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

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 Todd McLeish

 

Mercury Cycling in Northeastern Forests Todd McLeish

 

Forest Management Implications for Ticks Todd McLeish

72  

Daddy Long Legs Declan McCabe

73  

Opening Day K. Gordon Tidball

74  

Wood Lit

77  

Oscar Oiwa in Paradise: Drawing the Ephemeral Adelaide Tyrol

77  

The Boggy Saw Blues Brett R. McLeod

80  

A Place in Mind: Solastalgia Ned Olmsted