Spring 2001

Table of Contents

04  

Calendar

05  

Editorial

08  

Letters to the Editors

14  

Knots and Bolts

19  

Is the Lynx Missing? Susan C. Morse

21  

What is the best season for logging? Michael Snyder

22  

Birds in the Brush: The Lowdown on Ground-Nesting Birds Bryan Pfeiffer

29  

Silk Purse or Sow’s Ear? How to Recognize Value in Your Trees Stephen Long

35  

Allegheny Serviceberry Virginia Barlow

36  

Discoveries

38  

Crown Jewels: Tree Flowers Are Tiny Gems H.W. Vogelmann

42  

Robert Pike’s Journey Home Helen-Chantal Pike

46  

At Work in the Medicine Woods with Charles “Bud” Thompson Eleanor Kohlsaat

49  

White Pine Weevil Virginia Barlow

50  

Impact of Vermont’s Act 15 Not Clearcut John Dillon

53  

Killing Trout Stephen Long

54  

Spring Snow: Live and in Color Madeline Bodin

58  

Wood Lit

67  

Tricks of the Trade

68  

Stumpage Prices

75  

Finding and Keeping Rural Workers Bob Sherman

76  

A Place in Mind Eric Zencey