Siblings Jim Robbins, Alden Robbins, and Catherine Robbins-Halsted are the fifth generation of their family to run Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine...
Many of you took your cameras into the bog, emerging with colorful images of flowers and insects. Fishing scenes, caterpillars, and baby birds were also common themes...
We're looking for July 2022 photos that relate to northeastern forests. Readers may submit up to five photos for consideration. Share your photos here.
Submission Deadline: Sunday, July 31
Our thanks to the Larsen Fund for supporting this gallery.
It’s just after sundown in the deep, evergreen forest of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve outside Albany, New York, a time when rarely seen creatures emerge from the shadows...
We took this photo in a forest in northern Aroostook County, Maine. Can you identify the species by its bark?
Submit a guess in our mystery photo contest and you’ll be eligible to win a stonewashed cap! A winner will be drawn at random from the correct entries and appear in our next newsletter.
We spotted these beech leaves sporting dark stripes in the woods near Bucksport, Maine. What’s happening here?
NW Answer: These leaves show signs of beech leaf disease (BLD), which can cause defoliation and kill beech trees. BLD has become widespread in many areas of the Northeast. For more information, visit this page of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry website.
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Northern Woodlands magazine celebrates northeastern forests and the people who care for them. It's published quarterly by the Center for Northern Woodlands Education, an educational nonprofit located in Lyme, New Hampshire.
