Spring 2019

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar

05

Editor’s Note
Dave Mance III

06

Letters to the Editors

10

Tracking Tips: Grazing Bears
Susan C. Morse

14

Knots and Bolts

Exploring Alaska’s Chugach National Forest
Two-Toned
New Lease on Life
Mr. Smiley and the Rats of DSRC
Dandelion Whine: How to Not Hate Dandelions
World Without Beavers

29

1,000 Words
Mary Holland

30

Cobbling Together a Living
George Bellerose

36

A Quest to Save Wild Orchids
Susan Shea

46

Harvesting Wood in the Big City
Joe Rankin

52

Caddisflies: Underwater Architects
Declan McCabe, photos by Gerry Lemmo

58

The Colonel: A Sort of Remembrance
Dave Mance III

68

Understory: The Devil’s Feast
Virginia Barlow

71

Upcountry: Of Wind, Water, and the Best of Friends
Robert Kimber

72

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Reading the Rings
Moose Mortality
Zone Defense

75

Tricks of the Trade: Greenwood Carving - The Five-Step Wooden Spoon
Brett R. McLeod

76

WoodLit

Native Species
The Overstory: A Novel
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

79

Outdoor Palette: Joseph Salerno
Adelaide Tyrol

80

Wash of the West Branch
Susie Spikol