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…

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…

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…

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…

It’s a chilly morning, a few days after the spring equinox. The sun seems stronger than it did even a week ago, although snow still crunches underfoot. The forest is on the cusp of…

Every spring, raptors migrate by the hundreds of thousands from Central and South America to their northern nesting grounds, and every autumn they migrate back again, along with their newly…