Dad and I drag the white-tailed doe to the abandoned logging road as the moon crests the mountain. By the light of our headlamps, we use our knives to carve and empty the deer, our breath…

The calls come in day and night, from homeowners, people working in the woods, and passersby on dirt roads and busy highways. They’ve found an injured fox or an orphaned squirrel or a…

In September 2023 – after nearly 10 years of planning, clearing, and construction – Darin Schwartz, his wife Dawn Elliott, and their two children moved into the family’s…

A steady parade of trucks loaded with gravel, cement, and dirt rumbles down Binney Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, each day. There seems to be a construction site around every corner in…

This article is the third 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…

This article is the second 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…

In 2010, my dog treed a young fisher in the woods bordering my neighbor’s Christmas tree farm. I was surprised to spot the animal in this portion of southeastern New Hampshire, within 5…

Colorful splotches of paint cover the floor of artist Adelaide Murphy Tyrol’s studio in Marshfield, Vermont. Paint-splattered buckets are stacked beneath a large sink. Brushes of various…

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Seneca (C. 4 BC–AD 65) For many observers of Maine’s forest products industry, the 18-month period between 2014 and…

Paul Tuller has been working with wood since he was in the seventh grade. His long career includes time spent running a sawmill on his family’s farm in Connecticut and four decades as a…