The State of Vermont has been holding public hearings on a proposed expansion of the state’s deer and moose hunting seasons this month, and most hunters who’ve attended these meetings have…

Five years ago, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was spreading across North America like wildfire. It leapt from its stronghold in the Rocky Mountain states across the Mississippi River to Wisconsin in…

As northerners, our turtles must contend with frigid winters. Unable to maintain the necessary body temperature to carry out essential metabolic activities, a turtle settles down into the mud for a…

Insects have evolved a variety of different strategies for surviving the sub-zero temperatures of winter. Many spend the winter in a simple life stage – usually an egg – which is easier to…

Reader Penny Harris from Cambridge, Vermont lost an enormous white pine in a recent windstorm. This photo shows the inside of the snapped trunk. What caused these strangely shaped holes?

By the time you get the spring issue of Northern Woodlands, the magic and majesty of winter will have devolved into miserable weather, an empty propane tank, and the truck buried to its frame in your…

Each fall day he appears with a skinny face and leaves with ballooned cheeks. Over and over, he fills his cheeks and runs away to empty them. Our eastern chipmunk, it seems, is living in a good…

Moose are arguably the most novel of all North American large mammals, if for no other reason than their strange appearance. Whereas deer and elk are handsome creatures, rams majestic, and bears awe…

As the snow piles up and the temperatures head south outside our office in beautiful “downtown” Corinth, I want to take this opportunity to say thank you on behalf of the board and staff…

The Glover Historical Society in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont submitted this photo to us, asking if someone knew what this mysterious crib of logs was used for. Guesses in the office ranged from a…

Growing up, the tree farm that my family managed for timber and maple syrup production had a Christmas tree component – 10,000 little seedlings, mostly white spruce, balsam fir, and Scots pine,…

On an August day 15 years ago, eight Minnesota junior high school students on a field trip caught 22 frogs in a farm pond. At least half of the frogs had some abnormality, mostly in their hind legs.…

In the simplest terms, an ecological niche is analogous to the basic “ice-breaker” question asked at social gatherings: “So, what do you do for a living?”  Of course,…

Our Facebook friend Terry Holden took this picture of a yellow birch in Cambridge, Vermont. What caused the tree to grow in this funky manner?

NPR produced a nice piece recently on New England cottontail restoration efforts in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. You can listen and/or read a transcript here. For those not familiar with this critter, the…

This afternoon, a 390-million-year-old thysanuran paid me a visit on my desk. It wasn’t really that old, just a little creature whose uninterrupted ancestry dates back at least that far.…

So you’re planning on doing a crop tree release or a sugarbush thinning this winter. Or perhaps you want to pull firewood out to a landing with your tractor winch, but you’re worried about…

By the time you read this, summer will have long ago become a fish story - just a memory in a Polaroid that was “this hot” (spread your arms apart) and went by “this fast.”…

As the Executive Director of this organization, I meet a lot of people who benefit from our work. At a recent meeting, a new acquaintance shared with me that our autumn story on woodcock had inspired…

A forester cannot properly describe a tree without terms like “crown” and “trunk.” A hunter can’t boast of a champion white-tailed buck without discussing the finer…