Ten meters above the water a herring gull glides and casts a dark shadow that cannot be a shadow, cannot be directly below him nor as cleanly defined in the absent brightness of not-yet-day.
Tour de Lyme
Octogenarians to tykes unite and pedal the pavement and trails for a good cause.
The Spirit of The Kate
The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, affectionately and officially known as “The Kate,” is first and foremost a performance space.
Below the Surface- Rivers Have Mussels, Too!
Along the seashore we’re familiar with ribbed mussels and blue mussels (which make a delicious meal), but unlike these saltwater mussels, the freshwater cousins do not taste good nor do they form large rafts or adhere to hard substrate like dock piers and rocks.
Gateway Commission at Fifty
It takes the vigilance of every generation to protect a valued natural resource, like an estuary.
Gardening for Good- Lawn Care We Can Live With
Ah, spring. For the gardeners among us it is the long-awaited return to being outside, smelling the soil, welcoming the sun. And regardless of how you spent your winter month —planning or just anticipating—the gardening season is now upon us. And suddenly there’s oh so much to do.
Conte Corner: New Column Starts with Summer Issue
Through the Conte Corner the authors hope to bring to life how laws, policies, and funding, in DC and locally, make a difference to the watershed, the Conte Refuge, and you and me: the people who live, work, and play here.
Wildlife Wonders: Blue Jays
They might be called all sorts of unkind (and unjust) names, like “bully,” “nuisance,” or “thief,” but I still like blue jays.
What’s For Dinner?
For centuries it had been thought that one should only eat shellfish in a month with an R in it—the “R factor”—and for good reason.
Estuary for Young Readers #9
Here in Saybrook, we’re still adjusting to the idea that our new President, Abraham Lincoln, is calling up an army so he can preserve the Union and abolish slavery.
Let’s Go
News from our River Partners
From the Publisher- Looking Back
This issue is the thirteenth since Ralph Wood and I started Estuary magazine four years ago. We have published nearly 200 articles and more than 500 photos, maps, and other images, all related to the Connecticut River watershed.
SAVE THE DATE
Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s
Connecticut Land Conservation Conference
Please Join Us!
Join us to honor Steve Gephard, CRSA’s 2022 Presidents Award recipient, and frequent estuary contributor.
Kelsey Wentling- CT River Conservancy River Steward
Five a.m. Streaks of soft pink light the predawn sky. It’s late June, and I’m on my way to Essex to meet Kelsey Wentling, a river steward with the Connecticut River Conservancy.
Estuary for Young Readers
I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”
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One Photograph- Great Island
But from the first few dreamy days of April on well into May, where better to discover springtime than in one’s own patch of cozy, quaint New England woods?
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Peregrine Falcon Recovery
The word peregrine is derived from pilgrim or wanderer. A fitting name for a species that may travel as much as 15,000 miles in a year to complete its migratory journey.
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Made You Look
These sorts of outdoor spaces often serve as both installations and galleries for the sculptors.
Below the Surface- Behold the Mighty Minnow
It seemed like just another spring day when we stopped at the Salmon River, a tidewater tributary of the Connecticut River that splits the towns of Haddam and East Haddam, Connecticut.