by Chris Woodside | Mar 12, 2010 | Newspaper Articles
written for The New York Times WHEN it comes to geographical lessons, Connecticut has two that it doesn’t share with just anybody. Tourists often visit Dinosaur State Park, a spot where fossilized dinosaur footprints are surrounded by an arena. And they know...
by Chris Woodside | Jan 19, 2010 | Magazine Articles
Weather equipment at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire written for Appalachia journal In 1955, scientists established the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the southern White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire to study the movement of water...
by Chris Woodside | Jan 9, 2010 | Magazine Articles
A giant petrel watches Ryan Wallace weigh its baby as Wallace assists research scientists on an island off Palmer Station, Antarctica. JEFF OTTEN, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Appalachia journal Longtime employees of the company that supports the National Science...
by Chris Woodside | Jan 4, 2010 | Magazine Articles
Appalachia journal In the mountains, daylight saving time diminishes into the economic gimmick it truly is WHILE HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I settled into an odd sleeping pattern. I would fall into the sleeping bag soon after sunset after my...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Newspaper Articles
written for The Hartford Courant Each summer for one afternoon, a giant fife-and-drum parade comes to my quiet town. Thousands of people come to watch the bands. Selling ice cream at the Deep River Ancient Muster had always seemed like a sure way to make a bundle....
by Chris Woodside | Dec 22, 2009 | Magazine Articles
The pamphlet my husband found at the dump written for New England Watershed Attitudes toward housing in the 1950s—and nowSeveral years ago, I was assigned to write a newspaper article about a kitchen tour in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The best kitchen of the day was at...
