I’ve gotten addicted to the television show “Breaking Bad” over the last few months, watching old episodes back to back on Netflix. At one part in Season 3, Gus, a civilized…

OK, so back to the clearcut. (If you missed Part 1 of the blog, read it here.) By meeting certain silvicultural criteria, and by agreeing to execute the clearcut in a bird-friendly way…

Managing marginal timberland has always been a challenge, which is why forest landowners are such strong advocates for healthy low-grade wood markets. Good timber is valuable – always…

The word senescence, a fancy term that biologists use to refer to the process of growing old, has recently entered my vocabulary, and judging by the steady rate at which my nose hair has…

Trout season opened recently in most of the Northeast, and in the spirit of the season, I thought I’d share a fishing story in this week’s blog that I wrote in 2006. Good luck to…

Editor’s Note: As those of you who have followed this sugaring season journal over the past two seasons are well aware, it’s hard for me to keep things in real time. During big…

Ice fishing. The sky’s the color of grungy nickels. The wind is picking up. A bottle is produced from the inside pocket of a wool hunting coat to ward off the morning chill. I…

We took a break from the pre-sugaring-season woods work last weekend and went to the annual Vermont Maple Sugarmakers’ Association (VMSMA) conference in Bellows Falls. It’s always…

Four years ago, I built an owl box. I built it for barred owls, Strix varia, inspired by the lovelorn hooting that erupted several nights after a February thaw. Who cooks for you? Who cooks…

In August, New York State officials announced that the state will purchase 69,000 acres of former Finch-Pruyn lands in the Adirondacks. Those lands must be classified under the state’s…