Merry Christmas & Happy Stick Season

While the bare branches above our heads this time of year mean the trees are sleeping, all those leaves and fallen twigs are on the ground and in the rivers, doing important work! It is vital to the health of the forest floor and the river bed to leave the leaves alone.

Check out this excellent article by ecologist Dr. Declan McCabe, of St. Michael's College in Colchester VT:

http://northernwoodlands.org/assets/article-pdf/TOS_Underwater_Leaves.pdf