Visitor Guidelines Welcome! The Northern Woodlands Reading Room is open Thursdays, 2–4 PM during April in honor of Earth Month. Enjoy exploring our collection of books on forests, nature, and…

When the winter snow melts and the spring rain begins, vernal pools appear on the landscape. These ephemeral wetlands form in depressions in forests or ridge lines and offer essential breeding habitat…

Bridget Butler is a naturalist, conservationist, and birder in northern Vermont. With decades of experience in conservation and education, she now serves as the executive director of Friends of…

Reader Tammis Coffin found these boulders beneath a cedar blanketed with branch fragments on Cadillac Mountain in Bar Harbor, Maine. What created this surprising scene?

The March gallery confirms that spring is definitely on its way. Stephania Johnson’s lens captured a colorful pair of wood ducks brightening the day in Brookline, Massachusetts. Charlie Schwarz…

This week in the woods, we had the good fortune of seeing a female American kestrel posing for us in Lyme, New Hampshire. While many other bird-of-prey populations have increased over the past half…

Join us for a special evening at The Norwich Bookstore as we celebrate The Promise of Sunrise: Finding Solace in a Broken World, the latest book from award-winning nature writer and former Bronx Zoo…

As the frost line retreats northward in the early spring, its withdrawal is often closely followed – and occasionally preceded – by the arrival of our most common flycatcher: the eastern…

This week in the woods, we admired some of our numerous lichen species, as well as resident and early-migratory birds, green groundcover plants, and some lingering signs of seasons past. This…

You’re probably familiar with the basic amphibian life plan: start as a wriggly water-breathing tadpole, transform into an adult that breathes air. This is the pattern followed by all our frogs…

These shiny red growths were found on a fallen, mossy hemlock tree. What is this?

This week in the woods, male red-winged blackbirds continue to establish territories while they wait for their female counterparts to return from southern wintering grounds. The males arrive as many…

Sydney Lea is a novelist, naturalist, editor, poet, and former professor. He was Vermont’s Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015 and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Among other…

Celebrate the beauty of native species with this stunning sticker, illustrated by Joy Grannis. This vibrant, high-quality vinyl sticker features the delicate wavy-lined emerald moth (Synchlora…

Congratulations to Joy Grannis, our 2025 Featured Artist of the Year! Nature and art are deeply connected—both invite us to slow down, observe, and appreciate the intricate details of the world…

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…