Winter 2021 Member Mailer
Cover:
Description: Sunlight beams shining through a hemlock forest in White Memorial Conservation area in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Photo by Dan Hanscom
A Place We Call Home:
Description: The Highstead Barn nestled in fall foliage
Photo by Highstead
Ursus Americanus: The American Black Bear
Left: Bear Claw on beech tree
Photo by David Foster
Center: Bear den
Photo by Paul J. Fusco/CT DEEP – Wildlife
Right: A black bear stands on a rock with some flowers.
Photo by TRKeim
Tracking Forest Change
Left page:
Left: Danielle Weiss
Center: Satellite photo of Highstead
Photos by Highstead
Right page:
Far left top: Danielle Weiss measuring tree diameter
Photo by Highstead
Left top: Ancient red maple
Photo by Bill Gore
Top Right:
Photo by Highstead
Middle Right:
Photo by Highstead
2021 ALPINE Summer Institute: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, Blazing New Trails
Description: Benton MacKaye
Photo courtesy of The Wilderness Society
Oak Trees and Acorns and Bears, Oh My!
Description: Highstead Oak Trees and Oak ID participants
Photos by Highstead
End Notes: Four Interesting Facts about Bears
- Title: American Black Bear Ursus americanus
Photo by Stephen J. Krasemann - Title: Black Bear Ursus americanus
Close up of a Black Bear female making direct eye contact in Riding Mountain National Park Manitoba Canada
Photo by Chris Wallace - Skunk cabbage
Highstead photo - Title: Black Bear (Ursus americanus) silhouetted in tree, E USA
Contributor: Bill Lea / Dembinsky Photo Associates
Back Cover:
Title: The Highstead Barn nestled in fall foliage
Photo by Highstead
