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February 26, 2010
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EDITOR'S BLOG How Do You Know When to Tap Your Trees?
A friend of the magazine contacted me recently with a deceptively
simple question: how do I know when to start tapping my maple trees?
The literal answer, "whenever you can take time off from work", is not
very technically illuminating....Full Article Text
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THE OUTSIDE STORY From Wooded Perch, a Goshawk Swoops In
Keeping chickens at the edge of a forest is always a gamble. Foxes,
raccoons, skunks, weasels, fishers, and coyotes can sally forth at any
time from the shadows of the woods in search of a chicken supper...Full Article Text
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WHAT IN THE WOODS IS THAT? Our Weekly Guessing Game!
Each of these cones was collected in the woods around our office in Cornith, Vermont. Name all five species.
Each week we run a photo of something unusual found in the woods. 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 8:00 AM, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
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Last Week's Contest Answer
Congratulations to our winner, Barbara Rzasa of Seymour, Connecticut! We had 26 correct answers. Barbara receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story.
By now you've all had a chance to read Bernd Heinrich's wonderful story in our winter issue on identifying bird's nests. You have read the story, right?
Put your newfound skills to work here and tell us what bird made this nest.
NW Answer: Red-eyed vireo
According to naturalist Bernd Heinrich, red-eyed vireos build their
nests at any height but always in a deciduous tree. Their nests can be
found in both forest and edge habitat. The nest is always a hanging cup
suspended along its edges from a thin, horizontal, forked branch. It is
a neat, tidy, compact structure that will have bits of birch bark, and
usually also wasp paper, decorating the outside. The inside cup
diameter of a vireo nest is 2 inches.
Visit our What In The Woods Is That? contest archive.
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NORTHERN WOODLANDS NEWS Conference, Cap, and More...
NESAF Conference: Stop by our booth at the New England
Society of American Foresters' regional meeting in Nashua,
New Hampshire. Editor Dave Mance and
Executive Director Walter Medwid will be there on March 9 and 10. For
more information on the conference, go to: www.nesaf.org.
The Outside Story: Thanks to generous support from the
Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, we will
continue to run The Outside Story columns in Upper
Valley newspapers throughout 2010.
The columns feature numerous authors covering a variety of ecological and
natural history subjects.
E-newsletter schedule: You may have noticed that we're
now publishing our E-newsletter every other week. In an effort to balance
workloads with other publishing demands, we are giving this new schedule a test
run for the next few months. Let us know what you think! Comments may be
directed to: mail@northernwoodlands.org.
Mud Season Cap Sale: Our Stonewashed Cap is a great way to support your
favorite magazine and look sharp at the same time! "Northern Woodlands
magazine" is classily embroidered on this one-size-fits-all cap (with an
adjustable buckle back). Available in lake blue, forest green, or
serviceberry maroon. Get ready for spring! Caps are $3.00 off until March 20th: $11.95 sale price (versus the regular price of $14.95.) Available by phone (800 290-5232) or through our website store.

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Postal Address:
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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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