In 2017, Inland Woods + Trails joined Bike the Borderlands, a collaborative of eight mountain bike organizations located in three states and two countries. The group promotes mountain biking…
Magazine Series
Citizens of the Land
Weaving a Northern Forest Ethic The earth beneath our feet grounds us, its contours orient us, its waterways guide us. The land is foundational for us all, but the ways we move through and…
1,000 Words
“There’s no finer place to be on a hot day than in water, but I quickly tire of swimming, so recently, I began bringing an underwater camera to the lakes and rivers near my…
Forest Trees: A Natural Water Filter
Our forests provide us myriad benefits, but none more critical to life than the way they interact with water. Trees collect and absorb water through branches, leaves, and roots, and then…
Dan Gottsegen
This has been a year for walking. With the Covid-19 restrictions that science, precaution, and fear have engendered, many of us have found solace in the great outdoors. Mountain trails,…
Editor’s Note
The summer before I started here at Northern Woodlands, my daughter asked to visit Norwich for her 16th birthday. On that day we hiked Giles Mountain and climbed the fire tower to look over a…
From the Center
Four summers ago, Put Blodgett and I met to discuss Northern Woodlands’ editorial goals. Put was not a close friend, but I admired him very much as a renaissance man and force of nature.…
A Connecticut Quilt
Irregular Shelterwoods in a Rejuvenating Oak-Hickory Forest Looking downslope from the perimeter of a recent irregular shelterwood cut in Connecticut’s Yale-Myers Forest on a mid-July…
Bringing Back Wild Trout
Will Restoration Efforts Change Recreational Fishing? In his extensive profile, Brook Trout: A Thorough Look at North America’s Great Native Trout – Its History, Biology, and…
At Chapman Brook
Rain falls on a forested hillside in the mountains of western Maine, 2,000 feet above sea level. Water collects in the narrow valley surrounded by a forest of pine, hemlock, oak, beech, and…