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June 2017

Your June photos showed brightly colored pollinators and blossoms. There were also more cryptic woodland wonders, including newborn fawns in hiding, a shy turtle, and a porcupine ascending into the canopy. Three contributors from as many states documented various stages of wood production, from timber harvest to milling and sorting lumber.

We’re now on the hunt for July 2017 photos. We encourage you to share images about anything that relates to the Northeast’s forests, and that you take this month. Here are examples – but by no means an exclusive list – of photo topics that fit this category: nature, weather, education activities (any age), forest management/logging, recreation, wood manufacture, art, workshops, and events. As long as it relates in some way to the Northeast’s forests, we’ll consider it.

June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Tulip poplar are aptly named since both the leaves and flowers resemble the tulips that grow in so many gardens.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: A. Barrett
Marlboro, VT. “Shelterwood in sugar maple and oak.” Credit: A. Barrett | Photo: A. Barrett
June 2017 Photo: Jen Danly
Woodstock, VT. A honeybee gathering pollen from an alternate-leaf dogwood. Credit: Jen Danly | Photo: Jen Danly
June 2017 Photo: John Gutowski
Mud Pond Trail, Jefferson, NH. Eastern garter snake. Credit: John Gutowski | Photo: John Gutowski
June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Allenwood, PA. “Most white-tailed deer fawns in Pennsylvania are born during the last week of May and the first two weeks of June.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: Linda Reed
Constantia, NY. “Candles in the pines.” Credit: Linda Reed | Photo: Linda Reed
June 2017 Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Piscataquis County, ME. Spruce grouse observed in the Telos area. Credit: Lonnie S. Jandreau | Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
June 2017 Photo: Andy Sheere
Westminster, VT. “Long View forester Alex Barrett waist-deep in beautiful sugar maple regeneration.” Credit: Andy Sheere | Photo: Andy Sheere
June 2017 Photo: John Gutowski
Mud Pond Trail, Jefferson, NH. “A cloud of dandelion seeds.” Credit: John Gutowski | Photo: John Gutowski
June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Bradford County, PA. “This pasture rose was found blooming in a fencerow between woodland and an abandoned field.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Liberty Corners, PA. “Swamp beacons (also known as matchstick fungus) are small fungi only found in wetlands where they decompose fallen leaves and needles. These were found in a hemlock-dominated, wooded wetland.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: Jade Jarvis and Alyssa Valentyn
Colchester, VT. “A deer shedding its winter coat seems to pose for a Saint Michael’s College student researcher’s trail camera.” Credit: Jade Jarvis and Alyssa Valentyn | Photo: Jade Jarvis and Alyssa Valentyn
June 2017 Photo: Dicken Crane
Dalton, MA. Norway spruce cones. Credit: Dicken Crane | Photo: Dicken Crane
June 2017 Photo: Dicken Crane
Dalton, MA. Norway spruce cone and flowers. Credit: Dicken Crane | Photo: Dicken Crane
June 2017 Photo: Teddy Hopkins
Readsboro, VT. One of the largest ash trees in Bennington County, according to the former county forester. Credit: Teddy Hopkins | Photo: Teddy Hopkins
June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Aspen is gradually returning an old pasture to forest on a farm in northern Pennsylvania.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Wellsboro, PA. “Preparing to saw a butternut log at Irion Lumber Company.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Wellsboro, PA. “Sorting lumber at the Irion Lumber Company. Irion Lumber specializes in wide and figured material for cabinetmakers and other specialists.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: Molly
Limington, ME. Green frog. Credit: Molly | Photo: Molly
June 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. A great spangled fritillary on butterfly weed. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2017 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA. “Porcupine up in a tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
June 2017 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA. “This deer was standing so still…” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
June 2017 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA. “Black bear on fallen tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
June 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. This coyote appears to be grinning. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. An eastern tiger swallowtail on yellow butterfly weed. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Loyalsock State Forest, Sullivan County, PA. Dutchman Falls, located near the eastern end of the 59-mile Loyalsock Trail. Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2017 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. A monarch butterfly egg, twelve hours after it was laid. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
