Before her death in 1996, MOLLIE BEATTIE headed up the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. She was previously Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources and Commissioner of Forests, Parks, and Recreation for the State of Vermont. A forester, she also worked as a private land manager for several years. CHARLES THOMPSON is Forester with GMO Renewable Resources and was previously Executive Director of the New England Foresty Foundation. LYNN LEVINE has owned and operated her own consulting firm, Forest*Care, since 1978 in East Dummerston, Vermont. She is co-author of Mammal Tracks: Life Size Tracking Guide and teaches people of all ages about the forest.