Forest Society Blog - News & Features

Water from stream trickle on green soft moss

U.S. Forest Services Releases Forests to Faucets 2.0

Matt Leahy
March 29, 2022

The Forest Service's Forest to Faucets program is a tool for understanding the role forests play in protecting the nation’s drinking water supplies.

Advocacy
Treetop view of NH State House dome in mist from a distance

Spring Legislative Update

Matt Leahy
March 29, 2022

An update on bills that the Forest Society is supporting in the 2022 legislative session.

Advocacy
A banner advertising the Saving Special Places conference with the photos of the two keynote speakers.

Saving Special Places Conference: April 1-2, 2022

Matt Leahy
March 25, 2022

Saving Special Places is New Hampshire's annual two day virtual land conservation conference.

Advocacy
A white pine weevil adult on a branch.

Forestry Friday: White pine weevil

Steven Junkin
March 24, 2022

When it comes to forest health, the white pine weevil is a pest native to New Hampshire.

Forestry
A boy walks up a sledding hill next to a sugarhouse and stacked wood.

Love maple season? Thank the trees...

Anna Berry
March 24, 2022

My favorite sign of spring is the start of maple season. From tree to table, I teach my children that it's a sweet reminder our forests are always working. 

Working Forests
Land Conservation
Water body view from summit of mountain in spring blue sky background

Legislature Votes Down Proposed Detrimental Changes to the NH Site Evaluation Committee Statute

Matt Leahy
March 23, 2022

The Forest Society opposed the bill.

Advocacy
Field Forester Steve Junkin holds eggs laid in a vernal pool at Tebbetts Hill Reservation in Farmington.

Forestry Friday: Vernal Pools & Forestry

Gabe Roxby
March 17, 2022

With the warm wet weather and the onset of spring, this is one of the best times of the year to plan and lay out a timber harvest.

Forestry
Wildlife

Something Wild: Are there more bobcats in N.H.? Or just more wildlife cameras?

Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, Jessica Hunt
March 11, 2022

The number of pictures of bobcats in New Hampshire on social media has us wondering if there are more bobcats in New Hampshire?

Wildlife
Gabe Roxby and his three daughters and wife sit outside around a fire while boiling sap.

What We Did for Winter Vacation

Anna Berry
March 11, 2022

While we don't get a winter February vacation like school kids anymore, we did manage to get outside and enjoy all that New Hampshire has to offer in the colder months.