…their complex of marshes are home to a unique variety of plants, fish, birds, and other wildlife. In addition to their economic and recreational value to coastal communities, estuaries provide…
The Secret Bog
…and felt the cold come through. All set: I burrowed in under the focusing cloth, composed and focused, and then recomposed, refocused, and set aperture and shutter speed; then took…
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,…
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What Does the Future of Our Forests Look Like?
…East Haddam, Connecticut, for example, shows areas with complete mortality as compared to other areas where infested trees appear to be making a comeback. One hope for arresting the pest…
Migrating Under a Microscope
…Service is named. Conte was a powerful committee chairman who lobbied tirelessly to direct federal dollars to his western Massachusetts home district. He was a committed conservationist and ardent supporter…
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…
Central Watershed Outings: Tracking Dinosaurs in the Connecticut River Valley
…When he saw the specimens in person, he immediately recognized that the tracks were evidence of prehistoric life unknown to scientists of the time. Hitchcock’s subsequent research and publications, along…
The Deadliest War in the Connecticut River Valley
…Metacom) is better known as King Philip, the name the English gave him and which label was assigned to the war that almost nipped their colonization in the bud. Although,…
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…
Lifestyle
…Read More New Community Park Coming to the Riverfront March 1, 2024 Moments after we stepped out of our car and began to take in the 61 acres of open…
Estuary for Young Readers #9
…other uniformed men traveling with him. Cavalry, he said. They had left their mounts in Lyme and had come here to Saybrook today to “…march with the masses for patriotism…”…
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Who Owns the Connecticut River?
…Islands commonly called by…Long Island situate lying and…upon the main land between the two Rivers there…called Hudson’s River and all the Land from the West side of Connecticut River….” Resolving…
Duck Hunters
…It is pretty easy, even for novices, to identify ducks when they are landing in decoys: says Muldoon, “If you can’t identify ducks coming into decoys, you shouldn’t be waterfowling.”…
Bald Eagles of the Connecticut River
…all of New England was void of nesting Bald Eagles except for some of the coastal and more remote habitats of Maine. Through public awareness and laws, habitat quality steadily…
Bald Eagles of the Connecticut River
…of nesting Bald Eagles except for some of the coastal and more remote habitats of Maine. Through public awareness and laws, habitat quality steadily improved to the point where eagles…
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…
Wick Griswold and the History of the Present
…a respect for nature in a very immediate way by requiring students do some kind of community service,” agreed another friend, Roger Desmond, Professor Emeritus at Hartford’s School of Communication….
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