1.0The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainabilityhttps://umaine.edu/spirerich900600<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nv7YQUdHcQ"><a href="https://umaine.edu/spire/2025/04/19/scallon-2/">Birchbark</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://umaine.edu/spire/2025/04/19/scallon-2/embed/#?secret=nv7YQUdHcQ" width="100%" height="338" title="“Birchbark” — The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability" data-secret="nv7YQUdHcQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> By Mara Scallon   Medium: linoblock print Description: I have always loved the many stories that the barks of birches and aspens seem to tell, and here, this print seeks to capture some of these stories. If we could read the stories written in the bark, what would it tell us? How would it change […]https://umaine.edu/spire/wp-content/uploads/sites/254/2025/04/Copy-of-2024N_b-scaled.jpeg17512560