Autumn 2023

Table of Contents

02  

From the Center Elise Tillinghast

04  

Behind the Pages

05  

1,000 Words Tami Gingrich

06  

Letters to the Editors

10  

In the Herbarium with Hilda White Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

14  

Seasonal Notes Elise Tillinghast

16  

A Claw Comparison: How Claw Shape Relates to the Livelihoods of Bears Susan C. Morse

20  

Knots & Bolts

 

A New Champion in New York John A. Litvaitis

 

Maine Moose Hunt William Brune

 

Fly Agarics Fruiting Mary Holland

 

How to Grow Milkweed for Monarchs Anna Fialkoff and Elise Tillinghast

30  

Gather Ye Rose Hips Benjamin Lord

31  

Migratory Birds as Meteorologists Chris Rimmer

34  

Managing Forests for Carbon Alexandra Kosiba

42  

A Chestnut Harvest Erica Hample

46  

A Colorful Late-Fall Ice Show on a New Hampshire Pond Steven Arcone

52  

Building Beaver Dam Analogs to Restore Watersheds Allaire Diamond

54  

BDA and Beaver Dam Sites after Vermont’s July Extreme Rain Event

58  

The One That Got Away Robert Kimber

62  

A Bird in Hand: The Art of Woodcarver George Calef Ben Conant

64  

Blue-Ribbon Decoy Carving

68  

Discoveries Catherine Schmitt

 

Landowner Preferences and Motivations for Controlling Invasive Plants Catherine Schmitt

 

Land Protection and Taxes? Catherine Schmitt

 

Genetic Diversity of Moose in the Northeast Catherine Schmitt

 

Genetic Diversity of Moose in the Northeast Catherine Schmitt

 

Land Protection and Taxes? Catherine Schmitt

 

Landowner Preferences and Motivations for Controlling Invasive Plants Catherine Schmitt

70  

Locust Borers: False Advertisers Declan McCabe

71  

Splitting Maple Chunks T. Hunter Wilson

72  

Wood Lit

 

Big Trees of Northern New England Tom McKone

 

This Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms Rachel Sargent Mirus

 

Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Maine Wildlife Biologist Ann Davis

75  

Improving a Degraded Forest Ethan Tapper

77  

Helping Your Chainsaw Breathe Easier Brett R. McLeod

79  

Art Review: Susan Sawyer Adelaide Tyrol

80  

The Apple Path Meghan McCarthy McPhaul