Summer 2004

Table of Contents

02

From the Center

04

Calendar
Virginia Barlow

05

Editorial

09

Forest Service FLEP-Flops on Fund
Mary Jeanne Packer

11

Letters to the Editors

14

Knots and Bolts

19

What are Mycorrhizae, and Why are They Important to Forests?
Michael Snyder

21

Hidden Treasures
Susan C. Morse

22

Ten Years of Change

29

Hawthorn
Virginia Barlow

30

Managing Old Growth Forests
Mitch Lansky

37

A Wetland Summer
Gustav W. Verderber

43

Notes from the Puckerbrush: Help!
Stephen Long

44

From Crickets to Katydids: How the Insects Got Their Names
Melissa Stewart

49

Spalted Wood
Virginia Barlow

54

At Work Monitoring Forest Health with Barbara Burns
Sarah Bzdega

56

Homemade Lumber
Kurt Swearingen

62

Discoveries

65

Tricks of the Trade
Joseph Smith

66

Wood Lit

69

Mill Prices

75

Outdoor Palette

76

A Place in Mind
Joshua Rapp