Spring 1999

Table of Contents

04  

Calendar

05  

Editorial Virginia Barlow and Stephen Long

07  

Letters to the Editors

10  

Knots and Bolts

13  

Tracking Tips Susan C. Morse

14  

Earthy Pleasures: Foraging for Spring’s Wild Edibles Eleanor Kohlsaat

18  

All in a Day’s Work Stephen Long

23  

Woods Whys Michael Snyder

24  

Loons: Sound and Spirit of the North Woods Steven D. Faccio

29  

Sugar Maple Virginia Barlow

30  

Field Work Kathleen Hentcy

32  

Political Thicket: The Northern Forest Stewardship Act - What’s the Big Deal? Jon Margolis

35  

Notes from the Puckerbrush Stephen Long

37  

Yellow Birch Conk Virginia Barlow

38  

Life in the Litter: A (Close-up) Look at Springtails Alan Pistorius

43  

Cooper’s Scents of Spring Paul Sachs

44  

Wood Lit

52  

Stumpage Prices

59  

Endangered Species Act Must be Changed Bill Samal

60  

A Place in Mind Catherine Tudish