Spring 2017

Table of Contents

02  

From the Center Elise Tillinghast

04  

Calendar

05  

Editor’s Note Dave Mance III

06  

Letters to the Editors

09  

Birds in Focus: Drumroll, Please Bryan Pfeiffer

11  

Tracking Tips: A Different Drummer Susan C. Morse

12  

Knots and Bolts

 

Wild Leeks: A Wild Food Rock Star Benjamin Lord

 

Go Cubs! Mary Holland

 

The Biltmore Stick Kathy Bernier

 

Forest Management in New York City Michelle Sutton

 

Stewardship Story: Sydney Antonio Glenn Rosenholm

 

Venus in Silks Rachel Sargent

 

Loggers Struggle with Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Northern Woodlands

25  

1,000 Words Abby Rowlee

26  

Creating a Community: Coming Together to Conserve Forestland for All Joe Rankin

34  

The Resilient Bobcat John A. Litvaitis

42  

The Nona Belle: Building a Dory With Local Wood Charles W. Johnson

50  

Watched Over by Great Horned Owls Brendan Galvin

54  

Understory: Spring Ephemerals Virginia Barlow

58  

Beyond Hunter-Gatherer Forestry Irwin Post

 

All Cleared Up Todd McLeish

 

Changes in Ranges Todd McLeish

66  

Discoveries Todd McLeish

 

All Cleared Up Todd McLeish

 

Changes in Ranges Todd McLeish

 

A Secret Sensor Todd McLeish

 

A Secret Sensor Todd McLeish

69  

Upcountry: Saint John Memories Robert Kimber

70  

Field Work: At Work Making Things Run Right with Eric Robinson Patrick White

73  

Tricks of the Trade: Building With Cordwood Brett R. McLeod

76  

WoodLit

79  

Outdoor Palette: David Goodsell Adelaide Tyrol

80  

A Place in Mind: Wildflowers Judy Chaves