Forest Society Blog - News & Features

Forests growing at New Hampshire’s highest elevations in the White Mountains experience the most extreme conditions in the Northeast. 

Winter adaptations in other species in New Hampshire have allowed them to flourish in the cold.

Too bad the spruce grouse is so little known, because it’s got to be the most audacious of the gallinaceous...

Dave Anderson recounts wildlife feasting and fattening on the autumnal abundance of fruits and nuts... plus tipsy racoons!

Brown is an important and beloved color on that palette. While shades of brown may never be the shining star of a painting or design, you will struggle to create a complete piece without them.

“Deer are amazing creatures,” says Anderson. “There are lots of reasons to know more about deer, and learning about deer allows us to learn more about forests.”

In this Forestry Friday, the forestry team takes a trip to the Gardener Forest in Hollis to check in on a population of a rare species of milkweed. (Photo: Sophie Oehler)

This summer’s rains have fruits and autumn seeds of many forest trees, and waxy fall berries of wetland shrubs and ornamental landscaping, yielding a bumper crop for birds and wildlife.