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![The United States Capitol Building seen above a foreground of deciduous trees.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/USCapitolBuilding_Trees_CreditKyleRushFlickrCreativeCommons_830px.jpg?h=61ad2bfb&itok=oq3c0bwZ)
Forest Advocate: Support the Bartlett and Massabesic Experimental Forests
We urge you to contact the USFS to ask the agency to continue the long-term and peer-reviewed research at both these centers.
- Tags:
- Advocacy,
- Working Forests,
- Forestry
![Part of Massabesic Lake is covered in ice with geese on the open water.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FoJo%2520geese%2520ii%25203-14-21.jpg?h=5bf672e5&itok=pCwNCGsH)
Something Wild: Lake ice is more than just frozen water
Ice acts as an insulator, reflecting sunlight so water at the bottom stays dark and cold.
- Tags:
- Something Wild,
- Climate,
- Clean Water
![Forest Notes, Winter 2024 Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/2024-03/Forest-Notes_Winter-24-Web.jpg?h=d71b2719&itok=Jo6PZnMg)
We want to hear from you: Take our Forest Notes survey!
Complete a short survey about Forest Notes and be entered to win a Forest Society hat.
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Pruning is a Personal Process
The art of pruning fruit trees is a mix of both science, personal experience, and the relationship between the pruner, the tree and the property owner.
![A robin on a branch in spring.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/2024-03/cc4-14robin3_830px_ellenkenny.jpg?h=161c830e&itok=2cJ4_yAi)
Something Wild: Are bird feeders for the birds? Or us?
Are your local birds dependent on bird feeders? Are we doing them any great service by providing supplemental food during these coldest months of the year? The general consensus is no.
- Tags:
- Wildlife,
- Something Wild
On Display: "Sweet Season" Exhibit Featuring Kate Wilcox
The exhibit is open to visitors through the end of April.
- Tags:
- Conservation Center
![A male eastern bluebird poses in rust throat, white belly and blue back breeding plumage](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/2024-03/Buebird-BEST%20PIXABAY_0.jpg?h=e7fae57b&itok=iVpuJqAs)
Forest Journal: The Bluebirds of Happiness
Wintering in NH helps bluebirds set up for early arrival of spring. More bluebirds seem to be overwintering in New Hampshire for various reasons explained here.
Believing in Beavers - Ecosystem Engineers
Forest Society members and families recently learned about our amazing wild ecosystem engineers, the American Beaver, and explored beaver activity on the floodplain.