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Starting in the early 1970s, the design firm of Leathers and Associates in Ithaca, New York, has been hugely successful designing playgrounds for schools and parks that were built by the local…

This “cedar,” like most of the many other trees given that name, is not a cedar at all. It’s a juniper. And despite having round, blue fruits that look just like berries and not at all…

On a June day in 1986, you could have driven for 50 miles through oak-dominated forests in Pennsylvania and not seen a single leaf, except on a black walnut or tulip tree, which are just about…

Violent windstorms are common in the Northeast, and they often leave behind blown-down trees that need to be removed. But before you charge in with your chainsaw revving, a careful assessment…

The prices reported here are those that log buyers—mostly sawmills and wholesalers—are paying for logs. Because these are prices paid for delivered wood, landowners need to adjust…

I met up with an old acquaintance the other day. His son and mine were friends in school. We’ve been friendly, though not close. Over the years, his family has defined the word…

In 1984, my family and I had the opportunity to spend three days at the International Forest Congress in Quebec City where conditions of the world's forest were being discussed. The…

Two destructive organisms often take their toll on white pine in Vermont. One, the white pine weevil, wrecks the sawlog potential of white pines by killing the leading shoot: when the side…

In southern New England and Pennsylvania, the hemlock has been under attack by the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae. There is enough fear of its spreading north that Vermont, New…

While there are plenty of wreathmakers in Vermont, it's quite possible that no two of them make a wreath the same way. For our wreathmaking lesson, we went to Claudette Allen of…