Summer 2021

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Editor’s Note
Cheryl Daigle

05

1,000 Words
Erik Hoffner

06

Letters to the Editors

10

Rediscovering Coyote Hollow
Ted Levin

12

Seasonal Notes
Elise Tillinghast

14

Tracking Tips: Chipmunk Surprises
Susan C. Morse

18

Knots and Bolts

Cannibalistic Monarch Larvae
Big Rock Restoration a Community Effort
Life Along the Wild River: A Family Legacy
Purslane: A Salad’s Best Friend

20

Rebuilding Blue Brook Shelter
Northern Woodlands

32

Black Bear Monitoring in New Hampshire
Cheryl Daigle

36

Sawing on the Amidon
Tony Donovan

44

Genuinely Within Our Grasp
Richard Adams Carey

45

Bike the Borderlands

46

Forest Trees: A Natural Water Filter
Cheryl Daigle

54

When the Women Manned the Mountain
Karen Hughes Irvine

58

Citizens of the Land
Allaire Diamond

68

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Dragonfly Larvae as Indicators of Environmental Health
Influence of Drought on White Pine and Red Oak Growth
Ants Shift with Forests in a Changing Climate

70

Giant American Millipedes
Declan McCabe

71

UPDRAFT (Mt. Moosilauke, NH)
Alice B. Fogel

72

Wood Lit

New England Nature: Centuries of Writing on the Wonder and Beauty of the Land
The Waters Between Us
Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees

75

Tree Marking 101
Brett R. McLeod

77

Sandy’s Painting
Robert Kimber

79

Dan Gottsegen
Adelaide Tyrol

80

On Norway Pond
Susie Spikol