Spring 2021

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Editor’s Note
Cheryl Daigle

05

1,000 Words
Melissa Groo

06

Letters to the Editors

10

Finding Gibbs Swamp
Garry Plunkett

12

Seasonal Notes
Elise Tillinghast

14

Tracking Tips
Susan C. Morse

18

Knots and Bolts

Dependable Sweetness: Ox-eye Daisy
Rejuvenated by Fire: Arizona’s Ponderosa Pine Forests
The Humble Quadrat
A Different Way of Making a Living in the Woods
Crab Spiders on Miterwort

20

Maine Audubon’s Forestry for Maine Birds
Melissa Kim

34

Monitoring an Island of Water in a Sea of Forest
Cheryl Daigle

35

Underwater Photography: Life in Vernal Pools
Steven David Johnson

36

Lisabeth Willey Works for the Turtles
Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

42

At Chapman Brook
Catherine Schmitt

44

Exploring the Intersection of Climate Change and Land Use
Tim Cook and Noah Snyder

48

Forests to Water: A Connected Landscape
Kevin Berend

50

Bringing Back Wild Trout
John A. Litvaitis

60

A Connecticut Quilt
Mike Freeman

68

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Sustainable Fiddlehead Harvesting
Beech Trees Under Attack
Mercury Persists in Alpine Thrushes

70

Red-necked False Blister Beetles
Declan McCabe

71

Call And Response
Leath Tonino

72

Wood Lit

What It’s Like to Be a Bird
The Organic Artist for Kids
Of This River

75

The Battery-Powered Chainsaw: Toy or Tool?
Brett R. McLeod

77

The Perfect Canoe
Robert Kimber

79

Cameron Davis
Adelaide Murphy Tyrol

80

Tracing the Track
Allaire Diamond