Spring 2009

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Stephen Long

04

Calendar
Virginia Barlow

05

The Long View
Stephen Long

09

Conservation Easements Keep Working Forests Working
George Frame

10

Letters to the Editors

16

Knots and Bolts

23

Fireworks
Bryan Pfeiffer

25

Why Are Some Trees Pollinated by Wind And Some by Insects?
Michael Snyder

26

Certification Comes to Family Forests
Tovar Cerulli

33

Sweetfern, Comptonia peregrina
Virginia Barlow

34

Spring Comes to the Turkey Woods
Dave Mance III

38

Len Reitsma: At Work with Canada Warblers
James A. Jukosky

40

Reviving a Fallen Giant
Robin Respaut

47

Lynx in Love
Susan C. Morse

49

Growing Shiitake Mushrooms: Step-by-Step Guide to an Agroforestry Crop
Angela Cannon-Crothers

52

The Great North Woods Coffee Maker Massacre
Elise Tillinghast

56

Discoveries

61

Fire Blight, Erwinia amylovora
Virginia Barlow

68

WoodLit

71

Mill Prices
Northern Woodlands

73

Peeling Logs
Carl Demrow