I was expecting to learn a few curious facts about my favorite place, the forest; and I did. But there is so much more within this story — so many connections and reminders relevant to the pandemic and our societal response to it. I was looking for an escape, but I found a little bit of hope.

If you have some time on your hands this weekend here are a few ideas to keep you busy!

Browntail moth biology makes winter the safest time to undertake control measures for browntail moth, and its relatively lower numbers in Somerset County means landowners can have a real impact on limiting local populations by taking management action now. 

I have the privilege of walking my property - 24 acres of fields and forested wetlands - every day (several times on a good day!), granting me the opportunity to notice even the subtlest of changes brought on by weather and wildlife. Unlike the subtleties of fanciful ice crystals or a downy feather, though, sometimes things can change a lot overnight.

Many articles mention the importance of brush piles as habitat for various wildlife species, but we thought it would be useful to show the construction of a recent one in Central Maine to highlight some important features.

Picture Post is a project of the University of New Hampshire. Picture Posts are installed at forests, parks, and schools - even backyards. There are posts throughout New England and scattered across the United States. Each post guides visitors to photograph a location in nine orientations. Photos are dated, geotagged, uploaded, and shared on this site.

Springtime flowers are so easy to miss, blooming too briefly in the midst of our hectic lives. Here’s a sampling of sightings from this year, with the hopes of offering a wildflower walk in 2020 at our Yankee Woodlot.