Summer 2017

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar

05

Editor’s Note

06

Letters to the Editors

09

Birds in Focus: The Vireo Challenge
Bryan Pfeiffer

11

Tracking Tips: Putting Food Up
Susan C. Morse

12

Knots and Bolts

25

1,000 Words
Nathanael Asaro

27

Photographer’s Notebook: Tree and Shrub Flowers
Jerry Jenkins

32

Mushroom and Metaphor
Verandah Porche

38

Silent Sparks
Sara Lewis

46

Saving New England’s Rare Plants
Susan Shea

54

The Gordian Knot: Feral Cats and Wildlife
Mike Freeman

60

Understory: Annual Report
Virginia Barlow

62

Field Work: At Work Sawing Timber at Strong Farm and Sawmill
Tony Donovan

69

Upcountry: Good Riddance
Robert Kimber

70

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

73

Tricks of the Trade: Wooden Felling Wedges
Brett R. McLeod

76

WoodLit

79

Outdoor Palette: Susan Bull Riley
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind: Cultivating Wisdom
Martha Leb Molnar