…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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Colt
…of company funds for bibulous dinners with potential customers. Sam also felt he should dress well on the company’s dime in order to impress clients. Clients were not sufficiently impressed,…
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…
Estuary for Young Readers #14
…this forum and often come prepared with materials to share.” Standing behind the podium made me nervous, but I knew just about everyone in the room, and most of them…
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…
Building Along the Lower Connecticut
…the silt fence required during construction for regulatory compliance. Also some trees were carefully removed to open the view to the river without completely exposing the bank. The Riverbend project…
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…
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,…
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,…
The Spirit of The Kate
…of Old Saybrook.” The Kate aimed to be different than its companions upriver, a mix of national acts and community acts, pivoting between music, theater, dance, comedy, and more throughout…
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…
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…
Moose
…complex problem and to hopeful answers. Despite the fact that moose sightings are down significantly from the late 2000s, there is hope. Data from independent studies reported by the wildlife…
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Organic Bounty from Windsor Soils
…May to October. Loyal customers obtain produce through a buyer’s program, similar to a traditional Community Supported Agriculture arrangement, that provides flexibility and value for members while generating beneficial early-season…
Mother Trees
…the mother trees. Mother trees are the biggest and oldest trees in the forest. They are at the center of a complicated communications network between all trees. They can be…