Autumn 2022

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Editor’s Note
Cheryl Daigle

05

1,000 Words
John Burk

06

Letters to the Editors

10

Community Voices: Nancy Baker
Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

14

Seasonal Notes
Elise Tillinghast

16

Mushrooms on the Menu
Susan C. Morse

20

Knots & Bolts

Red-bellied Woodpeckers Eating and Caching Acorns
Making and Using Lichen Ink
Managing Rich Northern Hardwood Forests
Rich & Ann Chalmers: Learning About the Forest
Measuring the Health of the Herd

32

New Techniques Aid Conservation of Freshwater Mussels
Kevin Berend

34

Butternuts
Benjamin Lord

35

Saving Butternut
Carolyn Pike

35

The Little-known Wonders of Avian Molt
Chris Rimmer

38

Green Woods, Clear Waters
Cheryl Daigle

48

Framing with Ancient Timbers: Scribing Together History
Adam Miller

50

Historic Barn Made New
Cheryl Daigle

54

A New Resource to Support Rural Black Landowners

62

Finding Solace in the Woods of Maine
Frederick Thurber

67

Keeping Dead Wood
Ethan Tapper

68

Discoveries
Catherine Schmitt

Study Sheds New Light on Forest Edges
Southern Pine Beetle Found in Maine and New Hampshire
Impact of Covid-19 on Recreation in New England

70

Isopods: Crustaceans in the Forest
Declan McCabe

71

Three Cinquains
William Fahey

74

Wood Lit

Six Walks in the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Wild Design: Nature’s Architects

77

Building an Axe Rack
Brett R. McLeod

79

Art Review: Jeffrey Peacock
Adelaide Tyrol

80

Landscape of the Heart
Judy Chaves