Behind the Pages

Northern Woodlands is installing a native plant pollinator garden this summer, based on a design by Circulation and Ad Sales Coordinator Nancy Farwell and supported by the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, the Lyme Foundation, and generous neighbors. Here, our full crew (left to right) Rebecca Perkins Hanissian, J Cantrell, Percy Farwell, Elise Tillinghast, Emily Rowe, Nancy Farwell, and Meghan McCarthy McPhaul, pose with the design and seedling plants. Photo by David Hobson.

Approximately 50 people contribute to the words and images in each issue of the magazine. Here are some of our Summer 2024 contributors.

From Left: Peter Grima, Erick Ingraham, John Litvaitis, and Jenna O’del.

Peter Grima (Knots & Bolts, “Three-birds Orchid,” page 26) is a botanist and forester based in western Massachusetts, where he has worked as a state service forester since 2012. His interests have broadened in the past decade to include rare plant surveys, floristic inventories, and peer-reviewed journal articles, including co-authorship of the 2020 Vascular Flora of Franklin County, Massachusetts, available online. Photo by Rebecca Barnes.

Erick Ingraham (Illustrations for “Future Climate-Adapted Tree Species,” page 42, and A Place in Mind, page 80) has illustrated 13 children’s books, including two award-winning books. He has since broadened his scope to create logos, labels, magazine and commercial illustrations, and print designs, with clients such as Disney Imagineering and The Washington Post Magazine. His paintings are in numerous private collections. He lives in western Colorado. See more of his work here. Photo by Ildi Ingraham.

John Litvaitis (“What’s Happening to the Fisher?,” page 60) has contributed feature articles to Northern Woodlands since 2017. While a college freshman, John challenged a bounty program on coyotes – the start of his passion for carnivores. Since then, he has completed field studies on coyotes, bobcats, and black bears. He retired from the faculty at University of New Hampshire, and advocates for public involvement in wildlife management policy. Photo by Marian Litvaitis.

Jenna O’del (Knots & Bolts, “Electrofishing: A Tool for Managing Freshwater Fisheries,” page 22), is a biologist, writer, and all-around nature lover. She has worked with all sorts of organisms from the smallest (moths, flies, beetles) to the biggest (moose and trees), and she currently works with the slimy (fish) in her role at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Coastal Division. She also volunteers for a land trust, and is easily distracted by bookstores. Photo by Nathan Andrews.