Forest Journal

Written by Director of Education and Volunteer Services Dave Anderson and Vice President for Communication/Outreach Jack Savage, these thought-provoking essays explore seasonal topics related to the natural world. Forest Journal appears every other week in the New Hampshire Sunday News.

Spring is Bruins Season 5/26/2013
Wild Turkeys and Other Wonders of May 5/12/2013
Timberdoodle Talent: Skydancing the Day Away 4/28/2013
Shepherding The Slimy: Volunteer Crossing Brigades Assist Amphibian Migration 4/14/2013
The Waffle Truth about the Maple Syrup Cartel 3/31/2013
Celebrating the dawning of the green 3/17/2013
Henry Baldwin: A Legacy of Life in the Forest 3/3/2013
Fresh snowfall reveals habits of wildlife 2/17/2013
Nature at your window. 1/20/2013
Easy New Year's resolution: Get outside on Day 1 12/23/2012
The Season for Bringing the Outside In 12/9/2012
Hazelton Farm a natural beauty (and perfect NH dragon habitat) 11/25/2012
Learning from the Politics of the Forest 11/12/2012
Tourists remind us how good we have it 10/28/2012
Matters of Grade Importance 10/14/2012
Which Stories Are Most Improbable: People or Wildlife? 9/30/2012
The Wisest Use: Renewing Our Spirit 9/16/2012
Tropical Storm Irene: Remembrance and Resilience 9/2/2012
The Nature of a Garden 8/19/2012
A River Runs Through It... 8/5/2012
Changing Forests - Nothing Succeeds Like Succession 7/8/2012
Lost River of the Imagination 6/24/2012
Mountains Become Mirror 6/10/2012
May is Birthing Season for Birds and Mammals 5/13/2012
Who Own's New Hampshire's Forests and Why? 4/29/2012
Our Other Foliage Season 4/15/2012
Out on New Hampshire back roads, mud springs eternal 3/18/2012
How Much Wood Would the Northeast Need? 2/19/2012
Farm and Forest Ethic 2/5/2012
The Balsams: Priceless New Hampshire Heritage 1/20/2012
Got Snow? 1/6/2012
The Christmas Nest 12/9/2011
Conservation by the Numbers 11/27/2011
Apple tree requiem, or praise for its rebirth? 11/13/2011
Fall Foliage - Always spectacular… 10/14/2011
On A Clear Day 10/2/2011
Recreation Retailers Donate Time, Talent to the Trails 9/18/2011
Forestry in Plain English 9/4/2011
Where There's Smoke... 8/21/2011
Trail Tales 7/20/2011
Feet Dangling in the Swift 7/10/2011
Change is Hard, Often for Best. 6/24/2011
A Tiny Bird, A Long Journey and Blind Faith 5/29/2011
Simple Message Leaves Wrong Impression 5/1/2011
It's All Over, Folks! 4/3/2011
Wising Up to Wise Use of Our Woods 3/20/2011
More Popular Than Watching Trees Grow 2/6/2011
In the Woods... In the News 1/9/2011
Real Trees, Real Traditions, Real Memories 12/12/2010
Where we live defines us; Kearsarge defines us all 11/14/2010
Let the Chips Fall Where They May 10/31/2010
Autumn Flameout 10/17/2010
The Meter is Running in the Forest 10/3/2010
When Mortal Trees Become Immortal Symbols 9/19/2010
The Annual Late Summer Migration 8/22/2010
The Patient, Relentless Forest 8/8/2010
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
"Logger World" 3/2/2008
In The Sugarbush 3/1/2008
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