…Lab Director Dr. Jerry Callis, a Georgia native and gracious and courtly gentleman, always gave me a warm welcome. He became the founding director of the Plum Island lab in…
VENTURE SMITH’S LONG STRUGGLE
…Stonington merchant named Oliver Smith, allowed him to work extra to earn his freedom. Later, this practice would become less common, but in 18th century New England, it was possible,…
New Community Park Coming to the Riverfront
…point of the property by the railroad tracks will be developed for compatible commercial or residential use. Mortenson Riverfront Plaza during the 2022 Dragon Boat and Asian Festival, one of…
Loons
…in spring come from a separate population of lighter, smaller birds, fledged in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and interior Canada. Research has found they are non-breeding subadults, headed for summer on…
Spice up Your Home Landscape
…cultivars, such as “Tom’s Compact,” “16 Candles,” and “Hummingbird” that make this plant suitable for foundation plantings where height is a consideration. Combined with other native landscaping shrubs, Summersweet offers…
Casting About: Farmington River, Part Two
This article appears in the Fall 2024 issue\n\n Farmington River, Part Two\n\n Story and Photos by Ed Mitchell\n\n The long pool by the former Hitchcock Chair factory in Riverton, part…
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One Photograph: By EAR
…perhaps most lyrically of all as “a lovely, minor key little song, wistful and carefree at once, delicate as crystal, simple as breath” (Merrill Gilfillan).*3 But from still others come…
Geology of the Connecticut Valley
…compression and extension, the continents we know today. While Pangea was literally coming apart at the seams, some of those seams called rifts were more successful at breaking free than…
Plant a Tree Help a Fish
…“Forests on the Edge” study ranked portions of the watershed among the top 20 areas in the nation with high development threat and high rates of private forest ownership. In…
On My Mind…
This article appears in the Fall 2024 issue.\n\n On My Mind…\n\n Mark your calendars: Spring 2026. That is when we celebrate the next biennial World Fish Migration Day (WFMD)….
The Oyster
…comes to oysters. The female oyster produces hundreds of thousands of free-floating eggs. She does so to overcome the odds facing her brood. Chances are that most of her eggs…
Brattleboro Hinsdale Bridge
…emergency services and provides access to businesses, health services, and Interstate 91 for southwestern New Hampshire’s rural communities. Roughly half of Hinsdale’s working residents commute to Vermont, and the nearest…
Watery Wilderness
…to the campground. The estimate for this trip is 8 to 10 hours, but we completed it in 7 without rushing. Tara Schatz is a freelance writer and photographer with…
The Watershed Fund
…story about her appeared in the Winter 2023 issue. https://www.estuarymagazine.com/2023/12/first-annual-award-for-early-career-achievement-in-environmentalism/ The winner of the 2024 award was Riley Doherty. Her story appears in the Winter 2024 issue of estuary. The…
Dams, Fish, & Relicensing Major Power Plants
…heading downstream. The mortality rate of fish that pass through the turbines at Turner’s Falls, for example, is greater than 20 percent, according to Sprankle. “The mortality rate of fish…
Brownfields
…Such leadership has been demonstrated by communities across the country when it became clear that they must address this complicated legacy of brownfields. The Brownstone Quarry Park, known for zip…
Questing
…early 1990s. Originally based on following maps, compass readings, and rhyming riddles in search of hidden boxes, staff and volunteers at Vital Communities developed it into a unique form of…
On My Mind…
This article appears in the Summer 2024 issue\n\n On My Mind…\n\n The Connecticut River watershed has no governor. It has no regent, no ambassador, no prince or princess…not even…
Peregrine Falcon Recovery
Image Credit: Christopher Zajac Traveling from Le Mans to Paris to visit my daughter some years ago, I was riding in the comfort of the high-speed rail connection between the…
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