 4th 2017
This video reminds me of my early years at the Vermont hardwoods chair factory in Readsboro Vt. I would operate what was known as a boulder saw which would slice a flat sided chunk of… Read More »A Cool Historic Video
August 4th 2017
Thanks, Dave. The evolution of labor and manufacturing linked to the evolution of language - right? It illustrates the value of recorded oral history to capture vernacular, idioms of local speech and conjures a lament… Read More »
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