…the explanations for the noises began to take on a scientific explanation, beginning with the tale of a Dr. Steele, who supposedly came from Great Britain to study the sounds…
Among the Birds
…“Ring-necked Pheasants,” 1977, for Mill Pond Press Company, is an original painting in the Peterson Collection at Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. This is an example of several…
The Taste of Home
…657-1004 www.crystalridgewinery.com crystalridgewinery@gmail.com Black Birch Vineyard 108 Straits Road Hatfield, MA 01066 (413) 247-3300 www.blackbirchvineyard.com La Garagista 1834 Mt Hunger Road Bethel, VT 05032 (802) 291-1295 (please text) www.lagaragista.com lagaragista@gmail.com\n\n…
Estuary for Young Readers #17
…Let’s let him put his satchel down and take his hat off before we start pestering him with questions.” Everything I ever knew about what Luke looks like comes from…
A Great Gathering
…the shore. They thought we’d run aground.” Decades of observing the swallows and scientific studies have answered some of the questions Roger Tory Peterson posed 26 years ago, for example:…
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…
Worlds Apart
…and docks of Middletown and its 5,400 residents. It was the times and unique circumstances of his coming-of-age in this maritime community, without land to farm, that eventually led him…
Let’s Go
…land trust projects across the state. Add your voice to the conversation. Together with Connecticut’s land trusts, legislators and their communities, and YOU, participants will tour preserves, farms, community gardens,…
Loons
Loons\n\n in Connecticut \n\n By Paul Spitzer\n\n An adult common loon floats in the water on a lake in Maine. Image Credit: Christopher Zajac. I saw my first common loon…
Solving Environmental Problems
…Images Environmental problems can be complex and hard to resolve. The complexity arises because the components of the environment are linked, and their interactions may be separated by both time…
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…
Rewilding in the Watershed
…drain the water off this particular land as quickly as possible. That has long been a common method for dealing with flooding and water maintenance, and not only at golf…
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…
Let’s Go
…Museum’s Winter Wildlife Cruises, running through March, and leaving from the museum in Essex, Connecticut. With a heated interior aboard RiverQuest and complimentary binoculars, this is an amazing time to…
My Ride Down Hog River
…down the Park (formerly called the Hog) River in Hartford. I felt compelled to take a ride down our publication’s namesake river. I’ll admit though, I was nervous. I knew…
On My Mind…
…the federal government are located within the US departments of Commerce and Interior: the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) within the Department of Commerce and the US Fish and Wildlife…
Gardening for Good: Gardening for a Changing Climate
…bud break followed by hard freezes also damages economically important fruit crops. Burning bush (Euonymous alatus) is only one of many non-native invasive shrubs still available commercially. This species and…
Wildlife Wonders- In Awe of White-Tailed Deer
…and Pennsylvania. “We still have a lot more questions than answers about COVID and deer,” Fuda said, adding that preliminary tests, thankfully, are showing the virus does not yet appear…
A Once and Future Sanctuary
…ecologist. He began his Osprey–DDT research as a student at Wesleyan University. He continued his doctoral research on northeastern osprey population biology at Cornell. He has accomplished conservation biology projects…
Elizabeth Mine
…Repaying those debts with copper production was often hampered by the difficulty of obtaining quality smelting materials, expensive fuels, and unreliable transportation means. Many local railroads, such as the Lamoille…