Salt Magazine speaks to Bill Cursinger, a professional photographer, about his new book, Extreme Nature.

Traditional to New England, tapping trees and making maple syrup is done every year. Louis Burns speaks to Donald Wood about how it's done.

Staff, contributors, trustees, and academic board members are listed.

A lobsterman for over 40 years, Stilly Griffin hauls traps from his boat, the Lorraine E. Herbert Baum III and Kristy Bunnell capture Griffin's story of working as a lobsterman.

Bios of the contributors to the Salt Spring 2002 Magazine.

In the city of East Kingston in New Hampshire, George and Roy Cole fell trees. Suzanne Emery documents the Cole's work on trees and the precision that goes into their work.

In Aroostook County, one of the most important jobs is the creation of potato barrels. Debbie Mountain and others speak to coopers about making potato barrels.

Two Portland designers, Patric Santerre and Celeste Robinson, are attempting to build a space-saving, collapsible lobster trap. Isaac Kestenbaum speaks to the architects about their trap design and getting the idea off the ground.

Meet Dom. He’s 20 years old, and he spent three years of his childhood incarcerated at Maine’s last juvenile jail: Long Creek Youth Development Center. For years, there’s been a discussion within the Maine State Legislature about whether jail is the right place for kids who’ve committed a crime. But how do kids like Dom end up in Long Creek in the first place? And is there a world in which Maine can safely keep kids out of jail? CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions of violence, mentions of child abuse and incarceration, and profanity

At Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, historical interpreters are able to be themselves while being someone else. Emily Kwong documents the work that the interpreters do at the Village, and how they connect with the characters that they represent.

When artists enter towns, they usually herald incoming change. Tonee Harbert captures how this is taking place in Belfast, and how some people in the community do not want the change.

Introduction to articles in this issue of Salt Magazine.