This past winter while I was hiking through the woods northeast of Concord, I discovered a remote beaver pond with several large nests high in some dead trees in the middle of the pond. I later mentioned this to Kevin Wall, director of Nature Education for the New Hampshire Audubon Society, and he said, "That… 0

"Skunk cabbage is the first wildflower to bloom in New Hampshire's spring," declared Mary Holland as she began a presentation entitled, "Watch Spring Emerge Through the Eyes of a Naturalist" at the New Hampshire Audubon McLane Center on March 7. She went on to explain the remarkable features… 0

On a hike with my daughter, Carolyn Blasko, I came upon a tree that used its body language to tell us its life story. When the tree was a mere sapling, it was bent over by an event it does not remember. Maybe it was a strong wind, a heavy snowfall or a rambunctious moose. Whatever the cause, the tree found itself lying… 0