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 EDITOR'S BLOG
Sage Brush, Stone, and Sky
Dave Mance III
I went to Wyoming two weeks ago - it was my first visit as an adult. Vague childhood memories of Devil's Tower and Yellowstone didn't prepare me for just how different the landscape is out there. We flew in to Billings, Montana, which I'm sure has its charms when you get to know it but on the surface is pretty raw and industrial, then drove south into the sage brush, stone, and sky...
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
Fang versus Fungus
Michael J. Caduto
In the case of Snake Fungal Disease, if the Jedi Knight from Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, summoned the power of nature by uttering, "The spores be with you," he would be spot on. This infectious organism features minute spores that produce a fungus capable of defeating powerful venomous snakes...
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THE OUTSIDE STORY ARCHIVE FEATURE
Primrose Moth and Its Lovely Hangout
Bryan Pfeiffer
Like most of you, I spend my summer leisure time contemplating the tongue of the primrose moth. OK, it's not exactly a tongue. Butterflies and moths have a straw-like proboscis that they coil like a watch spring and unfurl to suck nectar from flowers...
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 WHAT IN THE WOODS IS THAT?
Our Biweekly Guessing Game!
Ten inches wide and bumpy all over, this melon-shaped mass was discovered in Church Pond in the Adirondacks. 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 our next e-newsletter.
This week's contest deadline is 8:00 AM, Wednesday, August 7, 2013. |
 Previous Contest Answer
Congratulations to our winner Kim Griffith! Kim receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story.
These ears perked up for a camera click in Holderness, New Hampshire. Who owns these ears?
NW Answer: Chipmunk.
These perky ears belong to the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus). While chipmunks usually wear their ears forward facing, they will flatten them in some circumstances, for example, when chasing each other in territorial disputes.
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 NORTHERN WOODLANDS NEWS
Lumberjack Contest
The 17th Annual Rich Kinder Memorial Lumberjack Contest will take place at the North Haverhill Fair in New Hampshire, July 27, 10:30 a.m. The event will include axe throwing, wood chopping, log rolling, modified chainsawing, and other skills. Prizes will include subscriptions to Northern Woodlands magazine.
Randolph Community Forest Field Tour
A Randolph Community Forest Field Tour will take place Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, 9 a.m., starting at Randolph Town Hall, at 130 Durand Road. The theme of the discussion and tour will be the past and the future of timber and wildlife management. The forest tour will begin at 10 a.m. or shortly thereafter. It will pick up the theme, traveling along the Pond of Safety Road, with stops to look at activities carried out under the first forest management plan. The group also will stop at a site chosen for a future timber harvest. For more information or directions, contact David Wilcox at (603) 466-5104 or go to the Randolph Community Forest website.
Catskill Forest Festival
When: Sat, July 27, 10am - 4pm
Where: Catskill Forest Association (map)
A celebration of Catskill forests will take place at Margaretville Village Park Pavilion on Saturday July 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Logging Competition, Arts & Crafts, Maple Products, Sawmill, Wood Products, Recreation Vendors, Forestry Equipment, Food & Beverage Tent, and Fun for the entire family. Learn more here. |
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1776 Center Road
P.O. Box 471
Corinth, VT 05039
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Email: mail@northernwoodlands.org
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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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