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

The Sociable Hermit
A Legacy of Stewardship in the Adirondacks
Red-tipped Feathers on Cedar Waxwings
A Forager’s Library

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

White Hares in a Brown Forest
John Litvaitis

54

Harvesting Timber in the Adirondacks

59

Managing Diversity
Ethan Tapper

60

Discoveries
Todd McLeish

Invasive Earthworms Rediscovered in Northern Maine Forests
Lessons on Loon Breeding Success from the North
Vermont Brook Trout Numbers a Bright Spot in Region

62

The Winter Caddisfly
Declan McCabe

63

Snow Angels
David K. Leff

64

Wood Lit

In Search of Mycotopia
Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight
Legends of the Common Stream

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