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Hoarfrost
by Dave Mance III | January 26th 2010
Each time we send out a newsletter, maybe 300 people look at the What in The Woods is That picture, between 50 and 100 regularly… -
Ice Fishing
by Dave Mance III | January 14th 2010
We were on the ice by 6:30, loaded for bear with tip-ups, axes, augers, bait fish, cooking implements and the likes, the three of us… -
Emerald Ash Borer Update from Canada
by Dave Mance III | January 8th 2010
In mid-December, a delegation from the Vermont Forestry Division and the Agency of Agriculture traveled to Quebec to meet with emerald ash borer (EAB) specialists… -
Artist Kathleen Kolb
by Dave Mance III | December 31st 2009
“The vast commercial enterprise and history of logging in Vermont seems like a hidden powerhouse without the public face (and attendant sympathy) that agriculture has… -
Log Trucks and Highways
by Dave Mance III | December 18th 2009
For years, frustrated log-truck drivers in Vermont have struggled with arcane federal weight limits on interstate highways. The weight limits kept log trucks off the… -
First Snow
by Dave Mance III | December 11th 2009
After a pathetic November that featured weather straight out of an Al Gore picture, winter proper came to the Northern Forest this week. Here again… -
L-O-L-A Lola?
by Dave Mance III | December 3rd 2009
It’s not uncommon for pictures of hunter-killed buck deer to show up in my email inbox; what was strange about this case was the title… -
Opening Camp
by Dave Mance III | November 12th 2009
Consult any deer camp journal and you’ll read that each year camp is “opened” the Friday before hunting season, as in: “11-13-09 Joe opened camp… -
Wood Pellets
by Dave Mance III | November 6th 2009
While sawtimber mills and markets continue to struggle, the fuelwood portion of the forest economy is growing slowly. Recent good news out of Maine has… -
Moose Part 2
by Dave Mance III | October 30th 2009
“Thanks for coming with me,” said Trev. “Sorry we couldn’t close the deal.” His voice was tired then, and a touch disappointed. He was thinking… -
Return of the Moose
by Dave Mance III | October 22nd 2009
Moose are arguably the most novel of all North American large mammals, if for no other reason than their strange appearance. Whereas deer and elk… -
Logging at the Fair
by Lora Nielsen | October 13th 2009
On September 25, Lora Nielsen, our Administrative Coordinator, attended the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. What follows is her report. There’s nothing like a… -
What Do Deer Want?
by Dave Mance III | October 8th 2009
Dwight Garner wrote an entertaining book review in the New York Times recently on Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s new book: The Hidden Lives of Deer. You… -
PTO-Driven Firewood Processors
by Dave Mance III | October 2nd 2009
As a thirty-something year old guy who came of age in the boom years of the 1990s, I’ve been bombarded with advertising pretty much since… -
Tenho Saudades
by Dave Mance III | September 24th 2009
On calendars and on magazine covers, autumn is usually rendered glossy and exhilarating: the foliage always neon orange against azure skies, humans and their fall… -
Bull Moose in the Newsroom
by Dave Mance III | September 17th 2009
If we could afford to do it, we’d make the Letters to the Editor section of the magazine 20 pages long. Our readers are the… -
Choosing a Tree
by Lora Nielsen | September 7th 2009
Managing Editor Dave Mance is on vacation this week, so I hijacked his blog . . . -Lora Nielsen, Administrative Coordinator Our dog Ruby was… -
Earning A View
by Dave Mance III | August 31st 2009
The trail up Burnt Rock Mountain in north-central Vermont is a consistently rugged scramble up exposed granite ledge, the kind that makes ribbons out of… -
Congratulation to Young VT Writers!
by Dave Mance III | August 24th 2009
In honor of their 100-year anniversary, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FP&R) recently held a youth writing contest, where school-aged children were… -
A Reservoir of History
by Dave Mance III | August 17th 2009
One of the best parts about having older fishing companions is that trips often double as history lessons. Last weekend one such lesson unfolded on…
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