Forest Journal

Written by Director of Education and Volunteer Services Dave Anderson and Vice President for Communication/Outreach Jack Savage, this column appears every other week in the New Hampshire Sunday News. These essays explore seasonal topics related to the people, wildlife, ecology, stewardship, and economies that rely upon the woodlands of New Hampshire.

Leave Fishing to the "Pros" 7/18/2010
Telltale Signs of Forests Aging - Naturally 6/20/2010
In the Forest, Love is in the Air 6/6/2010
Taking The Long View: Yankee Thrift Is Back 5/23/2010
Of Men and Beavers 5/9/2010
Spring renewal signalled with a "Peep!" 4/25/2010
Of Turkeys, Earth Day, and Homo sapiens 4/11/2010
State Forest Nursery - 100 Years and Still Growing 3/28/2010
Finding Character in Our Forests 3/14/2010
Annual "Maple Experience" begins anew 2/28/2010
Welcome to the Timber Tour 2/14/2010
Black bears give birth now! 1/31/2010
Chunky gray jays beg hikers for granola 1/17/2010
New Year’s Day in the Forest? Holidays are unknown in timeless rhythm of ancient forests 1/3/2010
Handsome Holiday Birds 12/20/2009
Witch Hazel – Candidate for State Flower! 12/6/2009
Playing Possum: Anything But Quiet 11/22/2009
Mushing at Historic Rocks Estate in Bethlehem 11/8/2009
Bull market acorn rally underway on Granite State's "Oak Street!" 10/25/2009
Elegy for an Old Ram 10/11/2009
One Hundred Years for The NH Division of Forests and Lands 9/27/2009
On A Clear Day… 9/13/2009
Headwaters – A Nostalgia Trip Back Upstream 8/28/2009
In Praise of a Dirt Road 8/16/2009
Volunteers Donate Time to Trails at Monadnock 7/19/2009
Finding Ourselves without Direction 7/5/2009
Singing In The Rain 6/21/2009
Bruin mating Season is a bear of a time 6/7/2009
Heron Rookeries – Safety in Numbers 5/24/2009
A Snake That Didn't Sleep 5/10/2009
Shearing Time 4/26/2009
A Wistful Walk through the Neighbor's Property 4/12/2009
Maple Sugar Time 3/29/2009
Be It Ever So Humble… 3/15/2009
A Winter Hike, A Sleepless Night 2/25/2009
Seeking Solace – Naturally 2/15/2009
We're now halfway through the big game of winter 2/1/2009
Learning Winter Survival Techniques from Nature 1/18/2009
Winter lure of the (micro) logging life 1/4/2009
Crystal Forest, Silver Linings. 12/21/2008
Rooster in the Hen House 12/7/2008
First Hard Freeze 11/23/2008
Sunapee Old Growth: Where Youngsters Meet Ancients 11/9/2008
That Autumn Restless Feeling 10/26/2008
"In Bear Country" 8/31/2008
Old Growth Is More Than Big Trees 8/3/2008
An Office with a View 7/27/2008
Summer flying by… on untested wings 7/6/2008
"Fire On The Mountain!" 6/22/2008
The Ox Whisperer: When Farmington Lost A Quiet Farmer 6/8/2008
The "Other Foliage Season" 5/11/2008
Fish Out of Water 4/27/2008
In the Village or Woods – Finally Spring? 4/13/2008
It was a long, snowy winter for deer, too 3/30/2008
In The Sugarbush 3/16/2008
"Logger World" 3/2/2008
Country Mice Hit Manchester 2/17/2008
Backyard Bobcats 1/20/2008
When the Lightning Strikes 8/5/2007
Summer Sunlight Fades… Already 7/22/2007
In The Woods: Don't Fear Hunting Season 10/27/2006