In early spring, a reddish haze appears in the woodlands. With most deciduous trees still dormant, the red maples are living up to their name. Their awakening buds lend color to a gray landscape and…

This week in the woods, snow melted beneath a dense cover of eastern hemlocks to expose three-leaved goldthread in West Fairlee, Vermont. While it will have star-like white blossoms later this spring,…

As steam rises from sugarhouse cupolas and early morning coffee pots, sugarmakers are working overtime to turn maple sap into golden syrup. But as it turns out, they aren’t alone: other living…

A reader from the Finger Lakes shared this photo of red markings in the snow. Though it may look concerning at first, no one was injured. What is this from?

This month’s gallery captures the delicate transition from winter to spring, blending the season’s frosty beauty with its earliest signs of renewal. Carol Weatherbee spotted bluebirds…

We had a fantastic evening with Dr. Alexandra Kosiba, exploring the forest carbon cycle, northeastern forests’ role in mitigating climate change, and how we can support climate-resilient…

Ryan Trapani is the director of the Catskill Forest Association (CFA), a nonprofit which provides forest services and education to 1,100 members. He has worked in forestry and forest recreation for…

This week in the woods, we had good initial sugaring days, with some daytime temperatures reaching the 50s, and even saw swelling buds on a red elderberry in Fairlee, Vermont. This forest shrub…

While many are still basking in the afterglow of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, a lunar eclipse is about to have its day in the sun. In the early hours of March 14, 2025, a total lunar…

This week in the woods, we encountered a cup lichen in the genus Cladonia, which includes reindeer moss and British soldiers as well as difficult-to-determine species like this one, with common names…

The new year ushered in an arctic blast that has only recently let up. This extreme plunge in temperature is referred to as a polar vortex. While it may seem that this is a new term, it has been in…

This issue features: Maine Master Naturalists Forest Monitoring Helping Turtles The J Team and much more! Order a copy of this issue or visit Subscription Services to subscribe to our quarterly…

Swirl a bit of maple syrup into your coffee or tea instead of refined table sugar. With this simple choice, you can enjoy an especially delicious morning beverage and support the sugarmakers who tap…

For environmental historian Brian Donahue and his wife Faith Rand, building a home from wood harvested on their Massachusetts farm represented a small step in mending the broken relationship between…

“Every walk had been substantially different,” writes Ted Levin in The Promise of Sunrise: Finding Solace in a Broken World, “each an endless manuscript multi-authored by clouds,…

A non-native invasive moth has been lurking in the Northeast for more than 120 years and has recently become a pest again – of trees and people – in parts of Maine. Browntail moth…

Deer browse is having a major impact on my forest’s ability to regenerate. Is there anything that I, as a forest landowner, can do about it? You are not alone! White-tailed deer overpopulations…

Many beetles are slow fliers and runners, but six-spotted tiger beetles (Cicindela sexguttata) are masters of speed. A metallic flash of green or sometimes blue may be your only glimpse of this…

“I watched this red-tailed hawk land in a giant oak with a freshly caught rabbit, and the next thing I knew a red-winged blackbird began mobbing it,” said Lee Toomey, who captured this…

“Painting realistically is like a golf game. You know where you have to go, and you hit the ball in a straight line to reach your goal. Abstraction is more like a tennis game. You hit the ball…