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Summer 2012

Table of Contents

02  
From the Center Walter Medwid
04  
Calendar
05  
Editor’s Note Dave Mance III
08  
Finding a Silver Lining Emery Gluck
10  
Letters to the Editors
13  
Woods Whys: Can Forests Prevent or Mitigate Floods? Michael Snyder
15  
Tracking Tips: The Resourceful Muskrat Susan C. Morse
16  
Knots and Bolts
21  
More Parkland for Massachusetts Northern Woodlands
23  
1,000 Words Tod Seelie
24  
By Any Other Name: The Edifying (and Entertaining) World of Scientific Names Benjamin Lord
28  
A Brief History of the Brown Paper Company Rebecca Rule
34  
Wonderful Woodland Ants Aaron M. Ellison and Elizabeth J. Farnsworth
41  
All in the Family Bryan Pfeiffer
42  
Of Wood and Moisture Irwin Post
48  
Christmas in July: At Work Making the World Smell Better with the Maine Balsam Fir Company Chris Mackowski
50  
The Overstory Virginia Barlow
54  
Discoveries
 
Like Moths to a Short Wavelength Todd McLeish
 
When It Acid Rains, It Pours Todd McLeish
 
Pitcher Plants Offer Slippery Inspiration Todd McLeish
57  
Buying a Chainsaw Carl Demrow
63  
Upcountry Robert Kimber
64  
WoodLit
67  
Mill Prices
71  
Outdoor Palette Adelaide Tyrol
72  
A Place in Mind Mary Cuffe Perez