To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour William Blake, English poet 1757-1827, Augeries of Innocence Val Hird…

More than 400 million years ago, when invertebrates ruled Ordovician seas, the Anostraca, or fairy shrimp, evolved within the branchiopod crustaceans. They moved from oceans up through estuaries to…

For woodlot management, an ATV can be invaluable, providing property access, pulling trailers and other heavy loads, and, with a bit of modification, also serving as a mobile toolbox. While there are…

As we started up the path toward Vermont’s Woodbury Mountain, we heard drumming on a tree; a moment later, a yellow-bellied sapsucker swooped over us, squealing and flashing its red crown. It…

The cook cabin sat in the middle of the campground, its front porch looking directly out across Kidney Pond and into the southern part of Baxter State Park. It fit perfectly between the old library…

My hometown of Putney, Vermont, has a small pre-K through 8th grade school. With its single-story of cheery classrooms, a playground, and ball fields, Putney Central School (PCS) resembles hundreds of…

It’s a chilly morning, a few days after the spring equinox. The sun seems stronger than it did even a week ago, although snow still crunches underfoot. The forest is on the cusp of awakening. So…

One early spring day, shortly after Northern Woodlands moved to our Lyme office, reader Joe Longacre showed up at our door with a bouquet of freshly cut pussy willows. I was touched by this gesture…

Approximately 50 people contribute to the words and images in each issue of the magazine. Here are some of our Spring 2024 contributors. {image2} Lisa Cadieux, who designs the magazine, spent her…

Every spring, raptors migrate by the hundreds of thousands from Central and South America to their northern nesting grounds, and every autumn they migrate back again, along with their newly fledged…

As the year turns toward spring, some of the earliest flowers on the landscape are pussy willows (Salix discolor). These fuzzy catkins are a happy sight, but more important, as a designer of…

My neighbors are having some trees cut on their land. When I asked about it, they told me not to worry – that it would be a “selective cut.” What is a selective cut? And what does it…

Societal divisions in America get a lot of press: left vs. right, coastal vs. flyover, religious vs. secular. Another division has day-to-day impacts on people’s lives but receives little…

There’s a new invasive in the Northeast, with the potential to spread rapidly in fields and forest clearings. Mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) is an annual vine that lives up to its…

In the Northeast, if you don’t live on the coast or in one of a few inland locations where double-crested cormorants breed, you will probably only see these large birds as they pass through…

One of my favorite foraging memories is the first time that my wife and I made violet jelly. We’d gathered several cups of violet flowers from a suburban yard. Our recipe called for lemon juice,…

On page 36 of Northern Woodlands magazine’s Spring 2024 issue, there’s an article by Brett Amy Thelen, Science Director at the Harris Center for Conservation Education, describing work by…

This issue features Hawk Migration, Outdoor Classrooms, Future Forests, Wildlands, and much more! Order a copy of this issue or visit Subscription Services to subscribe to our quarterly magazine. (See…