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August 7, 2009
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 RENEW ONLINE AND SAVE!
Last week was the inaugural
edition of Northern Woodlands News - our electronic newsletter that
delivers fresh content to your email in-box every Friday. Thanks for
the many wonderful responses. If this is your first edition, we welcome you. And if you like what you see, it's easy to share it
with a friend.
You can save money by managing your subscription to Northern
Woodlands magazine online. When you go online to renew your own
subscription or
that of a friend, you pay less. It saves us paper,
postage, and staff time, and we're happy to pass those savings along to
you.Check it out by using the Subscription
button found on our web site. While you're there, you can check your
gift subscriptions, change your address, and make other updates to your
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 EDITOR'S BLOG
Truck Diving Bear
When we tout the benefits of country living, safety is often at the
top of the list. ("I never lock my doors!") Break-ins and vandalism are
rare - you don't expect to walk out of your house in the morning and
see...Full Article Text
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
Alarms Ring As Borer and Beetle Move This Way
Amanda Priestly is on the hunt for a tree killer, and she wants your help. Priestly is an outreach specialist with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture. On a muggy morning in July, she leads a dozen volunteers...Full Article Text
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 WHAT IN THE WOODS IS THAT?
Our Weekly Guessing Game!
"This mushroom seems to ooze out of a maple tree in Corinth, Vermont. 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, August 12th.
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 Last Week's Contest Answer
Congratulations to last week's winner, Marie Read of Freeville, NY. We had 11 correct answers! Marie received a copy of our book, The Outside Story.
"You're kayaking on a
lake or small stream. Strange-looking dollops of mud, like the one shown here,
dot the shoreline. What is it?"
Answer: A beaver scent mound, or castor mound.
In spring, 2-year-old beavers disperse from their home ponds
and go looking for a new place to live. Resident beavers, being territorial,
create "castor mounds" as a way of telling these dispersing two year olds to go
away. Essentially, the mounds are the beaver equivalent of a NO TRESSPASSING
sign.
Beavers build these mounds by dredging up mud from the
bottom of ponds or rivers. They then straddle the mud pile, arch their backs,
and expel castoreum from their castor glands (located near the anus).
View the archive (under construction).
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We Welcome Your Questions and Comments
Postal Address:
Northern Woodlands
1776 Center Road
P.O. Box 471
Corinth, VT 05039
Toll-Free: (800) 290-5232
Phone: (802) 439-6292
Fax: (802) 439-6296
Email: mail@northernwoodlands.org
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The mission of the Center for Northern Woodlands
Education is to encourage a culture of forest stewardship in the
Northeast by producing and distributing media content to increase
understanding of and appreciation for the natural wonders, economic
productivity, and ecological integrity of the region's forests. Our
programs give people the information
they need to help build a sustainable future for our region. Through
Northern Woodlands magazine, the Northern Woodlands Goes to School
program, and special
publications, we make a difference in how people care for their land.
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