Spring 2004

Table of Contents

02  

Publisher’s Page

04  

Calendar

09  

A Life of Tradition in the Adirondacks

10  

Letters to the Editors

14  

Knots and Bolts

19  

Why is Soil Compaction a Problem in Forests? Michael Snyder

21  

When a Wild Cat Kills a Deer Susan C. Morse

22  

One Hundred Birds by Bedtime Peter Brewitt

27  

Regarding the Wind William Shutkin

30  

Timber Baron: George Van Dyke was King of the Connecticut River Log Drives Bill Gove

35  

Hurricane Ridge Stephen Long

36  

Fiddlehead Season Sheila McGrory-Klyza

43  

Balsam Poplar Virginia Barlow

44  

Discoveries

46  

Rx for a Broken Forest Michael Snyder

53  

Emerald Ash Borer Virginia Barlow

54  

Return of the Osprey Cassandra Hemenway Brush

59  

Tricks of the Trade Joseph Smith

62  

At Work Measuring Big Trees with Robert Leverett Gayle Goddard-Taylor

66  

Wood Lit

69  

Mill Prices

75  

Outdoor Palette

76  

A Place in Mind George Wood