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

Venus in Silks
Loggers Struggle with Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Wild Leeks: A Wild Food Rock Star
Go Cubs!
The Biltmore Stick
Forest Management in New York City
Stewardship Story: Sydney Antonio

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

66

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Changes in Ranges
All Cleared Up
A Secret Sensor

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

Pond
The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg
Barkskins
Water is Water

79

Outdoor Palette: David Goodsell
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind: Wildflowers
Judy Chaves