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Dozier Bell was a philosophy major at Smith College when she discovered that visual art could represent her deep philosophical notions in a vital and expansive way. Luckily for us, she…

Brookfield Bees is a small farm located in central Vermont and owned by married couple Dan Childs and Marda Donner, who moved from Philadelphia to Vermont in 2007. The farm produces honey,…

I think of winter’s passing not as time, but as firewood. As the weeks progress, the woodpile shrinks; every day’s fire spends a little more of what I set aside through summer. I…

One of the year’s first insects to appear on my deck railing is the winter firefly, Photinus corrusca, which shows up on warm days throughout winter. A brown beetle with pink parentheses…

This neighborhood fox is working his route down the broad convergence between night and morning light down the wellspring valley through the little swamp and up across the neighbors’…

Years ago, a well-meaning woman admonished me for picking common milkweed because “the monarchs needed them.” I knew that monarch caterpillars relied on milkweed species as their…

Approximately 50 people contribute to the words and images in each issue of the magazine. Here are some of our Winter 2023 contributors. {image2} Jack Beaudoin (Lessons in Wood, page 50) lives…

It has been raining all summer in northern Maine, the 10th wettest summer on record, and this Wednesday in August dawns overcast, the low gray clouds plump and threatening to overspill at any…

Have you ever wondered what makes the meandering paths etched into fallen trees and logs, just beneath the bark? Although many insects tunnel through wood, bark beetles create some of the most…

While exploring the woods near his home in Ohio last year, Sam Cox came across a hollow tree he thought looked like the perfect owl nesting site. Although he didn’t find any owl sign,…

On page 50 of this issue, you’ll find an article by Jack Beaudoin describing an intensive training program that prepares young Mainers – some only weeks out of high school –…

This profile of Tory Porter by Jack Beaudoin, complements Beaudoin’s feature article, Lessons in Wood, in the Winter 2023 issue of Northern Woodlands magazine. The article describes the…

As a complement to Jack Beaudoin’s article Lessons in Wood in the Winter 2023 issue of Northern Woodlands magazine, we asked audio producer Tim Ouillette (Munjoy Hill Media) to interview…

I’m trying to promote regeneration on a woodlot that had been high-graded before I took over management of it, leaving mainly diseased beech behind. Deer over-browsing is also a…

This article is the third in a series focused on forest carbon. Alexandra Kosiba is a forest ecologist, tree physiologist, and assistant professor of forestry at the University of Vermont…

Woodcarver George Calef has fond memories of sitting at his grandmother’s knee, almost 80 years ago, as she looked out the window at the birds flitting around her birdfeeder.…

A note from the editors: An abridged version of this photo essay appears in the Autumn 2023 print issue of Northern Woodlands magazine. We were fascinated by Steven Arcone’s detailed…

As autumn days shorten and insect food supplies dwindle, migratory songbirds must prepare for their impending southward flight. This typically involves completing the post-breeding molt…

Open a hydrology map of a northeastern watershed, and you’ll see networks of blue lines: delicate threads of headwater streams starting high in the mountains, crossing contours to merge…

Your beloved chainsaw engine is essentially a fiery air pump. The process starts by drawing in fresh air, compressing that air, and then adding a dose of fuel and a spark – resulting in…