On Hope – And I Need Your Help Here
January 1st 2011
What gives me hope as the seasons change, as the challenges continue, as the day comes to an end, yet begins again, and again, and again? Nature. Nature continues to exist in every corner of… Read More »On Hope – And I Need Your Help Here
January 1st 2011
I know that the spring bulbs and other flowers will come up no matter how bad the winter is and that keeps me going! It also heartens me that I get to co-exist with the… Read More »On Hope – And I Need Your Help Here
January 1st 2011
Now that we’ve stared down the barrel of a full blown depression, there is an upside to a depressed economic engine. How so? What’s good for the economy is not necessarily good for the environment… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 31st 2010
This article brings me back to growing up on the farm with Charlie Brown trees (this meant any tree growing wild that looked somewhat decent). We actually used to have to drill holes in the… Read More »Got Fern? Controlling Native Invasive Plants
December 29th 2010
This comment came in as a Letter to the Editor for the printed magazine. The phrase “native invasive” in Irwin Post’s informative article (“Got Fern: Controlling Native Invasive Plants” Autumn 2010 issue) needs elaboration to… Read More »The Burning Question: Is Biomass Right for the Northeast?
December 23rd 2010
In times of economic downturn, the lands and wildlife always pay the initial price. Our charges would be next. Until we are in over our heads, we do not know the damage we will be… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 21st 2010
And I thought we were the only ones. Every year at Thanksgiving, we take down one of the balsam firs encroaching on the fields. We bring home the top seven feet and make a wildlife… Read More »A Hearty Thanks from Northern Woodlands!
December 20th 2010
Northern Woodlands is one of the best publications ever. I look forward to every issue, and I have learned much from reading the thought-provoking and informative articles. Keep up the good work with a first-rate… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 19th 2010
Re Paul Doscher’s remark, “I despise Colorado Blue Spruce”—why? Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 18th 2010
I actually like Red Spruce for a Christmas Tree. We get one from our land each year. The challenge is with its long horizontal branches, but can work if you have some space and aren’t… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 17th 2010
My favorite is Arizona corkbark fir, (Abies Arizonica?). It looks a lot like a blue spruce from a distance - but, unlike a spruce - it has soft needles! Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 17th 2010
My favorite Christmas tree in years past was the Christmas tree my father made by leaving the bottom branch of a balsam fir and staking it with a board to turn it up to the… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 17th 2010
I have land in Tioga Co, NY with a population of white pine among other needle leaved evergreens. Having tried a variety over the years we settled on white pine. We would top promising trees… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 17th 2010
“Godfrey mighty!” exclaimed Danny, “We got us a cat spruce. It stinks!” It was 1973, my first Christmas in Maine. I was teaching in a two room schoolhouse. Twelve special needs children ages six to… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 17th 2010
Balsam fir, no contest - for the fragrance and the fact that it’s native, as Jackie said. And maybe for nostalgia too - growing up we always had a balsam fir. Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 17th 2010
Risking heresy, I have to admit my favorite Christmas Tree is no longer my native Balsam Fir, nor the ever popular Fraser Fir. I dispise Colorado Blue Spruce, and only tolerate White Spruce. My favorites… Read More »On Christmas Tree Species and Marital Compromise
December 17th 2010
My vote goes to Balsam Fir, a beautifully fragrant tree that holds its needles and is also native to the northeastern US. A true Northern Woodlander! I made the mistake of cutting a White Spruce… Read More »What is a Climax Forest?
December 15th 2010
i love this article Read More »Too Many Whitetails?
December 14th 2010
I own a 321 acre farm and can say without question the management program of the state is a disaster. In the forty five years we’ve been here, not once has a biologist visited. During… Read More »Is There a Reappearing Rabbit Trick?
December 14th 2010
Apropos of all this… a press release from the Massachusetts DFW came in today asking for help in a NE cottontail survey: Beginning this winter, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) will be conducting… Read More »