In late June, the route to the 3,839-foot summit of Plateau Mountain remained closed following a late spring storm that dumped heavy snow and ice, leaving a trail of downed trees that…

A topiary garden. A dairy farm. A meandering river flanked by floodplain wetlands. Hundreds of thousands of acres of managed forest stitching together Maine’s North Woods. An iconic…

By mid-June, green covers the mountainside, paints it a thousand verdant shades, leaf upon leaf upon leaf. Mountain laurel blossoms. Blackcap raspberries ripen. Hidden in the dense woods, a…

For environmental historian Brian Donahue and his wife Faith Rand, building a home from wood harvested on their Massachusetts farm represented a small step in mending the broken relationship…

The route traveled on a legendary backpacking trip. Grandma and Grandpa’s woodlot. The lake where two lovebirds first met. Where our most cherished moments happen, their physical…

Dawna Blackstone might be forgiven for feeling a little – well, intimidated – after driving nearly two hours to Orono for the first meeting of the 2024 Maine Master Naturalist…

This past summer, University of Vermont Extension Assistant Professor Alexandra Kosiba collaborated with the NorthWoods Stewardship Center to establish climate resilience monitoring plots at a…

In Massachusetts Classrooms, Students and Turtles Help Each Other The school year has just begun, and Emilie Wilder, a field biologist and associate director of conservation engagement at the…

Anton Prikazchikov credits his interest in woodcarving to a documentary he saw many years ago, of a child using a knife to transform a branch into a detailed model of a fish. And to a moment…

Most days, Jesup Memorial Library Director Matt DeLaney toils in a tiny Harry Potter-esque office tucked beneath the stairs leading to the 114-year-old building’s second-floor balcony.…