Magazine Series

Every forest tells a story of disturbance. The trees growing today reflect past hurricanes, abandoned farm fields, insect outbreaks, timber harvests, and even retreating glaciers. Forest…

In case you missed the memo, the double-bit cruiser axe is back in vogue – and commanding respectable prices both from online vendors and at flea markets. So, just what is a…

When I was 10 years old, fishing an inlet off the river behind our family’s animal hospital, I caught a snapping turtle of considerable size. At that point in my angling life, I used a…

Biologist Barry Wicklow spotted this gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor) nestled against the greenish foliose lichen (Parmelia sulcata) on a tree during an aquatic ecology study.…

The rhythm of producing a seasonal quarterly magazine often has us thinking a season or two – or more – ahead, and occasionally I momentarily lose track of what season it is…

This past winter, my partner and I became first-time owners of forestland – 30 acres of mixed hardwoods dominated by sugar maple on a north-facing ridge in Vershire, Vermont. In the…

“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too), those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin The portrait…

Few things have affected our relationship with the outdoors as much as the surge in blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis, often referred to as deer ticks) over the past few decades. Like many…

At the height of May’s morel season, I approach a standing dead elm, its loosened gray bark peeling back like partially husked corn. My morel eyes are a point of pride, and somehow it…

In the last installment, we conducted a leak check on a chainsaw that had damage to the top end of the engine (piston, rings, and cylinder). Before replacing those components, a leak-down…