Approximately 50 people contribute to the words and images in each issue of the magazine. Here are some of our Summer 2024 contributors. {image2} Peter Grima (Knots & Bolts,…
Magazine Series
From the Center
We’re on the morning school run. Lucy, Turner, and I are singing the family “Yerpy-derp” song, because that’s what we do when we’re stuck behind slow-moving…
Vernal
The other night, frogs crossed roads in the rain, emerged from muddy dark & wet into more of it, following water down to where it seeps & holds— the pools that won’t stay…
Climate Change Impacts on Northeastern Forests
This article is the first in a four-part series that focuses on climate change impacts and adaptation in forests. A companion series published last year focused on forest carbon. Alexandra…
Art Review: Val Hird
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour William Blake, English poet 1757-1827, Augeries of Innocence Val…
Living Fossils in the Woods
More than 400 million years ago, when invertebrates ruled Ordovician seas, the Anostraca, or fairy shrimp, evolved within the branchiopod crustaceans. They moved from oceans up through…
The Woodsmen’s ATV Toolbox
For woodlot management, an ATV can be invaluable, providing property access, pulling trailers and other heavy loads, and, with a bit of modification, also serving as a mobile toolbox. While…
Forever Wild: A Land Trust’s Work to Expand the Northeast’s Wildlands
As we started up the path toward Vermont’s Woodbury Mountain, we heard drumming on a tree; a moment later, a yellow-bellied sapsucker swooped over us, squealing and flashing its red…
Kidney Pond Pizza
The cook cabin sat in the middle of the campground, its front porch looking directly out across Kidney Pond and into the southern part of Baxter State Park. It fit perfectly between the old…
Outdoor Classrooms Unmasked
What have we learned from taking school outside?
My hometown of Putney, Vermont, has a small pre-K through 8th grade school. With its single-story of cheery classrooms, a playground, and ball fields, Putney Central School (PCS) resembles…