Magazine Series

On a summer day in the early 1990s, naturalist Susan Shea was exploring wetlands in her hometown of Brookfield, Vermont, when she came across something she knew was unusual. It was similar to…

This past spring and summer, I spent a lot of time driving through various parts of the Northeast – and beyond – most of it with my youngest, who was exploring college campuses and…

This past May, the Center for Northern Woodlands Education held our annual board and staff retreat at Appalachian Mountain Club’s Highland Center in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. At the…

Dozens of people contribute to creating each issue of Northern Woodlands. Here are a few of the people whose work is featured in the Autumn magazine. {image2} Elise Tillinghast (Seasonal…

There is no tree The tree is beautiful I raise my marking gun Making a blue spot The woodcutter comes and kills the tree Sunanda makes a wooden box To hold my ashes There is no tree The tree…

“This bald-faced hornet nest caught my eye because of its large size, beautiful patterns, and attachment to the branch with gorgeous foliage,” said photographer Jackie Robidoux,…

Dozens of people contribute to creating each issue of Northern Woodlands. Here are a few of the people whose work is featured in the Summer magazine. {image2} Anthony D. Fredericks (Knots…

Prior to colonization, wolves roamed the forests of what is now the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, hunting deer, moose, and caribou in packs. Catamounts stalked deer in…

My father spent our summer vacations woodcarving. He would set up in front of the cottage, right at the water’s edge, with a piece of wood cradled in his lap – or, if it were…

On several days throughout summer, a small flotilla of canoes and kayaks gathers on Tilton Pond in central Maine, on the hunt for an uninvited carnivorous plant that has taken hold: swollen…