Most times on the trail the only evidence you'll find of animals that inhabit the area are scat signs. Scat are the droppings that animals leave behind and contain a wealth of information on the…

Al Robertson’s love of forests began in Germany, where he lived for several years after college. He purchased 60 acres of land in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom in 1979 and has spent the…

How do trees fight beavers? Why do trout have spots? Are there ten coyotes howling, or just two? If robins migrate, how come they’re at my feeder this winter? The Outside Story is a weekly…

The North Woods Fly Fishing Guide was designed to educate the novice as well as experienced fly fisher in identifying the aquatic life of our ponds and streams that they try to mimic. Our guide…

The Outside Story: Local Writers Explore the Nature of New Hampshire and Vermont, gives readers the inside scoop on the local ecology.  Two dozen local writers, including Northern…

The musical honking of Canada geese and their V-shaped flocks streaming overhead are classic signs of autumn. I hear the clamor of geese as they fly low over my house, preparing to land in the…

The North Woods Birds of Prey Field Guide features 22 common Birds of Prey found in North America. Measuring just 1 ¼” wide by 4” tall, these unique field guides are printed on a…

Was that a coyote or a fox that walked through here? Take the guesswork out of identifying animal tracks. The North Woods Animal Tracks Field Guide features 22 different animal tracks commonly found…

Last spring, I woke in the wee hours of the morning to the sound of someone rearranging my metal deck furniture. The “someone” was a bear. For those living in and near the forests of the…

“Without a plan, with only an impulse to walk,” is how Ben Shattuck set off on the first of the journeys he shares in Six Walks in the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau. At the time,…

Two and a half years ago, much of the world shut down in response to the emergence of the Covid-19 virus. Some people worked, many stayed home, everyone worried. The outdoors was both the safest place…

Up until a few decades ago, cold temperatures limited the range of the southern pine beetle to areas south of New Jersey, where winter temperatures rarely dip below minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit. As its…

Forest fragments in tropical regions are often skirted by trees dying along the edges as the ecosystem declines. But new research in northeastern forests suggests that a different dynamic is at play…

Last autumn, around the same time I was laying the winter quilt on our bed, my cat became very interested in the space beneath the kitchen sink. Unsurprisingly, a mouse was huddled down there, seeking…

A Talk with Dr. Robert G. Goodby, professor of anthropology at Franklin Pierce University and author of A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History More than 12,000 years ago, small…

Megan Woods is the coordinator for the New Hampshire Becoming an Outdoors Woman program, helping to introduce women to various outdoor pursuits – from hiking to hunting – and hone their…

What caused the spotting on this maple leaf? And for extra credit, what species of maple tree produced this leaf?

For many of us, this season involves hunting, gathering, and preparing for a long, cold winter. This often includes stacking (or restacking) the firewood that’s been seasoning while we enjoyed…

Swift and apparently silent, a lone bat traces the contours of the woods’ edge at dusk, floating through canopy and meadow. In the last daylight, a sharp-eyed observer might catch a glimpse of…

A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape Thousands of readers have had their experience of being in a forest changed forever by reading Tom Wessels’ Reading the Forested Landscape. Was…