Spring 2025

Table of Contents

02  

From the Center Jackson Saul

04  

Editor’s Note Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

05  

1,000 Words Lee Toomey

07  

Behind the Pages

08  

Letters to the Editors

12  

Community Voices: The J Team

16  

Seasonal Notes Elise Tillinghast

20  

Knots & Bolts

 

Tending the Future at Three Oaks Tree Farm Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

 

Red Fox Kits Changing Color Mary Holland

 

The Ups and Downs of Browntail Moths Jen Weimer

 

A Coral-root for Every Season Peter Grima

 

Hemlock, Norway Spruce, and Pragmatism Michael Freeman

 

Cliff Closures Contribute to Successful Nesting Cal Seeley

35  

Burdock Russ Cohen

36  

Nature Journal Clare Walker Leslie

40  

A Lesson in Turtles Madeline Bodin

46  

Slow Wood: An Excerpt Brian Donahue

48  

A Master Class in the Outdoors Jack Beaudoin

56  

Memories Take Shape in Wood Colby Galliher

62  

Monitoring Forests for Climate Resilience Ben Conant

68  

Discoveries

 

The Health Benefits of Maple Syrup Chris Gillen

 

Soil Management Shapes Understory Health Emily Humphreys

 

Community Science Shows Bald Eagles Vulnerable to Lead Poisoning Emily Humphreys

70  

Six-spotted Tiger Beetles: Springtime Sprinters Declan McCabe

71  

Spring Bitter with Red-winged Blackbird Raphael Kosek

72  

Wood Lit

 

The Promise of Sunrise: Finding Solace in a Broken World Frances Cannon

 

Something in the Woods Loves You Deborah Straw

 

A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia Jackson Saul

75  

Addressing Deer Over-browsing Ethan Tapper

77  

Constructing a Wattle Fence Brett R. McLeod

79  

Art Review: Tom Glover Adelaide Tyrol

80  

The Woodshed Wrens Colby Galliher