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![Susie Spikol in nature with little kids.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/SW_susiespikol-550x380.jpg?h=788a4b0f&itok=CGlhK2b0)
Something Wild: The Animal Adventurer's Guide
Naturalist Susie Spikol is all about the little things you can see around you that is wildlife.
- Tags:
- Wildlife,
- Education,
- Something Wild
![A forester looks up with binoculars.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FF_FemaleAshTreesearch_lookingup_photoGabeRoxby_RS_9-22-22%2520.jpg?h=a6a9b101&itok=mua3HwDs)
Forestry Friday: Searching for Female Ash Trees
Since a single ash tree is either a male or a female (in some tree species this isn’t the case and a tree may have both male and female parts), it will be important to make sure we leave some of each uncut during the harvest, to provide the species an opportunity to pollinate and set viable seed.
![Looking up at white ash crows in the Monadnock reservation.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FF_FemaleAshTreessearch_Ash%2520Crowns%2520Monadnock_RS_%2520S.Thorne%25209.16.22.jpg?h=0992e954&itok=0L9fax08)
A Poem: White Ash Lament
A poem about searching for female white ash trees and beseeching them to survive.
- Tags:
- Forestry
![A green field at Champlin Forest in springtime.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/ChamplinProject_greenfield_LeahHart_RS_6-24-21.jpg?h=af5dbc32&itok=PMzMBPlG)
Champlin Forest in Rochester Expands to Over 300 Acres
The Forest Society plans to celebrate the expansion of the Champlin Forest with a winter walk to be scheduled later this year.
- Tags:
- Land Conservation
![The two men collect beetles at the insectary from a branch.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FF_instectary_collectingtime_2022.jpg?h=a6a9b101&itok=rp0RHTJ-)
Forestry Friday: Visit an Insectary to See How Farming Beetles Can Help Control an Invasive Insect Harming Hemlocks
What is an insectary and why does it matter to forestry?
- Tags:
- Working Forests,
- Forestry
![The sun sets over the Merrimack River near the Forest Society's conservation area.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/merrimack%2520river%2520emily%2520lord%2520RS.jpg?h=c4bb3a06&itok=6_ewozQV)
"The Merrimack: River at Risk" Selected for NH Film Festival
The festival will take place from October 6 through October 9 on the Seacoast.
- Tags:
- Clean Water,
- Climate
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Something Wild: The bittersweet reprise of birdsong in fall
Are you missing the dawn chorus?
- Tags:
- Wildlife,
- Something Wild