June 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Big Indian Pond, St. Albans, ME. “This great blue heron sure could use some meat on those bones!” Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
June 2017 Photo: Gordon Gound
Waterford, VT. Luna moth along the side of a skid trail. Credit: Gordon Gound | Photo: Gordon Gound
June 2017 Photo: Richard Carbonetti
Albany, VT. Ruffed grouse nest. Credit: Richard Carbonetti | Photo: Richard Carbonetti
June 2017 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Southbury, CT. “Brewster's warbler, a blue-winged x golden-winged hybrid caught at a bird banding station in Southbury, CT.” Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
June 2017 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Adirondack Mountains, NY. “This xystodesmid millipede was a nice surprise at a great waterfall on a woodland hike.” Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
June 2017 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Beacon Falls, CT. “My first time seeing a Chinese mantid just after leaving the ootheca on June 13, 2017 in my yard!” Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
June 2017 Photo: Natasha Watson
Pointe-Fortune, QC. Robin nestlings. Credit: Natasha Watson | Photo: Natasha Watson
June 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. Common cattail flower. Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
June 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. Flowers of a northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera). Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
June 2017 Photo: Hazel Stark
Cherryfield, ME. “This female snapping turtle crept out of the West Branch of the Narraguagus River in search of a place to lay eggs on June 14, 2017. She spent several hours after I took this photograph digging her hole and laying her eggs.” Credit: Hazel Stark | Photo: Hazel Stark
June 2017 Photo: Teddy Hopkins
Readsboro, VT. “Not a very photogenic turtle.” Credit: Teddy Hopkins | Photo: Teddy Hopkins
June 2017 Photo: Gordon Gould
Waterford, VT. A newborn fawn hiding in the open. Credit: Gordon Gould | Photo: Gordon Gould
June 2017 Photo: Donna Hollinger
Fresh Pond Pine Grove, Cambridge, MA. “This great horned owl was perched near the top of a pine tree.” Credit: Donna Hollinger | Photo: Donna Hollinger
June 2017 Photo: Molly
Cornish, ME. A young northern water snake. Credit: Molly | Photo: Molly
June 2017 Photo: Molly
Cornish, ME. Gray tree frog. Credit: Molly | Photo: Molly
June 2017 Photo: Donna Hollinger
Norwich, VT. “Male oriole in crabapple tree.” Credit: Donna Hollinger | Photo: Donna Hollinger
Lyons, NY. “Newborn fawn beside a country road.” Credit: Susan Clark | Photo: Susan Clark
June 2017 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA. “River otter eating a crayfish.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
June 2017 Photo: Emily
Nottingham, NH. A nest (most likely a yellow-throated warbler nest) discovered in a wetland. Credit: Emily | Photo: Emily
June 2017 Photo: Sue Lichty
Lempster, NH. Mushrooms and lichen. Credit: Sue Lichty | Photo: Sue Lichty
June 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. A pair of immature double-crested cormorants. Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
June 2017 Photo: Lisa Johnson
Worcester, MA. Black locust blossoms frame a lake scene. An Appalachian species, this tree was prized by New Englanders for its rot-resistant wood and now grows wild across the Northeast. Credit: Lisa Johnson | Photo: Lisa Johnson
June 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “I am always excited to see Indian pipes in the woods while hiking!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2017 Photo: Karen Dean
White River Junction, VT. June hailstorm. Credit: Karen Dean | Photo: Karen Dean
June 2017 Photo: Sue Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Sheep creep” near the summit of Silver Mountain. Credit: Sue Lichty | Photo: Sue Lichty
Hermon, ME. A bald eagle keeps a sharp eye on his territory. Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
June 2017 Photo: Lisa Johnson
Worcester, MA. Blue sky and cattails. Credit: Lisa Johnson | Photo: Lisa Johnson
June 2017 Photo: Karen Dean
White River Junction, VT. A double-rainbow sky. Credit: Karen Dean | Photo: Karen Dean

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We are looking for images taken in the past month. We will select approx. 60 images to feature in each gallery. Considerations include: variety of topics, quality of image, resolution (size), and geographic diversity. Special consideration is also given to first-time photographer submissions.

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