If you like trees and want to learn how to identify them, I recommend that you get yourself a copy of What Tree Is That? ($14.95), a new tree identification guide published by the Arbor Day Foundation. This book is a very easy to use guide that can help...
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I came upon a pair of Spruce Grouse on my hike up to Ethan Pond on the AT this past weekend. They are quite distinctive looking with those red eyebrows. There were sitting on a boardwalk, oblivious to my approach, and only moved into the shrubbery...
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Last month, when I was hiking the Franconia Ridge Trail, I was treated to an incredible aerial display by a glider pilot who was soaring over Mt. Lafayette and through Franconia Notch. He'd fly down the ridge from north to south, loop around in the...
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When Chris and I were hiking in Zealand Notch a few weeks ago, we crossed a stream that had red water in it, and since then I've seen a lot of others like it in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I figured that the red tint was probably linked...
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The area above treeline in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is called the Alpine Zone. It is an inhospitable place for plant life which is exposed to extreme conditions including high wind, heavy cloud cover, high precipitation, low temperatures...
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I hiked past a moose skeleton on my last Appalachian trail section hike through the Mahoosuc Range, which crosses the border between New Hampshire and Maine. Moose are big animals and it was a pretty impressive sight. The picture above is of the...
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