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… up scads of sticky granola bar wrappers and Gatorade bottles – plus some really weird items -- from the summit … The students cleaned up the trails with two teachers, Forest Society staff members and two journalists covering … High School Environmental Club, noted another positive. The best part of the workday for her was to see the students – …

… a Georgia O’Keefe quote prominently at the top of her website: “Come quickly. You mustn’t miss the dawn. It will never be … stop you and make you see it like you’ve never seen it before,” Dessaint said. An exhibit of Dessaint’s oil and …

… put aside my usual activities and head over to Gap Mountain for a short hike.  It was cold, only 5 degrees, as I drove … and the snow absorbed any man-made sounds that tried to come my way.  The forest truly is nature’s cathedral during … are no stones and roots to trip over along the trails and best of all, there are no bugs!  For those that want a bit …

… a lifetime of hard work yet ever cheerful, Charlie is fit for his 60s. As a boy, he attended a one-room schoolhouse … enough to celebrate. That particular sugarmaker gave up both sugaring and drinking years ago. No coincidence I …

… together people who like to hike and also do yoga. The two complement each other in that the yoga teaches … increase awareness and appreciation of one’s surroundings. For myself (others have noted the same), yoga has made … and we’ve done past versions of this event using them for the hike portion of the day. These include Hedgehog …

… the way to the washer and dryer in the cellar: Stop at the bottom of the cellar stairs, gaze at the mishmash of wires … on its back that helps it blend in perfectly with the forest floor (when not hanging out in my cellar!) I resisted …

… neighbor to The Rocks, spent the afternoon assisting the effort. Most of the seedlings planted this year were Canaan … our more than 40,000 trees is then hand-pruned each summer for optimal shaping. &nbps; The Rocks is a 1,400-acre forest … decades, that crop has been Christmas trees, and people come to The Rocks from near and far each year to find their …

… Volunteers for Monadnock Trails Week just completed the 12 th  year of trail improvements on Mt. Monadnock. Volunteers worked with Forest Society staff and trailwork professionals to …

… endowed and that's most evident this time of year. The best place to see this contrast is an east-west highway. … what kinds of trees tend to grow there.  Hemlock, for example, tends to favor cooler, shady damp sites.   … hotspots provide warm sun, food... throw in some nearby ice-free water and it becomes a magnet for wildlife by April.   …