Summer 1999

Table of Contents

04  

Calendar

05  

Editorial Stephen Long

07  

Letters to the Editors

12  

Knots and Bolts

15  

Tracking Tips Susan C. Morse

16  

The Million Dollar Beetle Question Nicola Smith

21  

Woods Whys Michael Snyder

22  

Defining Natural Communities Elizabeth Thompson

26  

Women Take to the Woods Kathleen Hentcy

29  

Black Locust Virginia Barlow

30  

Not to the Swift - the Porcupine Warner Shedd

33  

Notes from the Puckerbrush Stephen Long

34  

Political Thicket: Harmony in Concord Jon Margolis

36  

Chuck Gadzik - Seasoned by Controversy Phyllis Austin

44  

Field Work Kathleen Hentcy

46  

Counting Frogs Erik Schickedanz

49  

Red Turpentine Beetle Virginia Barlow

50  

Trail Markers Mark Elbroch

53  

Tricks of the Trade

56  

Wood Lit

60  

Stumpage Prices

67  

Can We Trust the Paper Companies Eric Johnson

68  

A Place in Mind Edith Forbes