Summer 2019

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar
Virginia Barlow

05

Editor’s Note
Dave Mance III

06

Letters to the Editors

10

Tracking Tips: American Woodcock
Susan C. Morse

14

Knots and Bolts

How to Eat a Thistle? Very Carefully
A Fecal Shield
South versus North

27

Our Regulars: Contributor Profiles
Northern Woodlands

28

The Sugar Island Job
Ross Caron

36

You Can’t Be a Macho Man
George Bellerose

38

A Safety Revolution in the Woods
Patrick White

40

Understory: Parasitic Plants
Virginia Barlow

42

Black Racers: Living on the Edge
John Litvaitis

48

Community Survey
Northern Woodlands

50

One Wild Ride: Stumpage Prices in the Northeast Since 1994
Llyod C. Irland

58

The Resilient Forest Series - Part 1

Part 1: Heritage Land
Part 1: Heritage Tested
Part 1: Logging by Hand

71

Upcountry: Our Butterfly Net
Robert Kimber

72

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Giant Viruses of the Forest
Buzzing About Mushroom Medicine
Swamped With Carbon

75

Tricks of the Trade: Tractor Logging 101
Brett R. McLeod

76

WoodLit

79

Outdoor Palette: Kate Emlen
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind: Mowing
Meghan McCarthy McPhaul