Winter 2018

Table of Contents

02

From the Center
Elise Tillinghast

04

Calendar

06

Editor’s Note
Dave Mance III

09

Tracking Tips: Snow Birds: Staying North for the Winter
Susan C. Morse

13

1,000 Words
Roger Irwin

14

Knots and Bolts

Rubies and Pearls: Fruits of the Forest Floor
The Fen
The Reindeer People
Backswimmers

29

Esau Cant and the Gorbie
Ross Caron

36

Backcountry Zones: Where Skis Meet Trees
Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

44

Horse Logging: It Took its Toll
George Bellerose

50

Shadows on Craft and Culture: The Loss of Ash
David Leff

58

Allure of the Moon
Howard Norman

62

Understory: Under the Snow
Virginia Barlow

66

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Stopping Swallowworts
Troubling Trends for Urban Trees
A Salt Assault

69

Upcountry: A Raspberry Diary
Robert Kimber

71

Tricks of the Trade: Myths and Mistakes of Chainsaw Sharpening
Brett R. McLeod

72

WoodLit

Camera Trapping Guide: Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern Wildlife
White Pine: American History and the Tree That Made a Nation
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

79

Outdoor Palette: Neil Riley
Adelaide Tyrol

80

A Place in Mind: Car Talk
Carolyn Lorié