Summer 2016

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar

05

Editor’s Note

06

Letters to the Editors

09

Birds in Focus: Birds on the Defensive
Bryan Pfeiffer

13

Tracking Tips: Raccoon or Otter?
Susan C. Morse

14

Knots and Bolts

27

1,000 Words
John Burk

28

Troubled Waters: Preserving a World-Class Trout Fishery in Maine
Jim Collins

38

Weed Wars: A Battle Against Poison Parsnip
Martha Leb Molnar

46

Overstory: Paper Birch
Virginia Barlow

48

Field Work: At Work Battling Invasives with Jeff Taylor
Carolyn Lorié

52

Bat Rehab
Mark Paul

58

Thirty-Eight: Salvaging Lumber in the Wake of New England’s Most Damaging Storm
Stephen Long

70

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

73

Woodpile Wisdom: How It All Stacks Up
Brett R. McLeod

75

Upcountry: Rita’s Memorial
Robert Kimber

76

WoodLit

79

Outdoor Palette: Gabriel Tempesta
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind
Bill Torrey