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![Lorin Rydstrom poses with his award.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/AM_2022_LorinRydstromCOY_withJackSavageDrewKellner_photoAnnaBerry_RS_9-24-22_0.jpg?h=9bbb0d38&itok=wMmD1kF8)
Conservationist of the Year: Lorin Rydstrom
Demonstrating his personal commitment to land conservation, Rydstrom donated a conservation easement to the Forest Society to protect a 347-acre woodlot in Northfield.
![Dave Heuss and Carrie Deegan pose together with Dave's award.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/AM_2022_DaveHeussVOY_withCarrieDeegan_photoAnnaBerry_RS_9-24-22.jpg?h=8d63f210&itok=_9y_RDzh)
Volunteer of the Year: Dave Heuss
Dave Heuss has volunteered with the Forest Society for the past eight years.
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- Volunteers
![The board poses in front of the Conservation Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Full%2520board%2520in%2520front%2520of%2520CC%2520RS%2520II%25208-2022.jpg?h=8c86069f&itok=ZziSa3oA)
Forest Society Releases 121st Annual Report
The Forest Society presented its 121st Annual Report at the Annual Meeting on September 24.
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- Forest Society History
![Dave Anderson holds a leaf while talking to attendees during a field trip on the floodplain.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/AM_2022_fieldtrip_floodplain_Davewithleaf_photoCherylWeston_RS_9-24-22.jpg?h=a6a9b101&itok=F96-4bo_)
Forest Society Celebrates Members & Volunteers at Annual Meeting
Bringing members and friends back to our home in Concord.
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- Climate
![colorful hikers, fall foliage along shore of Morrill Marsh pond, Wilmot](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/resize%2520Pondshore%2520group%2520on%2520tour.jpg?h=0992e954&itok=C4Td__lo)
Tree Farm Field Day: Colorful Autumn Tradition
Tree Farm of the year hosts annual field day.
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- Forestry,
- Working Forests
![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.
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- 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.
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- Forestry