Autumn 2013

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar

05

Editor’s Note
Dave Mance III

06

Letters to the Editor

07

1,000 Words
Frank Kaczmarek

09

Hawkwatching Confidential
Bryan Pfeiffer

11

What are those Blisters on the Bark of Balsam Firs?
Michael Snyder

13

Tracking Tips: Red Squirrel Stashes and Caches
Susan C. Morse

14

Knots and Bolts

22

One for the Ages: The Hurricane of 1938 Battered New England’s Woods 75 Years Ago
Stephen Long

34

Life in Your Logs
Elizabeth Farnsworth

42

Paying for State Wildlife Conservation
Tovar Cerulli

50

At Work Cutting Wood with Paul “Butch” Reed
Joe Rankin

52

Getting to the Bottom of the Scrape
Susan C. Morse

58

The Multiplier Effect: Rebuilding the Wood Product Manufacturing Base in the Northeast
Dave Mance III

63

Bucking the Trend at Lyndon Furniture
Northern Woodlands

64

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

66

Red Oak
Virginia Barlow

71

Big Tree, Small Bar
Carl Demrow

72

WoodLit

75

Upcountry
Robert Kimber

79

Outdoor Palette
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind
Tod Cheney