Dear Friends,
 
We'd like to welcome you to the inaugural edition of Northern Woodlands News - our brand new electronic newsletter. Each Friday morning, you'll receive a fresh newsletter in your email inbox. Content will include our syndicated nature column (The Outside Story), an Editor's blog, and a new guessing game entitled: What in the Woods is That? Guess the natural object in the picture, and you'll be eligible to win a prize.
 
We view this newsletter as a great way to share our mission with a wider audience, and hope that if you like what you read here, you'll share it with a friend. Rest assured, we won't be sharing any email addresses with any third parties. And you're welcome to opt out of the newsletter at any time.
 
What you see here is a trial run. We're anxious to hear your response. If you have any problems viewing any of the content, or have other general feedback you'd like to share, please contact Lora Nielsen. Please note that because this is a test run, the newsletter is not yet fully linked and live on our web site.
 
Thanks so much for your help.

Vermont's Current Use Program is one of those rare pieces of legislation that garners high praise from both the left and right side of the political spectrum. Established in 1980 as a way of keeping agricultural and forest land in active production, the program taxes property on it's current use (i.e. timber and crops), instead of on its development potential. Today, more than 1.5 million acres of land are enrolled in the program - about 45 percent of the eligible land in the state. 
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Our weekly guessing game!

"You're walking through a hedgerow between two corn fields, following the tracks of an ambling mammal. What is it?"

Each week we run a photo of an unusual natural object. Guess what it is and you'll be eligible to win a copy of The Outside Story, a paperback collection of our Outside Story newspaper columns. A prize winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. The correct answer, and the winner's name, will appear in next week's column.

View the full image and enter this week's contest.

This week's contest deadline is 5:00pm, Wednesday, July 22nd.

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