Spring 2016

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

05

Editor’s Note
Dave Mance III

06

Letters to the Editors

09

Calendar

11

Birds in Focus: Spring Creepers
Bryan Pfeiffer

13

Tracking Tips: Bears in Spring Wetlands
Susan C. Morse

14

Knots and Bolts

27

1,000 Words
Susan C. Morse

28

Man and Nature: Bushwhacking to the Source
John Elder

34

Red Spruce Rising
Joe Herring

42

The Beaver Family of Doolittle Creek
Robert Strickland

46

Overstory: Hawthorn
Virginia Barlow

48

Garland Mill: Harnessing the Power of Water
Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

52

Home Burial - Back to the Land, Six Feet Under
Verandah Porche

58

Waste Not
Joe Rankin

64

A Legacy of Forests and Parks: The Civilian Conservation Corps
Susan Shea

70

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

73

Tricks of the Trade: Homemade Evaporators
Brett R. McLeod

75

Upcountry: Unexpected Gifts
Robert Kimber

76

WoodLit

79

Outdoor Palette: Carolyn Enz Hack
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind: Old Friends
Charles W. Johnson