Forest Society Blog - News & Features

Beaver dams create an entire ecosystem that allows birds, insects and other animals to flourish.

The impulse for meticulous landscaping that extends beyond the edge of the lawn, beyond the vegetable garden and your stone wall, is actually harming the species that call the forest home.

Did summer oak defoliation affect fall foliage season?

Merlins, small falcons, used to be found only in northern N.H.. They have been expanding their breeding range south across New England over the past several decade

As the fall approaches, wasps and hornets get more aggressive. How can you tell what's buzzing around, and when it's safe to get rid of a nest?

Pollen is incredibly important to our survival, so we should give it the credit it deserves.

For some, maple sugaring is a perennial ritual, painstakingly completed as we usher out the bitter wisps of winter, and embrace balmier, brighter days of early spring.

Take heart winter-weary friends. The first pulses of springtime arrive in the smallest of signs.