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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…

A Great Gathering

…the shore. They thought we’d run aground.” Decades of observing the swallows and scientific studies have answered some of the questions Roger Tory Peterson posed 26 years ago, for example:…

Moodus Noises

…the explanations for the noises began to take on a scientific explanation, beginning with the tale of a Dr. Steele, who supposedly came from Great Britain to study the sounds…

The Oyster

…comes to oysters. The female oyster produces hundreds of thousands of free-floating eggs. She does so to overcome the odds facing her brood. Chances are that most of her eggs…

Connecticut River Museum at 50

…our collections as we began to imagine navigating our next 50 years. Dan Thompson, the museum’s Captain and Watercraft Operations Manager, extols the virtue of asking three key questions when…

Let’s Go

…southeast Vermont. Options include a 12-mile competitive race, 5-mile competitive race, and 1-mile community challenge. More details, race registration, and a schedule are available at ctriver.org/nepc. Then, on the weekend…

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…

Wild & Scenic Eightmile River

…who is the program director for the committee. She and environmental program coordinator Riley Doherty interact with local communities in a variety of ways, directly and indirectly. The committee budget,…

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…

Estuary for Young Readers #14

…told the room full of citizens of Saybrook that they should wait to ask their questions or make a comment until I had finished my remarks. I cleared my throat…

Preserving & Appreciating Estuaries

…is on the horizon. Photo Credit: Christopher Zajac Also benefiting from these educational and training programs would be private organizations. Ralph T. Wood, another Connecticut NERRS steering committee member and…

Let’s Go

…Organization Treaty (NASCO), and a US Commissioner and Chairman of the West Greenland Commission for the organization. He was also involved in the negotiations between the four Connecticut River Watershed…

The Taste of Home

…657-1004 www.crystalridgewinery.com crystalridgewinery@gmail.com Black Birch Vineyard 108 Straits Road Hatfield, MA 01066 (413) 247-3300 www.blackbirchvineyard.com La Garagista 1834 Mt Hunger Road Bethel, VT 05032 (802) 291-1295 (please text) www.lagaragista.com lagaragista@gmail.com\n\n…

Celebratory Ecology- My Appreciation of the Brant

My Appreciation of the Brant \n\n A Demure but Heroic Little Sea Goose\n\n By Paul Spitzer\n\n Image Credit: Courtesy of Chris Bosak—www.birdsofnewengland.com. I write to share my observations and questions,…

Wildlife Wonders- In Awe of White-Tailed Deer

…and Pennsylvania. “We still have a lot more questions than answers about COVID and deer,” Fuda said, adding that preliminary tests, thankfully, are showing the virus does not yet appear…

Searching for Sol LeWitt

…invisible, an art in which other people build according to your designs. This experience may be one reason LeWitt rejected the personality culture of Abstract Expressionism and searched instead for…

The Dreaded Spotted Lanternfly

…at the Connecticut Agricultural Research Station in New Haven, seems to be the only healthy, mature tree the lanternfly can kill outright. As for the long-term threat it poses, says…

New Community Park Coming to the Riverfront

…point of the property by the railroad tracks will be developed for compatible commercial or residential use. Mortenson Riverfront Plaza during the 2022 Dragon Boat and Asian Festival, one of…