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Newsletter
| October 4, 2013
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 EDITOR'S BLOG
We drove up into the mountains shortly after dawn on a late-September morning full of mist and fractured sunlight. While the valleys were still resplendent with color, the mountain peaks were starting to go by. The raw, black jeep trail was splattered with fallen leaves - "autumnal confetti," Bill called it...
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
Wood Turtles
Todd McLeish
Since as far back as I can remember, the sight of a group of turtles basking on a log has made me pause to enjoy their prehistoric appearance. Most summer days during my early childhood were spent wading in neighborhood ponds to stalk painted turtles and spotted turtles with a long-handled net...
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Autumn Foliage Has Botanists Red in the Face
Chuck Wooster
Last weekend, my four-year-old niece asked me why leaves turn red. Dang it; why couldn't she have asked me an easier one? Like, why do leaves turn green? Or even yellow? Nobody knows precisely why leaves turn red in the fall. Why they turn yellow and brown is easier to explain: that's the color leaves already are...
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Yes, it's a dead chipmunk. (We're pretty sure the dog killed it, but it may have been gluttony.) Note that his mouth is full of beech nuts. Now how many beech nuts do you think this wee chippy had stuffed in his mouth at the time of his unfortunate demise?
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, October 16, 2013.
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 Previous Contest Answer
Congratulations to our winner Effie Elfer of Johnson, VT! Effie receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story.
This plant was growing near the ocean on a tree farm in Addison, Maine. What is it?
NW Answer: It's Vaccinium vitis-idaea, but we also accepted mountain
cranberry, wild cranberry, redberry, partridgeberry, mountain bilberry, cougarberry, lowbush cranberry, bearberry, red whortleberry, beaverberry, quailberry, foxberry, and csejkaberry. This is a circumboreal plant, meaning it grows above a certain latitude all around the globe, so as you can see it's picked up a lot of different names.
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 NORTHERN WOODLANDS NEWS
Logging Circus and Beard Contest
On December 5 & 6, the Hopkins Center for the Arts in Hanover, New Hampshire is presenting a Quebec circus show, Timber!, which is set in a backwoods logging camp. Accompanied by live traditional Quebecois music, we see a group of loggers return to camp after a day's work and proceed to preparer la soupe while nonchalantly executing edgy circus tricks with logging tools, pickle jars, wagon wheels, and the inevitable outhouse. To underscore the connection that VT and NH have with this logging culture, the Hop has two added features. One is a lecture on December 4 in Hartford, VT, by emeritus Dartmouth history professor Jere Daniell, describing the history and significance of the timber industry in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. The second is a beard contest. Think your facial hair can match the Timber! crew's? Email a photo and you might win a four-pack of tickets to the show. This is one time all those smooth-shaven lawyer and banker types will not have the edge.
Learn more about the circus here and about the lecture here.
State of Vermont Looking for Forestry Manager
The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation is looking for a District Forestry Manager. Click here for a job application. District Forestry Managers are responsible for the supervision of district staff and overseeing the accomplishment of projects and activities across all program areas. The position responsibilities include District I, covering Windsor and Windham counties, and District II covering Rutland and Bennington counties. The official workstation can be either at the Rutland or Springfield Regional Office.
To learn more, contact Steven J. Sinclair, (802) 828-1531, (802) 233-7541 (cell) |
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Northern Woodlands
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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