Thermal Refuges

…River. In 2016, similar actions were taken. But many fear that such hot, dry summers may be more common and there may come a time when permanent thermal refuges will…

What’s for Dinner

…referred to as liquid gold; about 40 gallons of sap is needed to make one gallon of syrup. Remember to use only 100% maple syrup. Here are two of my…

Early Morning Row

…mouth of the Connecticut River in Old Lyme. Today, as I walk toward the water, our sheep look up from their breakfast grazing. Crows call out across the fields with their high-pitched…

Spring Stunners

…temperatures are cooler, and there are fewer predators (hawks do not fly at night),” said Ken Elkins, community conservation manager for Audubon Connecticut. When songbirds migrate, Elkins said they do…

Water and Forests

…the mean annual water flow by up to 50 percent compared to that of a mature forest, and it can take as long as 150 years for that flow rate…

One Photograph- Last Stand

…phrases—the comedian’s pregnant pause, the setup for the goofy come-what-may: an absurd nasal ank perhaps, or kook—and in part because the phrases are so playfully inventive, and so conversational. Here!…

A Connecticut River Odyssey

…hasn’t moved “one damn bit” since their visit. Paul headed west from where he was raised, “hit the Connecticut River, and stayed.” His farm, site of a former ferry crossing,…

Conte Corner: National Parks

…giant among men. This statue and many others are what await you at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Park in Cornish, New Hampshire. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was an American sculptor who completed…

Wildlife Wonders: Red-breasted Merganser

…writer for The Day newspaper in New London, CT. He can be reached for comments at whobbs246@gmail.com.\n\n Check out these other articles by Bill Hobbs in Estuary magazine. Wildlife Wonders…

Celebratory Ecology- Streamside Walking

…Maple, pollinated in part by spring winds. These are the soft optimistic colors of early spring. When summer comes on, celebratory aquatic insects appear on the water’s surface, and flying…

Team Drive

…in Northampton, Massachusetts, rowed in dresses and bloomers. The focus tended to be on form, posture, and timing. Now, the team is as competitive as they come. The dresses are…

Bald Eagles of the Connecticut River

…risk of remaining, or it was hungry, or simply wanted to see more of the River, it flew off to the north. With a mighty push of its legs, shaking…

Bald Eagles of the Connecticut River

…hungry, or simply wanted to see more of the River, it flew off to the north. With a mighty push of its legs, shaking the pine bough as it released…

Lonely Hunter

…intruder, screaming “KEE-aah” as it whooshed close to my head. I looked up and there it was, high in the crotch of a tree. A lone chick stared down at…

A Story of Restoration: Of a Car, Not Fish

…always knew she was a she. That’s where the unusual part comes in. The son is George Willauer, now a retired Professor of English at Connecticut College. And “she” is…

The New England National Scenic Trail

…indigenous to Colombia, to research and develop an Indigenous Site Survey of the NET. Through this multi-year project, Jay has surfaced research, oral history, and traditional knowledge about environmental stewardship,…