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Slime molds are enigmatic organisms best observed up close, making them an ideal subject for macro photographer Brent Haglund. Along with protozoa and alga, slime molds are within the kingdom…

As the only national park in New England, Acadia is known for its rocky coastline, carriage roads, and the view from Cadillac Mountain, where visitors gather nearly every morning to watch the…

As we wound back home, I felt Dad’s preoccupation, however well he tried to hide it, like a yoke growing heavier on my 12-year-old shoulders. His steps had quickened as soon as the house…

Building a wildlife viewing blind from natural materials will allow you to blend in to your surroundings and get closer to wildlife for hunting, photography, or simply to have a more immersive…

While shopping for her first home, my niece phoned me concerned about large numbers of insects she encountered at an open house. Because it was early autumn, I asked, “Were they black…

The days of September and October were brilliant, with sunshine descending through a dappled canopy. The tulip poplars turned yellow first. Then the sugar and red maples paraded their…

Trees’ ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air and sequester it for decades make them a key nature-based solution to mitigating climate change. And with the localized cooling they…

During autumn, hillsides in the Northeast transform from a summer green to a patchwork of color. Sugar maple turns orange, paper birch glows lemon yellow, and serviceberry deepens to crimson.…

Roosting like a plump hen at the base of an oak tree in autumn, maitake, or hen of the woods (Grifola frondosa), is a distinctive and delicious polypore that offers versatility in the kitchen.…

On a summer day in the early 1990s, naturalist Susan Shea was exploring wetlands in her hometown of Brookfield, Vermont, when she came across something she knew was unusual. It was similar to…

This past spring and summer, I spent a lot of time driving through various parts of the Northeast – and beyond – most of it with my youngest, who was exploring college campuses and…

This past May, the Center for Northern Woodlands Education held our annual board and staff retreat at Appalachian Mountain Club’s Highland Center in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. At the…

Dozens of people contribute to creating each issue of Northern Woodlands. Here are a few of the people whose work is featured in the Autumn magazine. {image2} Elise Tillinghast (Seasonal…

There is no tree The tree is beautiful I raise my marking gun Making a blue spot The woodcutter comes and kills the tree Sunanda makes a wooden box To hold my ashes There is no tree The tree…

“This bald-faced hornet nest caught my eye because of its large size, beautiful patterns, and attachment to the branch with gorgeous foliage,” said photographer Jackie Robidoux,…

Dozens of people contribute to creating each issue of Northern Woodlands. Here are a few of the people whose work is featured in the Summer magazine. {image2} Anthony D. Fredericks (Knots…

Prior to colonization, wolves roamed the forests of what is now the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, hunting deer, moose, and caribou in packs. Catamounts stalked deer in…

My father spent our summer vacations woodcarving. He would set up in front of the cottage, right at the water’s edge, with a piece of wood cradled in his lap – or, if it were…

On several days throughout summer, a small flotilla of canoes and kayaks gathers on Tilton Pond in central Maine, on the hunt for an uninvited carnivorous plant that has taken hold: swollen…