…this fall, we will explore the possibilities and examples of home and community landscapes that take on the challenge: gardens that provide habitats, prevent contaminated water, build the soil, and…
Lying in Wait
…but abundant places for beneficial insects to overwinter. To garden for good—to really combine our love of gardening with our love of nature, to the benefit of both—is a four-season…
A Treasured Refuge Becomes Permanently Protected
…we want to do more of them,” French said. Bill Hobbs is a nature columnist for The Day in New London, CT. For comments, he can be reached at whobbs246@gmail.com….
The Hunter-Conservationist
…town of Topsham, Vermont, but it also includes acreage in Groton, Newbury, and Ryegate. It is one of 100 examples of hunter commitment to wildlife habitat conservation in the state….
Central Watershed Outings: Hidden Gems of the Wild and Scenic Westfield River
…the East Branch, 16 miles of the West Branch, 13 miles of the Middle Branch, and 20 miles of headwater tributary streams and brooks. These waterways support diverse fish communities,…
Recreation
…Central Watershed Outings: An Apple a Day September 1, 2024 Visiting scenic orchards of western Massachusetts while enjoying fall foliage, a quintessential New England combination, is a favorite autumn tradition…
One Photograph – Woods, Brooks & Early Spring
\n\n Woods, Brooks, & Early Spring\n\n Story and Photo by William Burt\n\n Come June I’d rather be out on the open marshes, or the rolling plains of North Dakota or…
Riverbend Project and the Mayor of Middletown
…renderings of what’s to come. The four-year term had just come into being when Florsheim decided to run. He’d come to love Middletown when he was at Wesleyan, got into…
Introducing a Regular Column About Migratory Fish in the Watershed
…runs of the various species of fish combine to create a river almanac, generally predictable in the annual sequence of the fishes’ comings and goings but always with the potential…
Ferries of the River
…the River well into the foreseeable future. Come 2055, 400 years of continuous service between Rocky Hill and Glastonbury will be a commemoration truly worth celebrating. Renwick (Wick) Griswold is…
On My Mind…
…copy; all of our subscribers are entitled to access the electronic archives—every story has been adapted to our “library” for research, education, and posterity, and all filed by category: Science…
In Memoriam: A Maple for David K. Leff
…Laureate, Poet-in-Residence for the New England National Scenic Trail, and a Special Recognition Award from the Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetland Commissions. He gave his life to public…
In the Darnedest Places: Rails
…Bass had the presence of mind to photograph it). When you consider that it’s far the most widespread and common of the rails in much of the US, I guess…
On My Mind: Rowing Proud and Strong from High School Dropout to College Graduate: The Care Center of Holyoke Leads the Way
…With 100 students total, this comes out to $20,000 per student, a number that is comparable to the cost per student in most public schools in the surrounding area. Winners…
Lydia Sigourney
…friend Lydia Sigourney. She posted it up the river to Hartford on a steamer. She asked Lydia to compose a poem in memory of her recently deceased 3-year-old daughter, Louisa….
On My Mind
…had opted for this occupation in exchange for a lesser sentence, a commutation their communist bosses knew they would never live long enough to enjoy. Not once in those twelve…
My Love Affair With Kayaking
…skill—the ways we would individualize, demo, give examples and analogies—I soon understood how concepts and skills click differently for different people, and how to provide comfort to a student until…
Spring Stunners
…so that you do not sicken the hummingbirds. Enjoy! Bill Hobbs is a nature columnist for The Day in New London, CT. For comments, he can be reached at whobbs246@gmail.com.\n\n…
Hiking the New England Trail over Mt. Tom
…world’s best-preserved examples of historic volcanoes. An old foundation marks the former site of the Mount Tom Summit House, an elaborate hotel built at the close of New England’s nineteenth-century…
Fly-Fishing the Headwaters
…fly-fishing-only runs. Both are freestone streams (streams with seasonal flow), rarely deep and often wooded. The first one begins at the dam on Second Connecticut Lake, running roughly 2 miles…