Autumn 2020

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Editor’s Note
Cheryl Daigle

05

1,000 Words
Roger Merchant

06

Letters to the Editors

08

Carbon Credits in Downeast Maine
Northern Woodlands

10

Preserving Brown Ash in Maine
Gavin McGough

12

Seasonal Notes

14

Tracking Tips: Signposts - What’s the Rub?
Susan C. Morse

18

Knots and Bolts

Cranberries: The Secret in the Sauce
Northeast Silviculture Institute Review

30

Forest & Wildlife Monitoring: Seeing the Sound of Tree Crickets
Cheryl Daigle

32

Silence: A Journey of Discovery on the Cohos Trail
Willow Nilsen

36

Wild Turkeys of Suburbia
Todd McLeish

40

The Life History of the Eastern Wild Turkey
Bob Michelson

44

Strengthening the Chain: Forest Supply Chains in a Changing Climate
Alison Berry, Steven Bick, & Al Steele

49

Climate Adaptations
Northern Woodlands

50

Dartmouth’s Second College Grant
Ross Caron

56

Eulogy for Giovanni
Howard Norman

62

A Year in Nature: A Memoir of Solace
Clare Walker Leslie

66

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Dragonfly Predation on Eastern Newts
Deadwood: Salvage or Let it Lie?
Fungal Disease Plagues Porcupines

69

The Invertebrate Bestiary: Lace Bugs
Declan McCabe

70

Wood Lit

Fly Fishing & Conservation in Vermont: Stories of the Battenkill and Beyond

73

Whose Mouth Do I Speak With? / Wintering
Suzanne S. Rancourt

75

Tricks of the Trade: the Nessmuk Knife
Brett R. McLeod

77

Up Country: Of Skis, Moose, and Climate Change
Robert Kimber

79

Outdoor Palette: Ying Li
Adelaide Tyrol

80

The Kingdom of October
Rob Jagodzinski