Maple Sugaring

…40s and overnight temperatures just below freezing are best to produce good sap runs. This doesn’t happen with any regularity, so there are many days when little to no sap…

Invasive Plants- Phragmites

…of Invasive Phragmites. Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative: www.greatlakesphragmites.net/pamf/about-pamf/ Phragmites – Distinguishing the Native from the Non-native. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/Brochures/PhragmitesHandoutF2pdf.pdf?la=en Controlling Invasive Phragmites in Connecticut Wetlands. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/wildlife/pdf_files/habitat/PhragControlpdf.pdf?la=en\n\n…

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…information about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can opt out of Google’s collection and processing of data generated by your use of the Site by going to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Information from…

A Great Gathering

…cloud of swallows and come up empty time and time again. In addition to being admirable and compelling in aggregate, tree swallows also are quite handsome as individuals—with an iridescent…

Searching for Spruce Grouse

…and intestinal system undergo an expansion. By doing so, additional space and time are created to break down the nutritional components of their dietary staple. Come spring and summer, grouse…

Let’s Go

…Office of Policy and Management (CT OPM) is soliciting public comment on the Draft Connecticut State Plan of Conservation and Development through June 30, 2024. RiverCOG encourages you to learn…

Among the Birds

…public. Propelled by a grant from the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, the center initiated an ambitious environmental education program in the local schools. With a team of two tireless,…

Elizabeth Mine

…related to the Elizabeth Mine, refer to Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development online publication, From Copperas to Cleanup, at https://accd.vermont.gov/document/copperas-cleanuppdf. \n\n Map showing location of Elizabeth Mine Site.\n\n…

Organic Bounty from Windsor Soils

…May to October. Loyal customers obtain produce through a buyer’s program, similar to a traditional Community Supported Agriculture arrangement, that provides flexibility and value for members while generating beneficial early-season…

Searching for Sol LeWitt

…that could be reproduced like many houses from one architectural plan or performances from one musical composition. To allow the creation of these wall drawings, LeWitt wrote instructions, some like…

Conte Corner: National Parks

…Forest Center that includes a classroom and meeting space. The Forest Center is “LEED platinum certified” (the highest rating for green construction) and was built with FSC-certified wood from the…

Connecticut River Museum at 50

This article appears in the Summer 2024 issue\n\n Creating a Home for Connecticut River History\n\n By Brenda Milkofsky\n\n The old Steamboat Dock building was restored to this pre-1930 footprint to…

Dams, Fish, & Relicensing Major Power Plants

…final application. It will be a public document once it is filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. There are, however, publicly available statistics that shed light on areas where…

Birding in the Old Lyme Area

…and Swamp Sparrows Other Key Birds Summer: Black-Crowned Night-Heron, Double-crested Cormorant; Rough- winged, Tree, and Barn Swallows; House Wren, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Chipping Sparrow Winter: Loons, grebes,…

Let’s Go

…harmful development. It is to promote the ideas of conservation and environmental awareness to members and the community at large. GMCT engages the public in numerous volunteer and recreational activities…

Gateway Commission at Fifty

…Old Saybrook today comprise the eight communities that make up the Connecticut River Gateway Commission; each with a defined portion of the Conservation Zone that encompasses the Connecticut River shoreline…

Become an Environmental Activist

…counting, although citizen science has broader applications than birding, for example, water-, air-, and soil-quality monitoring and studies of other fauna and flora. What struck me was the apparent formality…