Matthew Largess is an arborist and old-growth forest enthusiast in Jamestown, Rhode Island. He studied forestry at Paul Smith’s College in the mid-1970s before leaving to work as a…
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On The Frontline of Forest Questions with Jessica Pierce
Jessica Pierce is a service forester at Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the Bureau of Forestry. She has been with the Department for 14 years and has worked…
Land, Fire, and Legacy with Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford is the northern New Hampshire land manager and burn boss for The Nature Conservancy. He manages properties from the Fourth Connecticut Lake Preserve in Pittsburg, near the…
The Forest Through the Eyes of the Porcupine with Uldis Roze
Uldis Roze is a professor emeritus at Queens College of City University of New York, where he taught biology for 39 years. His primary research interest is the North American porcupine, which…
Fostering Forest Connections with Julie Davenport
Julie Davenport is a district forester with the Maine Forest Service. In this role, she serves about 80 towns and provides educational resources and technical assistance to landowners,…
Mushroom Hunting with Maria Pinto
Maria Pinto is an author, naturalist, and mycophile living outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She writes fiction and nonfiction, and this autumn published her book Fearless, Sleepless,…
The Pollinator Garden Prepares for Winter
What a summer it was for the pollinator garden in its second year! Growth was vigorous, and blooms were abundant – drawing a constant hum of life from bees, butterflies, birds, and…
Young Naturalists: Theo Ostman-Sofocli and Yonatan Axelrad
Theo Ostman-Sofocli and Yonatan Axelrad are seventh graders living outside Hartford, Connecticut. They are enthusiastic naturalists and volunteer at Roaring Brook Nature Center, where they…
Documenting Natural History with David Gregg
David Gregg is the director of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey (RINHS). David first discovered his love for natural history as an insect aficionado, then as an archeologist and…
Northern Woodlands Editor Earns National Award from Society of American Foresters
Lyme, NH – The Center for Northern Woodlands Education (CNWE) board of directors is delighted to announce that Editor Meghan McCarthy McPhaul has been awarded the Society of American…