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Newsletter
| December 12, 2014
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 EDITOR'S BLOG
I went through a wicked dinosaur phase in my pre-teen years, and was convinced that if my future as an NFL quarterback didn't materialize I'd make a lateral career move and become a paleontologist...
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
A Cache of Sticks and a Tail that's Thick: How Beavers Survive Winter
Susan Shea
One fall a young beaver, probably a two-year-old kicked out by its parents, built a small lodge in the mill pond below our house. One cold January days when temperatures were below zero, I looked at the snow-covered lodge and wondered if the beaver was still alive...
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How Do Toads Avoid Croaking in Winter?
Tiffany Soukup
I manage a lodge in the Groton forest on behalf of Vermont State Parks. One warm fall day, while standing outside the lodge, I noticed movement inside one of the window wells around the basement...
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Why are there stripes on this forest floor following a light dusting of snow?
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 one of our Season's Main Events Day Calendars. 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, December 24, 2014.
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 Previous Contest Answer
Congratulations to our winner Taylor Prouty! Taylor receives a Season's Main Events Day Calendar.
Meghan Oliver found this on her dog after a walk in the woods in early November. What is it?
NW Answer:
A deer ked (Lipoptena cervi).
Visit our What In The Woods Is That? contest archive.
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 NORTHERN WOODLANDS SHOP
Northern Woodlands has added several unique offerings to our online shop so head over to find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list. Here are just a few of the great gifts you will find...
Season's Main Events Day Calendar
Celebrate nature every day of the year with Northern Woodlands' perpetual calendar, based on the "Season's Main Events" feature. A perfect gift or stocking stuffer, it's bound to be a favorite for many years to come. Order one for yourself and everyone on your gift list. Call and ask about bulk rates for orders of ten or more: 800-290-5232.
Trout Key Ring
Ever fish around in the dark for your keys? Make the task easier with this double-trout pewter key ring. The fish measure 2.24" long and it comes on two split rings. It's beautifully detailed on both sides. In Stalking the Wild, Brown Trout author Kubie Brown recalls how he got hooked on fishing.
Pewter Dragonfly Earrings
Be reminded of late summer all year! These dragonfly-embosed earrings with teal enamel are made by hand from fine lead-free pewter in Danforth's Middlebury, Vermont workshop. The French wires are surgical steel. Have you ever seen a "swarm migration" of dragonflies? Read Madeline Bodin's description of it in this article: Dragonflies on the Move.
Backyard Birds Memory Tiles
Match the two Indigo Bunting, the pairs of Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and Cedar Waxwing tiles, while discovering the twelve species depicted on these wood sets. Roger Tory Peterson illustrated, made in Vermont, this game and your descriptions and observations can be a young child's first field guide to backyard birds in our region.
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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
People in Japan are upset over smelly nuts (this is straight from the BBC headline!), and a cool aerial look at the greening (literally) of Detroit. A new report is out on biodiversity, while a National Geographic traveling photo exhibit that shows just how fascinating biodiversity can be is stopping in the Berkshires. Oregon is selling a forest, while Wisconsin may take a new approach with emerald ash borer: acceptance. Vermont is the example used in this story on aging landowners and shrinking parcels. Finally, the ugly Christmas tree we reported on last time gets a reprieve.
INDUSTRY
Some positive news about Maine's forest products industry, and an EPA analysis that might be good for biomass energy producers in the state. Vermont invests in pellets, and the commercial use of wood is heating up elsewhere, too. Pellet production is cranking right along, but at least in New Hampshire there are reports that the emerald ash borer is cutting into firewood profits.
STORIES YOU'VE SHARED
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is opening the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) for new enrollments; the application deadline is January 17. The CSP is a conservation program that helps established conservation stewards raise their level of natural resource management to improve both their agricultural production and provide valuable conservation benefits such as cleaner and more abundant water, as well as healthier soils and better wildlife habitat. Get more details here or through your state NRCS office.
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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
Fax: (802) 368-1053
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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