Making the Grade

…across the whole sound region can enjoy the healthy, clean, and thriving environment they deserve. Learn more at www.savethesound.org. David Seigerman is clean water communications specialist for Save the Sound.\n\n…

Searching for Spruce Grouse

…near the starting point. Time would tell. With map, compass, and tape player in hand, I began to pace off the first 100 meters to the first point. The basin,…

Let’s Go

…Organization Treaty (NASCO), and a US Commissioner and Chairman of the West Greenland Commission for the organization. He was also involved in the negotiations between the four Connecticut River Watershed…

Celebrating Microcultures

…River valley, like Manchester Community College, have helped Centerbrook shape the academic architecture of New England. Image Credits: Getty Images/Apostrophes (blue background), Jeff Goldberg/ESTO (Manchester Community College), and Derek Hayn/Centerbrook…

Celebratory Ecology- My Appreciation of the Brant

My Appreciation of the Brant \n\n A Demure but Heroic Little Sea Goose\n\n By Paul Spitzer\n\n Image Credit: Courtesy of Chris Bosak—www.birdsofnewengland.com. I write to share my observations and questions,…

Central Watershed Outings: An Apple a Day

…ApexOrchards.com, 413-625-2744 Pine Hill Orchards 248 Greenfield Road, Colrain PineHillOrchards.com, 413-624-3325 Clark Brothers Orchards 580 Apple Valley Road, Ashfield ClarkBrothersOrchards.com, 413-628-1515 Red Apple Farm 455 Highland Avenue, Phillipston RedAppleFarm.com, 978-249-6763\n\n…

The Dreaded Spotted Lanternfly

  This article appears in the Summer 2024 issue\n\n Squish them. Squash them. Stomp them. Smash them. That’s been the order of the day from multiple government agencies inciting the…

Helping Those Who Need Help in the Wild

…do,” she said, adding, “We rehabbers couldn’t do it without the support of our caring communities.” There are many other rehabilitators that are equally as committed. Grae O’Toole, for example,…

Wild and Scenic

…is today the renowned Ensign-Bickfort Aerospace and Defense Company. Elsewhere, Canton was settled in 1737 and is the birthplace of the Collins Manufacturing Company, an enormously successful company founded in…

Wild & Scenic Eightmile River

…who is the program director for the committee. She and environmental program coordinator Riley Doherty interact with local communities in a variety of ways, directly and indirectly. The committee budget,…

The Battle for Fenwick’s Shoreline

…– Construction begins to relocate Crab Creek culvert. Late-April 2021 – New culvert in place and Crab Creek relocated. The ten-foot-high dune protects the Hepburn Family Preserve and Crab Creek…

Birding in the Old Lyme Area

…Osprey, Clapper Rail, waders, shorebirds—including nesting Willet and the occasional Whimbrel (uncommon)—Common and Least Terns, and Saltmarsh and Seaside Sparrows in summer. Spotted Sandpipers are fairly common nesters, while American…

From Dream to Long Table Farm

…the Hornbakes soon found they had much in common. Not long after, the Hornbakes began the process of transferring their property to Baylee. The purchase was completed in 2019 and…

Wildlife Wonders- In Awe of White-Tailed Deer

…nature column for the “Times” portion of The Day newspaper in New London, CT, and is a regular columnist with Estuary magazine. He can be reached for comments at whobbs246@gmail.com.\n\n…

Hydropower

…to Len Greene, Director of Government Affairs & Communications, and his colleague, Carter Wall, at First Light Power Company. We also thank Kate Sullivan Craven, Director of Marketing and Communications,…

Below the Surface: Tunneling for Cleaner Water

…of the waste and runoff. These are called combined sewer systems, and many riverside communities have them. Those STPs have limited processing capacity, and in order to prevent the sewage…

The Pied Piper of Land Conservation

…of this now ubiquitous organization was anything but certain. Begun by academics who wanted to preserve varied habitats for scientific research, TNC was tiny, broke, and unsure of its mission….