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October lit up the landscape with a last, brilliant burst of color, while wildlife adjusted to shorter days and cooler temperatures. A diving… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
January: Week Five | This Week in the Woods
January: Week Five | This Week in the Woods
This week in the woods, we heard the sharp, harsh jip calls from a gregarious flock of red crossbills and watched them alight on this red spruce… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Matthew Largess Speaks for the Trees | Community Voices
Matthew Largess Speaks for the Trees | Community Voices
Matthew Largess is an arborist and old-growth forest enthusiast in Jamestown, Rhode Island. He studied forestry at Paul Smith’s College in… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
January: Week Four | This Week in the Woods
January: Week Four | This Week in the Woods
This week in the woods, we encountered a pair of bald eagles that had begun rebuilding a nest in Lyme, New Hampshire. Many overwintering birds,… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
A Rare Winter Flicker of Red and Yellow | The Outside Story
A Rare Winter Flicker of Red and Yellow | The Outside Story
While many of our region’s colorful birds fly south for the cold months, resident woodpeckers offer a reliable contrast to this… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
January: Week Three | This Week in the Woods
January: Week Three | This Week in the Woods
This week in the woods, we shared a moment with a boreal chickadee, the more reclusive, higher-elevation cousin of our familiar feeder bird, the… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Beyond Logs: Lincoln Aims to Lead the Way to a Forest Bioproducts Future
Beyond Logs: Lincoln Aims to Lead the Way to a Forest Bioproducts Future
Over the past decade, a new generation of forest “bioproducts” has emerged from university research labs in Maine, combining the… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Old-Growth Forests | Winter 2025 | Forest Insights
Old-Growth Forests | Winter 2025 | Forest Insights
Old-growth forests are ecosystems distinguished by old trees and shaped by long periods of natural processes. They differ in important ways from… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
On The Frontline of Forest Questions with Jessica Pierce | Community Voices
On The Frontline of Forest Questions with Jessica Pierce | Community Voices
Jessica Pierce is a service forester at Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the Bureau of Forestry. She has been with… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
The Incredible Shrinking Shrew | The Outside Story
The Incredible Shrinking Shrew | The Outside Story
Last autumn, I was canoeing in a quiet saltwater cove on the Maine coast when I realized I had a tiny stowaway onboard. A masked shrew (Sorex… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
A Flight Year for Winter Finches | The Outside Story
A Flight Year for Winter Finches | The Outside Story
On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Winter Wonders | Winter 2025 | Photo Collection
Winter Wonders | Winter 2025 | Photo Collection
Having honed his photography skills by focusing on warm weather findings, Brent Haglund found himself, a few winters back, searching for something… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Native Hollies Offer More than Holiday Cheer | The Outside Story
Native Hollies Offer More than Holiday Cheer | The Outside Story
Few plants evoke winter holidays in the north more dependably than the Christmas holly (Ilex aquifolium). The plant’s handsome evergreen… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Land, Fire, and Legacy with Michael Crawford | Community Voices
Land, Fire, and Legacy with Michael Crawford | Community Voices
Michael Crawford is the northern New Hampshire land manager and burn boss for The Nature Conservancy. He manages properties from the Fourth… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Cocoon Spotting: Giant Silk Moths in Winter | The Outside Story
Cocoon Spotting: Giant Silk Moths in Winter | The Outside Story
Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England. Perhaps you’ve seen these creatures in… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscribe
Nip It in the Budworm | Winter 2025 | Articles
Nip It in the Budworm | Winter 2025 | Articles
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