When the editor of PawsTrails Explorer magazine approached me about writing an article on the success of working forestland conservation in Maine, it was autumn 2019. The piece finally went live in December 2020. Scrolling through it, that first time, I was struck by all that has happened in the … [Read more...]
The Bogs of Coburn Gore
Article originally published in the 2020 fall edition of Forest View, FSM’s biannual newsletter. About 35,000 years ago, a carpet of ice thousands of feet thick covered much of New England. At one point all of Maine was hidden beneath the Laurentide Ice Sheet, even the highest points on … [Read more...]
Supporting the Forests We Cherish
Maine is lucky to have so many remote and untrammeled places where we can recreate and enjoy nature. FSM’s mission is to help keep these forests as forests. This is only possible through the generosity of hundreds of people each year. Many of us have spent time outdoors these past … [Read more...]
Ferns & Forests: Family Connections to the Maine Woods
Based on an interview with longtime FSM supporter Craig Mathews May 2020 As a young boy roaming the thick forests, damp fields, and shaded streams and gullies around his family’s farm in northern Maine, Craig Mathews discovered that oak ferns grow where it’s wet, while hayscented ferns are found … [Read more...]
Capturing the Grafton Landscape
Article originally published in the 2020 fall edition of Forest View, FSM's biannual newsletter. Sometimes the best way to depict the essence of a place is not with words but with images. That is why photographer Jerry Monkman can be found waiting on a mountain summit before dawn with multiple … [Read more...]
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