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Newsletter
| January 27, 2012
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 EDITOR'S BLOG
The Ice-Fishing Muscle
Dave Mance III
Move your hand to your groin area and trace your inner thigh to where your leg becomes torso. You'll feel a cord-like muscle there that seems to attach your upper and lower regions together. Online medical texts were more baffling than helpful in determining the specific name of this body part, but ask any ice fisherman and they'll know it as the "ice-fishing muscle"...
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
North Country Pig Out
Madeline Bodin
Ever wonder why those Angry Birds on your smartphone app are so mad at those pigs? It's probably because the pigs are feral. According to estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), there are about five million free-ranging, feral swine living in the U.S. and they're wreaking havoc on native ecosystems...
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 WHAT IN THE WOODS IS THAT?
Our Biweekly Guessing Game!
What are these gnarled formations on this birch branch?
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.
This week's contest deadline is 8:00 AM, Wednesday, February 8, 2012. |
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Congratulations to our winner Alan Seamans of Lisbon, ME! Alan receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story. Penny Harris of Cambridge, Vermont found this gelatinous ribbon of brown stuff on a log next to some moss. Do you know what it is?
NW Answer: Jelly Fungus.
This slimy-looking brown ribbon is jelly fungus. This late-season fungus swells when wet, appearing slimy and jelly-like, shriveling and thinning out in dry weather. This particular fungus appears to be the species Tremella foliacea, known also as brown witch's butter or leafy jelly fungus.
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 NORTHERN WOODLANDS NEWS
Timber Harvest Tour
Learn about sustainable forestry with staff from the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and consulting forester, Jeremy Turner, of Meadowsend Timberlands, Ltd. Find out which trees have been selected to be cut in a thinning to improve overall timber stand quality, see logging equipment up close, and learn about wood markets and the diverse mix of wood products generated by a careful timber harvest. The tour will take place at the Donas J. and Margaret Reney Memorial Forest in Grantham, New Hampshire, February 18 at 10 a.m. (with a snow date of Sunday, February 19). For more information and to register, visit the Forest Society's website.
Putting Forest Management on the Map
Combining satellite and shuttle data with on-the-ground measurements, scientists at Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts, have compiled the largest high-resolution map showing the nation's forest resources after six years of work. "Forests are a key element for human activity," says Josef Kelldorfer, a Woods Hole researcher. "So we have to know how much we have, and where, in order to conduct sound management and harvesting. This map gives us another tool to see our precious resource." At full resolution, the map shows management activities on individual plots. Find more information and the map here. |
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The mission of the Center for Northern Woodlands Education is to advance a culture of forest stewardship in the Northeast and 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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