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Newsletter
| February 11, 2011
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 EDITOR'S BLOG
Survival of the Fit Enough
Dave Mance III
To be human is to be self-conscious, so it's only natural that we wonder where we came from. Some people take this to extravagant lengths, forking over hundreds of dollars to get DNA tests and little computer printouts that link them to heroic historical figures. I've always been a bit too cynical and too cheap to take things this far, so until now, my heroic historical relatives have existed solely in my imagination...
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
A Cold Blast of Hope for Hemlocks
Chuck Wooster
Cold got you down? Ready to trade in your hat and scarf for something a little scantier? While you're waiting for that to happen - and good luck! - consider a visitor to these climes who is suffering even more than you are, a visitor that, with any luck, will be deeply harmed by this winter's icy blast: the hemlock woolly adelgid...
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 WHAT IN THE WOODS IS THAT?
Our Biweekly Guessing Game!
You'd all be able to identify this plant in the summertime, but what about now?
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, February 23, 2011. |
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Congratulations to our winner, Marc Pavlick of West Burke, VT! Marc receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story.
Our friend Dan Wing found this old car out in the woods behind our office. OK, antique car buffs, what is it? We're after make and model, and justify your guesses.
NW Answer: A 1937 or 1938 Ford Tudor.
Dan Wing confirmed that it is a Ford by the location of the aluminum name plate and the style of the throttle linkage from the gas pedal to the carburetor. Another clue was the style of the recess in the cowl for the missing hood and the style of the split rear window. It's very hard to tell from the angle of the photograph whether the car had rear doors or not, but Wing confirmed that it is actually a Tudor (two-door, get it?).
We had a number of correct answers and several lyrical evocations of the old girl in action complete with submachine gun toting gangsters. Others chose to ignore the car and speculated instead on the make and model of the dog in the picture (for the record she's a 2009 English cocker-Brittany mix, named "Stella.")
Thanks to all who entered, and congratulations to Marc Pavlick, our winner.
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 NORTHERN WOODLANDS NEWS
Report Sick Bats
Biologists are asking residents in Vermont and New Hampshire to report unusual winter bat activity. Bats afflicted with white nose syndrome may awaken from hibernation, leave their roosts in caves and mines apparently in search of food, and end up at residences, buildings, and other structures in an effort to escape the inhospitable winter temperatures.
"As a result, citizens living in regions near caves or mines with affected bats may witness unusual levels of activity and mortality of these animals," says Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department wildlife biologist Scott Darling. "Although the disease has decimated populations of some bat species, citizen reports of dying bats help us monitor the spread of the disease throughout the state. Last year, citizen reports of dying bats shifted northward as the disease moved to the Canadian border. It will be very interesting to see if the disease is continuing to infect bats, or if bat populations are now so low that there are few bats left to become sick."
To assist in the monitoring of the disease, the department is soliciting citizen reports of sightings of dead or dying bats, as well as unusual observations of bats flying in the daytime. Most easily, citizens in both Vermont and New Hampshire are asked to report their observations on-line by visiting the department's website and click on Report Sick-acting Bats.
To learn more about white nose syndrome, click here.
New Hampshire Project Learning Tree Seeks New Executive Director
NH PLT is looking to hire a new Executive Director. More details are available on their website. The search committee will begin reviewing resumes on February 16, 2011, and would like the new Executive Director to begin in April.
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Education is to encourage a culture of forest stewardship in the
Northeast by producing and distributing media content to increase
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