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

 

Dependable Sweetness: Ox-eye Daisy Benjamin Lord

18  

Knots and Bolts

 

Crab Spiders on Miterwort Mary Holland

20  

Maine Audubon’s Forestry for Maine Birds Melissa Kim

 

Rejuvenated by Fire: Arizona’s Ponderosa Pine Forests Susan Shea

 

The Humble Quadrat Kevin Berend

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

 

Beech Trees Under Attack Todd McLeish

68  

Discoveries Todd McLeish

 

Sustainable Fiddlehead Harvesting Todd McLeish

 

Beech Trees Under Attack Todd McLeish

 

Mercury Persists in Alpine Thrushes Todd McLeish

 

Sustainable Fiddlehead Harvesting Todd McLeish

 

Mercury Persists in Alpine Thrushes Todd McLeish

70  

Red-necked False Blister Beetles Declan McCabe

71  

Call And Response Leath Tonino

72  

Wood Lit

 

Of This River Sean Prentiss

 

The Organic Artist for Kids Rachel Sargent Mirus

 

What It’s Like to Be a Bird Ted Levin

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