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

A Light in the Forest
Working Forest Conservation Easement
In Remembrance: Cameron Cope
Northeastern Bat Update

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

When It Acid Rains, It Pours
Like Moths to a Short Wavelength
Pitcher Plants Offer Slippery Inspiration

57

Buying a Chainsaw
Carl Demrow

63

Upcountry
Robert Kimber

64

WoodLit

Bark: An Intimate Look at the World’s Trees

67

Mill Prices

71

Outdoor Palette
Adelaide Tyrol

72

A Place in Mind
Mary Cuffe Perez