This is the finest, and most timeless, almanac I’ve ever seen. For those of us who cohabit northern New England with the bear and the grosbeak and the trillium, it is the single easiest (and most charming) introduction to our neighbors, to our place, and to the passage of our time that’s yet been written.
—Bill McKibben
author, Wandering Home
Reading The Outside Story is like tramping the woods with a very wise and patient guide, one who can point us to wonders in our natural world that we’ve never noticed on our own. A book of marvels which taught me I still have lots to learn about the beautiful land in which we dwell.
—W.D. Wetherell
editor, This American River
The Outside Story is an anthology of new essays contributed by more than two dozen New Hampshire and Vermont writers, including Ted Levin, Willem Lange, and Michael Caduto.
These essays explore a broad range of topics, from acid rain to garter snake mating, native fish to exotic ladybugs, deeryards to deer hunting—all written by and for a local audience and organized in an easy-to-browse, monthly format.
The Outside Story is edited by Chuck Wooster, published by Northern Woodlands, and underwritten by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: Upper Valley region.
About the editor
Chuck Wooster is the associate editor of Northern Woodlands magazine in Corinth, Vermont, where he has worked since 1998 alongside founding editors Virginia Barlow and Stephen Long. In addition to assisting with all aspects of the magazine’s content and production, Chuck edits the Wellborn Corner, an article series appearing in a dozen newspapers across New Hampshire and Vermont each week that reaches 60,000 readers. His own writing includes articles for Northern Woodlands, Farm & Ranch Living, The Valley News, AMC Outdoors, and the book Living with Sheep (Lyons Press, 2005.)
Northern Woodlands
Northern Woodlands is a non-profit organization based in Corinth,Vermont. Its mission is to encourage a culture of forest stewardship in the Northeast by increasing understanding of and appreciation for the natural wonders, economic productivity, and ecological integrity of the region’s forests.
Northern Woodlands magazine, now in its twelfth year, is delivered to 10,000 subscribers across the region each season, and its companion program, Northern Woodlands Goes to School, reaches 5,000 students across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Northern Woodlands also publishes The Place You Call Home series of guides for landowners and syndicates the Wellborn Corner article series to newspapers each week in conjunction with the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. For more information, visit www.northernwoodlands.org.
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has been working to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves since 1962 by managing a collection of funds that are created by individuals, families, and corporations for charitable purposes.
Each year, the Foundation awards millions of dollars in grants to nonprofits and scholarship funds to students. Based in Concord, the Foundation roots itself in communities across the state through its seven regions—Lakes, Manchester, Monadnock, Nashua, North Country, Piscataqua, and the Upper Valley.
The Upper Valley regional office was established in 1994 and serves 61 communities in the Connecticut River valley region of west-central New Hampshire and east-central Vermont. For more information, visit nhcf.org.
