Winter 2017

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar

05

Letters to the Editors

11

Tracking Tips: Snow Roosts
Susan C. Morse

12

Knots and Bolts

Wintergreen: a Splash of Winter Color
Otter Holes
The Rube Goldberg Land Exchange

23

1,000 Words
Nathanael Asaro

24

Easy Wood, an Opinionated Reflection
Jules Rabin

28

What’s in a Name? Tree ID for Ordinary Mortals
Martha Leb Molnar

38

Adirondack Logging: The Early Years of Mechanization
From a Book by William J. O'Hern

44

Field Work: At Work Logging with the Taylor Family
Ross Caron

48

Miracles of Beauty
Jonathan McElvery, photographer

56

Woodworking Schools - and Their Students - Look to the Future
Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

60

Understory: Common Juniper, Poison Ivy, Virginia Creeper
Virginia Barlow

63

Upcountry: A Local Hero
Robert Kimber

64

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Go Easy on the Salt
Old Growth Quickly
Serving Up Seeds

67

Tricks of the Trade: Rope Firewood Carrier
Brett R. McLeod

70

WoodLit

Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything
A Field Guide to Tracking Mammals in the Northeast
Heart of a Lion: A Lone Cat’s Walk Across America

79

Outdoor Palette: Nick Neddo
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind: Home on a Range
Anders Morley