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I have a cherry tree which this year has produced a side growth which has no resemblance to the cherry tree. Nothing has been grafted to it, do you have any idea what may have happened. Thank you.
Andrew James Pearson.

Thank you. Your article helped my wife and I as she yelled at me to hurry and come see this insect. She said she thought she found the Queen Ant. I asked if it had wings and she replied no but it was different.  Like a spider and ant mated to form this new species.  It looked just like and ant, but had 8 legs and what eventually gave it away was when I used its web to lower itself down inside a jar we had on the counter.  I was able to take a close up picture and reverse search but nothing came up until I google “spiders that look like ants” and found this article.  Very cool.

The house wrens in my area are horrible. They threw out the cardinal eggs and and Carolina wren eggs and the chickadee babies. I no longer allow them to nest in my yard because they kill everything!

A really nicely written and informative article.  This article should be shared with all New England states and their communities to not only inspire mountain biking friendly development but to show that when groups and individuals that have similar ideas great community dividends can happen in a positive way.  It’s good too that this article did mention that there can be hurdles and through positive work by everyone on all sides of a given issue, the hurdle can be overcome for everyones benefit.

I believe I saw a marten crossing Winn Street in Burlington MA earlier today. At first I thought it was a fisher, but the body was a tawny brown with a dark brown tail.

I read the first few sentences and said “this must be by Susie Spikol, lover of the lowly beasts.” Thanks for the inspiration!

I was born 1933.  I have been remembering as a very small child in Groveton, NH, my father working in the woods somewhere as a cook. I found your article so interesting wondering if my Dad was there.  He often talked of Nash Stream bog. As a family we had a camp there before some dam went out. Maybe wrong about place but thanks for such a wonderful article.

I have not seen Robert Kimber’s articles recently. I so enjoy his perspective and miss them. Is he still a contributor?

Thank you and kind regards,

Chris

This is one of the very best and most interesting articles I’ve ever read in your magazine!

My 60+ year old beech tree has the disease. Most of the leaves are turning brown and falling off. The trunk looks healthy. The arborists suggested cutting it down.  Should I leave it alone? And for how long? It’s a nice tree. Please advise.

Just found the diseased leaves on all of the baby beech trees in the woods on my property. So sad.

I just saw one of these in my driveway this morning.  Thank you for the great information.  Northern Woodlands is a wonderful resource!

Do not know if it the same Phoebe or not but every year since we built our house, 22 years ago, one nests on my front porch. It causes a problem when using the front door. But one of the pair stays on the nest and the other will fly out when I go out the door.  Funny fact, when the phoebe leaves for winter a house wren winters in the nest.

Mariah Choiniere, if I were a young person, I would want to grow up and to be just like you!
So inspiring in every way!

Dear Kendrick,
You nature article was positively dead on with small creatures making big noises!
I live out in rural back woods on dirt roads surrounded by 100 acres. No lights shining at night. The wild ones rule!
Thank you for the great article. I have the Outside Story book and used to read it to my bio science students.

Nice profile. Example of one the increasingly varied paths that leads to an interest in a forestry education these days.

Congratulations to Mariah for her story—very impressive list of work and experience.  It is great to learn of the experiences of young women in all types of forestry and agriculture work.  My daughter went through the agriculture program at Oregon State with one year at a university in New Zealand. After that 2 years in the Peace Corp in Malta working in an agriculture/nematode program related to potatoes, followed by a masters program at Oregon State and finally a PhD at UC Berkley in nematology. This was followed by a now 20 + year career with US Dept of Ag working at Oregon State U.  Based on here experience I would encourage girls and young women to consider these fields of study and work.

Great article!  I’ve always wondered about this. Thank you.

This is so well written, with its interesting words, original expression, and clear explanations!

This was wonderful. Very educational. Loved the pictures to go along. You’re awesome!!