Winter 2021

Table of Contents

02  

From the Center Elise Tillinghast

04  

Editor’s Note Cheryl Daigle

05  

1,000 Words Joe Klementovich

06  

Letters to the Editors

08  

A Logger’s View from a Shelterwood Harvest

10  

A Day in the Shelterwood

12  

Seasonal Notes

14  

Tracking Tips: When Tracks Shine Susan C. Morse

18  

Knots and Bolts

 

A Forager’s Library Benjamin Lord

 

The Sociable Hermit Frederick Thurber

 

A Legacy of Stewardship in the Adirondacks Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

28  

Monitoring Connecticut’s Bat Populations in White-nose Syndrome’s Midst Mike Freeman

32  

The Catamount Trail: Connecting Communities Through Snow David Goodman

34  

The Making of a Ski Glade

40  

Floodplain Forests: Nature’s Flood Relief Madeline Bodin

46  

Stream Crossings Reimagined Cheryl Daigle and Emily Renaud

47  

Resources to Improve Stream Crossings

48  

Lessons Gleaned from the Forest Brett R. McLeod and Erika Bailey

54  

Harvesting Timber in the Adirondacks

54  

White Hares in a Brown Forest John Litvaitis

59  

Managing Diversity Ethan Tapper

60  

Discoveries Todd McLeish

 

Vermont Brook Trout Numbers a Bright Spot in Region Todd McLeish

 

Lessons on Loon Breeding Success from the North Todd McLeish

 

Invasive Earthworms Rediscovered in Northern Maine Forests Todd McLeish

 

Invasive Earthworms Rediscovered in Northern Maine Forests Todd McLeish

 

Lessons on Loon Breeding Success from the North Todd McLeish

 

Vermont Brook Trout Numbers a Bright Spot in Region Todd McLeish

62  

The Winter Caddisfly Declan McCabe

63  

Snow Angels David K. Leff

64  

Wood Lit

 

In Search of Mycotopia Anne Small

 

Legends of the Common Stream Allaire Diamond

 

Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight Tom McKone

68  

With Special Thanks

77  

Building a Bucking Stanchion Brett R. McLeod

79  

Steven Spazuk’s Fire Paintings Adelaide Tyrol

80  

Open Country Kateri Kosek