Chris Crowe grew up in Littleton, New Hampshire, just across the street from where he lives now. As a boy, he spent every moment he could tagging along with his father, Luther, who owned LR…
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Clifton Harcum: Building Diversity Outdoors
As a child growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, Clifton Harcum’s outside recreation was limited to the playgrounds and ballfields of youth sports. It wasn’t until his first job after…
Fostering a Forest Community with John McNerney
When John McNerney moved from Ohio to Vermont about 20 years ago, he didn’t know much about forest management, processing firewood, or tackling invasive species. An economics major in…
Learning Outdoors at Gale River Cooperative Preschool
After her own two children transitioned from preschool to kindergarten, Nicole MacKay became a teacher at Gale River Cooperative Preschool (GRCP) in Franconia, New Hampshire. Two years ago,…
A Lifetime of Learning – and Teaching – with Susan Hayward
Growing up in suburban Washington, D.C, during the 1960s, Susan Hayward considered herself a “serious science kid.” During college at the University of Maine, she turned her…
Horse Logging with Brad Johnson
When he was about 6 years old, Brad Johnson drew a stick figure holding an axe and a saw and titled it “The Tree Cutter.” Still, it was a surprise – to Brad, his wife, and…
Harvey Brotman Creates from Wood
Harvey Brotman’s career experience has spanned work as a blacksmith, an inn manager, a writer of software manuals, and an IT business owner. For the past 40 or so years, he’s also…
Kelly French: Helping to Steward Maine’s Forestlands
With a degree in biology from Colgate University, Kelly French embarked on a career in clinical diagnostics and experimental medicinal research. After four years of working in a lab and…
Steve Hagenbuch Manages the Forests for the Birds
Steve Hagenbuch began working with Audubon Vermont soon after moving to Vermont in 1998, and he’s remained with the organization for 23 years and counting. A conservation biologist and…
Linda Gibbs: Sharing Special Places
Linda Gibbs is the community programs director for the Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust and has worked as an environmental educator and natural resources specialist since the 1980s. She grew up…