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The prices reported here are those that log buyers—mostly sawmills and wholesalers—are paying for logs. Because these are prices paid for delivered wood, landowners need to adjust…

It’s late August, about noon on a bright, sunny day. I’m gathering my fly rod, waders, vest, my elegant wading staff – a spruce stick with a hunk of clothesline tied to it…

Years ago, I learned that the large, bulbous, metallic-blue beetles that are often found on the lawn are called blister beetles. When bothered, they exude a clear, orange liquid from their…

When the Earth cooled during the Pleistocene, the continental glaciers that formed in the northern latitudes flowed southward slowly enough that tree species across North America were able to…

According to traditional forestry, there are two kinds of forests. Every forest you step into can be categorized as either even-aged or uneven-aged. But most foresters regularly come across…

All ponds have water in common. It’s their surroundings that tell them apart. The pasture pond is a sun-splashed delight prized for its recreational opportunities and as a landscape…

Trees are made to sway in the breeze. They need to, really. Trees and wind have been doing this dance for a long time, and the trees seem to have learned their steps. Just watch them: they…

Timber theft is a crime that takes generations to overcome – generations the victim will not see. Timber is surprisingly easy to steal, and the high value of northeastern hardwoods is…

Norm Lake, a Grafton, Vermont, logger, whose work in the woods began during the transition from axes and crosscut saws to chainsaws, died this spring at the age of 89. I had a chance to visit…

Northern Woodlands magazine has come a long way in the 13 years since we launched its predecessor, Vermont Woodlands. Our first issue was published in June 1994. It was a slim 28 pages,…

Charlie Cogbill has spent a large part of his career studying a forest that no longer exists: the pre-settlement forest in New England and New York. A plant ecologist, Cogbill began this work…

In February 2005, the identification of a European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, that had been caught in an insect monitoring trap the previous September in Fulton, New York, near Lake Ontario,…

Hank Rope knows five streams in the Catskills region of New York state intimately. He knows when hundreds of insects hatch, when they swim to the surface, and whether they make a splash when…

For holding soil in place along the upper banks of streams, it would be hard to improve upon red osier dogwood – though there are other dogwood species and many willows that also perform…

Photo by Ned Therrien David and C.C. take a break from putting up wood.I remember several years ago asking David White where he lived and maybe something about what he did for a living.…

Fifteen cords a winter. I’d thought it was more like 10 but my mother informs me otherwise and although she’s 80 she’s not only still sharp as a sawtooth but has much better…

I have been a Tree Farm Inspector for 27 years. I’ve been a New Hampshire Licensed Forester since 1991 and am involved with the Forest Guild. My comments reflect a long history of…

If you’ve ever walked in your woods with a logger or a forester, I bet you’ve heard some version of this speech: “You should think of your forest as a garden. The trees are…

I serve on Northern Woodlands’ Board of Directors, and the reason is quite simple. I fully embrace the mission of the organization: “To encourage a culture of forest stewardship in…

We don’t want to shock the tourists, but the spring woods do bring some color beyond green. While spring displays of herbaceous plants flowering on the forest floor are a treat, there is…