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![Looking up at a white ash tree outside the home of the author.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FN_Ash%2520Tree_Stacie%2520Hernandez_RSS.jpg?h=1d181f1c&itok=pumeZ2_9)
Forest Notes: The Future of Ash Trees in New England
What happens when a non-native herbivore sets up shop in New Hampshire?
![Carrie Deegan uses a shovel to fill the hole around the newly planted tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FF_Carriefillinghole_4-22.jpg?h=e47653ae&itok=4LeOBbpU)
Forest Friday: Planting Trees This Spring?
Spring is the best time of year to plant trees so we thought now is a good time to share the basics of tree planting with you.
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![Ann and March Davis pose in front of their Tree Farm with their dog.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/NH%2520Tree%2520Farm%2520of%2520the%2520Year%2520courtesy%2520NH%2520Tree%2520Farm%25204-5-22.jpeg?h=459c5aba&itok=gaAKth4A)
Woods Without Gile owners named NH Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year
Ann and Marc Davis have been named New Hampshire’s 2022 Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year.
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![Four growing seasons after the timber harvest, white pine seedlings are abundant.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FF_DiehlFamilyForest_after_RS_2021.jpg?h=61fec2c5&itok=ozEquYtv)
Forestry Friday: Before & After a Timber Harvest
The result, four growing seasons later, is an amazing carpet of white pine seedlings.
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- Forestry,
- Working Forests
Forestry Friday: White pine weevil
When it comes to forest health, the white pine weevil is a pest native to New Hampshire.
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- Forestry
![Field Forester Steve Junkin holds eggs laid in a vernal pool at Tebbetts Hill Reservation in Farmington.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Steve%2520at%2520vernal%2520pool.jpg?h=a92f03cd&itok=xqdWrWy0)
Forestry Friday: Vernal Pools & Forestry
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.
![Steve Junkin's evaporation set-up in his garage includes plastic buckets, propane tanks and more.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/ForestryFriday_HomeSapEvaporationSetup_SteveJunkincourtesyRS2.jpg?h=0126edc6&itok=ii4Aj1OJ)
Forestry Friday: Sugar Season is Here
Maple sugaring season is here. So when is it time to tap? Its not always the first day above freezing it turns out.
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- Forestry,
- Working Forests
![Huge log pile on landing in background with people in colorful winter parkas in foreground on timber landing in Lempster on Jan 22, 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/resized%2520group%2520at%2520log%2520pile.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=f_FMHmmp)
Behind the Scenes at a Timber Harvest
The Forest Society recently hosted a public timber harvest tour on Silver Mountain.
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- Education,
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