Roy Amey grew up on a farm in Pittsburg, New Hampshire’s northernmost town. He learned to work hard at a young age and has spent much of his adult life working in or near the woods. He…
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Alicia Brunner Follows the Birds
Alicia Brunner grew up in Wisconsin and spent much of her childhood outside, canoeing and four-wheeling with her family and playing in the backyard. From a young age, she was fascinated by…
Zac Freeman: at Work and at Play in the Woods
Zac Freeman grew up roaming the woods of central Vermont by bike and ski. After a post-high school stint in Utah and Colorado, he returned home to Braintree and worked with his parents as a…
Woods Savvy Quiz Winners
For the past several years, we’ve included a multiple choice quiz as part of our nonprofit’s autumn fundraising appeal, posing questions that are based on recent articles in…
Peter Pfeiffer: A Lifetime in the Maine Woods
Peter Pfeiffer has been working in the Maine woods with a chainsaw since 1974, often on his 113-acre woodlot in Solon, where he lives off the grid, relying on solar and wind power for…
Sebastian Moreno Encourages Diversity Outdoors
Sebastian Moreno has always been interested in nature, but it wasn’t until near the end of his undergraduate studies that he realized wildlife was something he could not only study, but…
Carolyn Lowell: Designing with the Outdoors in Mind
A resident of Boston’s South End, Carolyn Lowell is a former high school math teacher now working toward a master’s degree in architecture from the Massachusetts College of Art and…
Rachel Dandeneau, at Home in the Woods
Rachel Dandeneau is a professor of environmental science at White Mountains Community College in Berlin, New Hampshire, not far from where she grew up. She also chairs WMCC’s STEM and…
Polly Mahoney Guides People into the Outdoors
Polly Mahoney is a registered Master Maine Guide and the co-founder – with partner Kevin Slater – of Mahoosuc Guide Service, based in Newry, Maine. Since 1990, the pair has been…
Coen Mullins Thrives Outside
Fourteen-year-old Coen Mullins has loved spending time outside for as long as he can remember. His parents had him on skis when he was a toddler, sliding around their yard in Morrisville,…