Autumn 2021

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Editor’s Note
Cheryl Daigle

05

1,000 Words
Tig Tillinghast

06

Letters to the Editors

10

Community Voices: Bill Gould
Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

11

Building a Birchbark Canoe

12

Seasonal Notes
Elise Tillinghast

14

Tracking Tips: Fun in the North Woods with Canada Jays
Susan C. Morse

18

Knots and Bolts

Raptor Dimorphism
Seeing the Whole Picture at Jockey Hill Farm
Like a Walk Through the Woods
An Adirondack Hunting Trip, Circa 1890s
Amaranth
Protecting Alpine Habitats
Leopard Frogs Migrating

34

Solving the Puzzle of Grouse Decline
Madeline Bodin

38

The Future of Forestry in the Penobscot Watershed
Laura Poppick and Cheryl Daigle

44

Rivers Reconnected
Cheryl Daigle

48

Sowing the Seeds of Hope
Susan Shea

54

Old Mother West Wind, Laughing Brook, and the Stories that Inspired Generations
Jack Beaudoin

62

Will the Ruby-throated Hummingbird Move North?
Joe Moore

69

Crop Tree Release
Ethan Tapper

70

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Climate Change and Red Oak Expansion
Mercury Cycling in Northeastern Forests
Forest Management Implications for Ticks

72

Daddy Long Legs
Declan McCabe

73

Opening Day
K. Gordon Tidball

74

Wood Lit

77

The Boggy Saw Blues
Brett R. McLeod

77

Oscar Oiwa in Paradise: Drawing the Ephemeral
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind: Solastalgia
Ned Olmsted