Here’s a quiz for Harry Potter fans: What kind of owl played Hedwig in the movies? If you guessed a snowy owl, you’re correct. With their bright yellow eyes, bulky-looking bodies, and…

Brook trout are among the most attractive freshwater fish in the Northeast and a favorite target of anglers in the region. Vermont state fisheries biologist Jud Kratzer said they look “like a…

Common loons in the Northeast and nearby southern Canada have faced numerous environmental changes that have impacted their health in recent decades, from acid rain and mercury to the changing…

University of Maine researchers recently discovered invasive earthworms from Europe in Aroostook County, Maine timberlands, in what they say is the first reported sighting of the creatures in northern…

Matt has over 30 years of forest management experience across a broad range of ownerships and forest regions. In his current role as Vice President of Forest Management with Eastwood Forests, he is…

Jessica Leahy is a professor in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, where she is the Master of Forestry coordinator. She runs a successful research program that studies…

Ms. Greger has a long history in the Timber Investment industry. Most recently, she served as the head of the Forestry and Farmland business of The Rohatyn Group, subsequent to its acquisition of the…

In the January woods, we found these tree seeds and bracts on top of snow. Which trees dropped these?

Lonnie Jandreau grew up in St. Francis, Maine, on the St. Johns River, close enough to Canada that he could – and did – swim across the river from Maine to Canada as a kid. He has spent…

In November, I was making soup to stock the freezer when I looked out my kitchen window and spotted a red squirrel rustling through the leaves in search of acorns. Both of us were preparing for harder…

When the Edwards family closed its four-generation dairy farm in 2001, Kurt and Kristie Edwards turned their attention to the mostly forested property, a few miles away, which has been in Kurt’s…

“Hey Fred,” said Geoff Dennis over the phone. “I have a tame hermit thrush in my woods that is practically eating out of my hand. Would you like to come over and photograph it?” Oh yeah. The…

When I was young, I dreamed of apprenticing to a wise elder who could train me in the ways of the wild. Alas, as a child growing up in a Connecticut suburb, I never found such a teacher. But,…

Both cedar and Bohemian waxwings derive their common names from the red, waxy tips of some of their secondary feathers.The color of this wax is due to the presence of the pigment astaxanthin.…

Most winters, the dark-eyed junco is one of the most common birds at my feeder. While I rarely see juncos in summer, except when hiking in the mountains, small flocks of juncos typically appear soon…

Years ago, I spent considerable time investigating factors that affected the distribution and abundance of snowshoe hares. That investigation was part of a larger project examining what limited…

The mystique of the Catamount Trail (CT) lured me to Vermont in the 1980s. I was living in Boston and had heard of the new 300-mile trail that traveled the length of the Green Mountains, from the…

We found these marks on a birch tree, about a foot above the snow, during a ski through the woods this week. Who’s been noshing on this tree?

In 1976, when Francie Von Mertens was on the hunt for a place “with room to roam for wildlife and children,” she landed in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In the years since, Francie –…

As I stroll through the cemetery near my home on a snowy day, splashes of golden orange, bright as daylilies in July, pop from the gray stones. These patches are elegant sunburst lichens, which…