Autumn 2010

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Walter Medwid

04

Calendar

05

Editorial
Dave Mance III

07

Conserve More Land Today Through Parcel Aggregation
Keith Ross

09

Letters to the Editors

11

Hummers
Bryan Pfeiffer

13

Balsam Woolly Adelgid
Virginia Barlow

15

Why are Paper Birches so White?
Michael Snyder

16

Knots and Bolts

23

Nannyberry, Viburnum lentago
Virginia Barlow

24

The Burning Question: Is Biomass Right for the Northeast?
Chuck Wooster

32

At Work with Taxidermist Leon Verville
Dave Mance III

34

Woods for the Woodcock
Charles Fergus

42

Rake and Splay: How I Learned to Make a Windsor Chair
Stephen Long

48

Got Fern? Controlling Native Invasive Plants
Irwin Post

53

Red Fox or Gray Fox?
Susan C. Morse

54

Discoveries

57

Tricks of the Trade: Basic Chainsaw Maintenance
Carl Demrow

63

A Swiss Canoe Trip
Robert Kimber

64

WoodLit

67

Mill Prices

71

The Outdoor Palette
Adelaide Tyrol

72

A Place in Mind
Mary Hays