Given her early introduction to nature-based education, it’s hardly a surprise that Dylan Kinsella Alden has pursued a career that puts her outside and includes educating others about…

Your December photos showed quiet landscape scenes, winter-hardy birds, and working woodlands projects. Sheri Larsen observed ice fisherman on Indian Brook Reservoir in Vermont, while out in the…

Legend says a stake through the heart will kill a vampire. But it’s a bit more complicated if you’re plagued – as moose can be – by tens of thousands of tiny blood-suckers. In…

Leonardo da Vinci perfected the painting technique known as “Sfumato” – from the Italian sfumare, “to evaporate like smoke” – in the 16th century. This technique…

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…