On page 36 of Northern Woodlands magazine’s Spring 2024 issue, there’s an article by Brett Amy Thelen, Science Director at the Harris Center for Conservation Education, describing…
Web Extras
December 1st 2023
Sugaring with Brookfield Bees
Brookfield Bees is a small farm located in central Vermont and owned by married couple Dan Childs and Marda Donner, who moved from Philadelphia to Vermont in 2007. The farm produces honey,…
November 29th 2023
Training a New Generation of Loggers
As a complement to Jack Beaudoin’s article Lessons in Wood in the Winter 2023 issue of Northern Woodlands magazine, we asked audio producer Tim Ouillette (Munjoy Hill Media) to interview…
September 1st 2023
Blue-Ribbon Decoy Carving
A note from the editors: The Autumn 2023 issue of Northern Woodlands magazine includes a profile of George Calef, whose carvings of waterfowl and other birds have won numerous regional and…
June 1st 2023
Summer Bat Habitat
Two of the regular columns in the Summer 2023 issue of Northern Woodlands magazine are related to northeastern bats. Forest Insights describes opportunities to promote summer bat habitat in…
March 1st 2023
Safe Passage for Salamanders
Every year, on the first warm, rainy nights of spring, thousands of spotted salamanders, wood frogs, spring peepers, and other amphibians migrate en masse to their breeding wetlands in a…
March 1st 2023
Luthier Eric Bright Plays “Melanie”
Luthier Eric Bright crafted guitars from salvaged wood of Adirondack spruce “sink logs,” which had settled on the bottom of Schroon Lake during log drives in the 1800s. Bright…
November 30th 2022
Restored Lombard Log Hauler Helps Bring Maine History to Life
The Maine Forest and Logging Museum at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley, Maine, celebrates the woods craft and ways of life of colonists in Maine’s North Woods from the late 1700’s…
August 30th 2022
Historic Barn Made New
Senior Housing Renovation Supports Local Timber Suppliers
Carpenter and writer Adam Miller recently completed the timber framing portion of a barn that is undergoing renovation in Lyme, New Hampshire. The project is part of a small senior housing…
May 24th 2022
Mountain Biking
With nine trail networks across northern New England and southern Quebec, Bike the Borderlands offers destination mountain biking – and the opportunity for local riders to hit the trails…