ART
WOODCUTS, by Larry Blakely
Cover, 11, 22, 43, 54

REGULAR FEATURES
THE EDGE OF THE CLEARING, editorial perspectives
6
WOODNOTES, observations of nature
by Gene Miller, Georgia Tiffany, Elizabeth Hunter,
June Owens, Donna Dalton, David Gross, Barbara
Brent Brower, David Stanek, Daniel Kriesberg
23
BOOK NOTES WILD, reviews by Michael Hofferber
55
CONTRIBUTORS, introducing the writers for this issue
60
COLOPHON, techniques used to print this issue
63

ARTICLES
GIVING A LITTLE BACK, by Frances A. McIntosh
13
            MANITOU'S POND...AND MINE~ by Ann Taylor
45

POETRY

CHIMNEY SWIETS, by Robert Dunn
9
PORTAGE, by Jared Carter
39
TRACKING LESSONS, by Burt W. Porter
40
CLUMSINESS, by Randy Minnich
41
            THREE JAYS IN A BLIZZARD, by John Perrault
42