Thank you so much for the wonderful day! Saturday, August 20, 2022 Thetford Academy 304 Academy Road, Thetford, Vermont Join us for a fun summer celebration of northeastern forests! Featuring:…

When she graduated from high school, Mariah Choiniere wasn’t sure what type of career she wanted to pursue. Rather than diving right into college, she took some time to determine her path. She…

With nine trail networks across northern New England and southern Quebec, Bike the Borderlands offers destination mountain biking – and the opportunity for local riders to hit the trails right…

Why did the moose cross the road? Jim Dannis found this young moose (looking worse for wear from winter ticks) bowing down to lick a back road in northern New Hampshire. Why is it doing this?

I recently had to have a birch tree removed from just outside my 115-year-old house in Maine. The foundation had shifted, causing the sewer pipes to partially collapse. The tree had to go so the old…

The pileated woodpecker has long been a mascot of Northern Woodlands, so when our staff decided to begin an annual tradition of commissioning a sticker by a northeastern artist, everyone agreed that…

Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization The Stone Age, marked by our very distant ancestors’ use of stone tools, is commonly accepted as the beginning of human development.…

New Techniques and Master Recipes for Everything Caught in Lakes, Rivers and Streams, and at Sea If you’re into the hunting, fishing, and foraging lifestyle, chances are you’re already…

A Solo Journey to Maine’s New National Monument In her memoir, Through Woods & Waters: A Solo Journey to Maine’s New National Monument, Laurie Apgar Chandler invites readers along as…

With its striking black-and-white coloration and haunting calls that echo across the water, the common loon is an iconic species of the Northeast. Once widespread and truly “common,” loon…

From early spring through late summer, the air trills and croaks and buzzes and chirps with the sounds of nature’s little loudmouths. Mornings are full of birdsong; evenings are the domain of…

From the time he was a small child, Craig Troeger knew he wanted to tend his own land. He bought his first property – 83 acres in Van Buren, Maine – in 1974, at the age of 19. Since then,…

My camera slung like a bandolier,     I head out to hunt the hawk, the broad-winged sling-shotting     his solitary note over the woods, the one I saw yesterday perched…

One cold spring morning, a turkey vulture soared across the sky and landed high in a tree behind my house. I soon noticed another vulture, most likely its mate, in a nearby oak. This one was perched…

In his work as a timber frame builder, David Bowman seeks out trees specifically suited to the structures he’s creating. He harvests from his own woodlot in western Massachusetts and from other…

As happens every spring, we received an April flood of great photos, many showing birds. In Biddeford, Maine, Paula Jean Schlax discovered a summer tanager in the process of growing in its spring…

We came across this interesting seed-like clump amid unfurling leaves along a wooded path in New Hampshire this week. What is this?

Beneath the forest canopy, or overstory, of towering trees is a second layer of vegetation known as the understory. It is composed of shrubs, saplings, and understory trees that grow in the dappled…

There’s been considerable focus in recent years on enhancing bee habitat through meadow restoration and gardening with pollinator-friendly plants. But forests are also important to many bee…

For more than a century, biologists have utilized bird banding for studying avian migration, survivorship, longevity, and reproductive success. It’s an essential tool, but one with a significant…