When she was young, Pam Wells aspired to be a forester. It was the late 1970s, and as she now wryly recalls, “I was not encouraged, as a woman.” So she directed her smarts and…

I’ve been an editor here for 11 years, and one of the most challenging parts of the job is figuring out how to tell stories about scientific research. There’s a lot of good and…

Recently, our family added a Brittany spaniel puppy. Her name is Pompy after the Ompompanoosuc River near our home, and true to the name, she’s a flood risk. 5 a.m. piddle emergencies…

The idea of “good” forestry can be hard for a layman like me to pin down, in part because it occupies a place on a sliding scale that gets adapted to different scenarios. If…

Carroll Stream flows clear and cold this time of year through the woods of northern New Hampshire, collecting the spring’s last snowmelt from the western slope of Cherry Mountain. Along…

This past week, as I was sorting through submissions to our Readers Photo Gallery, I came upon this macro shot of springtails. These not-quite-insects (class Collembola) have an ancient…

A fox went out on a chilly night, and five kits followed her, tumbling out from their burrow and scampering up a wooded hill. She stood on full alert as she nursed them, and shook them off…

In our magazine’s spring issue, there’s an article describing forestry operations in Portland, Maine. Author Joe Rankin explores the unique considerations of cutting trees in a…

Last sugaring season started early, and it lurched like a 16-year-old learning to drive a stick. It was too cold, then too warm, then too cold – that cycle over and over. We made syrup…

Have you ever wondered why we start the new year in winter, in the middle of the season of death, instead of in spring, the season of birth? Or instead of in fall, at the peak of…