Winter 2012

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar

05

Editor’s Note
Dave Mance III

07

Letters to the Editors

09

Birds in Focus: Harlequin Romance and Other Winter Fantasies
Bryan Pfeiffer

11

Woods Whys: Why is There a Tree Growing Out of This Tree?
Michael Snyder

13

Tracking Tips: Nip Twigs
Susan C. Morse

14

Knots and Bolts

The Ranger School Celebrates 100
Repairing Culverts in a Post-Irene World

17

Visions of Christmas Trees
Meredith Cowart

19

1,000 Words
Roger Irwin

20

For Donald and John
Sydney Lea

22

Christmas on the Farm: A How-to For Christmas Tree Growers
Patrick White

26

The Cree and the Crown
Naomi Heindel

38

The Overstory
Virginia Barlow

40

The Man Who Freed a Giant
Dave Mance III

46

Beech Party: How to Promote Beech (yes, promote) on Your Woodlot
Patrick Hackley

50

Field Work: At Work Climbing Trees with Melissa and Bear LeVangie
Katie Koerten

54

Discoveries

Acid Rain: Toil in the Soil
Bears Bone Up On Leptin
A Chemical Romance…Among Mosses

57

Scribing a Saddle Notch
Carl Demrow

63

Upcountry
Robert Kimber

64

WoodLit

America’s Other Audubon
New England’s Natural Wonders: An Explorer’s Guide
Suddenly, the Cider Didn’t Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

67

Mill Prices

79

Outdoor Palette
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind
Jennifer Mattern