Roger Damon served more than 48 years on the Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol, but he didn’t know that we would be publishing a photo essay in this issue focused on the Mount Washington…

Many of us turn to the natural world to gain perspective, to learn, to find order and beauty in species and systems outside ourselves. While smartphones and social media have the potential to boost…

Last winter, I joined a friend on a walk at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum trails at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley, Maine. It was a perfect winter day, just cold enough to make our cheeks…

The Maine Forest and Logging Museum at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley, Maine, celebrates the woods craft and ways of life of colonists in Maine’s North Woods from the late 1700’s to the…

Imagine this, once upon a time in the Maine Woods.... On a bitter cold day in the winter of 1912 near Ross Lake in northern Maine, Si Walsh stepped up to the steering box at the front of the Lombard…

In 2018, Lindsay Ware decided to combine two of her interests – conservation biology and dog training – to found Science Dogs of New England. What started as an interest in helping hunters…

This issue features The Lombard Log Hauler, Creating a Climate-Resilient Forest at Tug Hill, Bird-Friendly Maple: Sugarbush Management with Birds in Mind, and much more! Order a copy of this issue or…

Making maple syrup and protecting birds that use maple sugarbush as nesting, resting, and foraging habitat can go hand in hand. As a conservation biologist and forester, Steve Hagenbuch knows this…

Even if you’ve never ventured further into the forest than an urban park or a college campus, you’re probably familiar with Sciurus carolinensis, the eastern gray squirrel. While…

My daily walk around my city this fall has been dominated by one plant. It is abundant and leafy with red berries and orange or yellow foliage. It seems to fit in perfectly with a New England autumn…

Chicken of the Woods Earrings pay tribute to a spectacular mushroom that is always a thrill to find. They are handcrafted out of jeweler’s brass and sterling and then hand painted and sealed…

The North Woods Tree Identification Guide features 36 different trees found in North America. One of the easiest ways to identify a tree is by its leaf or needle. Each of the 18 tags, measuring just 1…

The North Woods Wildflower Identification Field Guide is filled with 72 different wildflowers growing in North America today. Each of the 18 tags, measuring just 1 1/4” x 4”, are bound…

Your October photos featured colorful fungi, mountain views and – taking advantage of the unusually warm weather – a surprising number of late season herps. Check out Tami Gingrich’s…

While walking in a stand of hemlocks and spruce, we found an area where a deer had dug extensively into the soft ground. Close inspection revealed a number of broken, soft-bodied yellow stems, and…

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…