People

…ahead of his time…. Read More Searching for Sol LeWitt December 1, 2021 The author walks in front of a Sol LeWitte wall drawing #1105 “Colored bands of arcs from…

River Heroes

…accepted the commute without complaint, never considering moving away from her beloved river. Industrial Toxicology and Industrial Poisons Image Credit: From the collection of the National Institute of Health In…

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW OWNERSHIP, SAME MISSION

…only be done via greater collaboration among non-profits and government entities. A story in the Summer 2022 issue, “Turn and Face the River: Building a Watershed Collaborative for Future Communities,”…

Foraging for a Spring Treat

\n\n Foraging for a Spring Treat\n\n By David Leff\n\n They’re delicious and free for the picking! Before the oaks and maples leaf out in early spring, tasty fiddleheads are pushing…

Field Notes from the Osprey’s Garden

…they have come through just fine. Twelve feet below the nest, the marsh was growing a fresh carpet of green salt grasses, ruffled by the breeze. It was warm enough…

Invasive Plants – Oriental Bittersweet

…is human history behind how they arrived, and because New England was colonized early in the country’s history, these plants are now well established. Peter Del Tredici, emeritus Senior Research…

Mabel Osgood Wright

…who laced up her gaiters to get out in the field and do the hands-on research that made her book, Birdcraft, the first practical guide to the birds of New…

The 125th Annual Christmas Bird Count

This article appears in the Winter 2024 issue\n\n The 125th Annual Christmas Bird Count\n\n By Alison C. Guinness\n\n It’s hard to believe, with our commercialized, extended celebration, that Christmas was…

One Photograph- Little Bird, Big Song

…the Des Moines River. Again I’d come in search of something else—a bird of the dry meadows, called the Henslow’s Sparrow—and again I’d found it: at least 10 were out…

My Mountain Laurel Pilgrimage

…be used in any form, including as kindling. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to deter deer from consuming it, at least in my yard. New research on the relationship between laurel…

John Ledyard’s Journey

…passion for anthropology and archeology. He developed a deep respect for other cultures, which served him well as he circled the globe in search of knowledge, fortune, and the unknown….

Gardening for Good: Ask for Them by Name

…oak, for example, is the most productive tree in the country in terms of supporting caterpillars). But in our gardens, it is our local asters, goldenrods, and perennial sunflowers that,…

Hetty Green

…Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Hetty was born into a wealthy Quaker whaling and banking family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1834. Isaac Howland Jr. and Company owned more ships…

The Vessel and the Painting

…and thanks us all for coming. “You can take a picture of the main street in so many communities and see the same hotels and the same restaurants, and you…

Great American Outdoors Act

…Smoky Mountains; national forests; rivers and lakes; coastal areas; community parks; trails; and ball fields. Every year, $900 million in royalties—paid by energy companies drilling for oil and gas on…

My Secret Ledge

…It’s just not talked about. I walk in the woods for the reasons people announce that they do, but mostly for something else. Let’s look at the common reasons first….

Become a River Partner

…and promote your organization to a growing, spending, & engaged community. Contact estuary River Partners at riverpartners@estuarymagazine.com or call 860-474-3556 to customize your River Partnership today!\n\n Our River Partners: \n\n…

Wildlife

…commercialized, extended celebration, that Christmas was banned by the Puritans and did not become a federally recognized American holiday until 1870…. Read More One Photograph: The HAPPY Accidents December 1,…