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August 27, 2010
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Editor's Blog
The Outside Story
What In The Woods?
Last Week's Contest Answer
Northern Woodlands News
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Hot Off The Press
Dave Mance III


If you haven't already received your autumn issue of Northern Woodlands you should get it any day now. When friends ask me how I think the issue turned out, I tell them that I don't know and I mean it...

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An Osprey Takes the Plunge

David Deen


Flyfishing from a canoe in a small headwater pond at the tippity-top of the Connecticut River is usually a quiet experience. That's why the sudden splash caused me to turn my head just in time to see an osprey struggling up out of the water and into the air...

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walter WHAT IN THE WOODS IS THAT?
Our Weekly Guessing Game!


Our Executive Director found this critter on an apple tree near his home in northern Vermont on July 25. What is it?


Every other 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, September 8, 2010.
Wild Shapes Last Week's Contest Answer


Congratulations to our winner, Rich Vacherot of Santa Rosa Valley, CA! We had 75 correct answers. Rich receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story.

You'll need to tell us what it is to win, but feel free to also include your Rorschachian interpretations.

NW Answer: Bark from a Platanus tree - we accepted both Sycamore and London plane.

Sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) are commonly found hugging watercourses from the Mississippi River basin north to southern Maine. The London plane tree is a cross between our sycamore and Platanus orientalis, a tree from southern Europe and Turkey. London planes are favored in more urban areas, based on their better tolerance to pollution and disease.  The two trees look nearly identical.

Thanks to photographer Erik Gehring for sharing this great picture. Check out more of Erik's work at www.erikgehring.com, and learn more about his Barks of the Arnold Arboretum show at
http://www.erikgehring.com/WebReady/Pages/BarksHome.html
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Visit our What In The Woods Is That? contest archive.
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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.