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 EDITOR'S BLOG
As our sugaring operation grows, it gets harder to tell where one season ends and the next begins. From a production standpoint, last season ended on April 9, 2013, which is a logical place to draw a line...
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
Clay Babies
Jack Rodolico
Deep in the heart of the last ice age, at the bottom of a glacial lake, the clay babies were born. Before I tell you exactly what a clay baby is, here's how to find one. Take a stroll along the Connecticut River or its tributaries and find a bank of thick clay. Next, get dirty...
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Coyotes: Listening to Tricksters
Brian Mitchell
As the sunset colors fade from purple to black, the forest is dimly illuminated by a first quarter moon. An eerie sound breaks the calm. It is not the long, low, slow howling of wolves that can be heard further north, but the group yip-howl of coyotes...
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Sugar Maples in an Age of Climate Change
Chuck Wooster
Unlike the Ents in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, real trees can't walk away from danger or fight their own battles. When climate becomes inhospitable, forests can only shift ranges over long periods of time. This isn't a problem when natural climate change occurs slowly...
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A reader in southern Vermont submitted this collection of seven different cones (not all were found in the forest). Can you ID them all from left to right?
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, March 19, 2014.
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 Previous Contest Answer
Congratulations to our winner Kevin Blake of Newport, VT! Kevin receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story.
Bob Chandler came across this scene on a logging job in Maine.
NW Answer:
"The white debris on the tree is actually 'sawdust' from a feller-buncher that cut a nearby tree. The chips flew out of the saw head and stuck/froze to the nearby spruce," explains Bob Chandler.
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 NORTHERN WOODLANDS NEWS
Our cup runneth over. Actually, our inbox spilleth over. Either way, we have a lot of interesting news stories that cross our desks. Here were some of our favorites:
Nature
Timber thieves are committing big heists out West and Washington D.C. is evaluating fire fighting funding. (Mixing thieves and politicians in the same sentence is purely coincidental.) A sponge for oil spills and an all-natural bacteria filter...what can't wood do? Finally, the one that got away...
Industry
Vermont is searching for a "complete systems analysis" of its forest and wood products sector. The forest-based economy of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont is worth $33 billion a year. Western New York forest industry to benefit from Fort Drum biomass power deal, and it sounds like more biomass is needed everywhere, amid reports that the long, cold winter has shrunk the supply of wood pellets.
Stories You've Shared
Tango anyone? Video of a "bobcat mating dance," filmed in Addison, Vermont, made its way onto the Northern Woodlands Facebook news feed. And Michael Jabot, professor of science education at SUNY Fredonia, sent along this kind note about a funny experience:
"My neighbor was watching me walk back from my mailbox and yelled over to me, "Hey did you just get a big check in the mail? You have a smile across your face that looks like you just won a million dollars!"
I yelled back, 'No check, just the new issue of Northern Woodlands!'
This is an honest to God true story! The new issue is beautiful!"
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We Welcome Your Questions and Comments
Postal Address:
Northern Woodlands
1776 Center Road
P.O. Box 471
Corinth, VT 05039
Toll-Free: (800) 290-5232
Phone: (802) 439-6292
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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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