…Solutia Eco Center, a combination of live animals and dioramas with explanations of the riparian zone and watershed of the river valley. We browse the glass-walled displays of live reptiles,…
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…
SAVE THE DATE
Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s Connecticut Land Conservation Conference March 25, 2023 Wesleyan University The conference promises dynamic training and networking opportunities for the land conservation community. Land trusts are important…
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,…
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…
A Solitude of Space
…it with an invisible key, saying, “It’s just a turn, and freedom.” Being isolated forces us to think about freedom in new ways and consider meanings beyond the merely political….
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,…
One Photograph- The BIG Camera
…camera back and lensboard. The more modern types are used primarily in commercial studio and architectural photography, but they were also long magnificently employed by Porter, Ansel Adams, and a…
Meeting of the Waters
…abiotic (non-living) properties of this complicated interface of water and land. Be it long-term monitoring or more crisis driven research, scientists are attracted to the Connecticut River Estuary to study…
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…
Let’s Go
…search for the elusive birds of the sugarbush. All ages are welcome, and Audubon Vermont’s programs are fun for the whole family! The events are free of charge. Sugar on…
Estuary for Young Readers
…answer questions about the new railroad bridge. I guess we all wanted to hear what he had to say. Mariners, from here to Hartford, were pretty steamed up about building…
Member Content
…the Surface: Tunneling for Cleaner Water The Connecticut River is one of the cleanest major rivers on the East Coast, mostly free of untreated sewage…. Know Your Crayfish Crayfish, crawdad,…
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From the Publisher- Looking Back
…advertisers such as Pasta Vita and the Old Lyme Inn refrained from asking potentially embarrassing questions like, “How many subscribers do you have?” They shared our vision. Growth in ad…
Following the Fishers in Connecticut
…by two closely watched indicators: actual sightings and tagged pelts from trappers. In 2018, for example, only 17 fishers were sighted in the entire state, compared with 174 in 2005;…
The Marsh Wren
…will entertain at least a small community. Yet the bird is often equally at home within lush stands of sedges (Carex spp.), bulrush (Scirpus), wild rice (Zizania), and other tall-stemmed…
American Shad: The Iconic Fish of the Connecticut River
…river, angling for them is a real treat. In order to time your trip so that fish are present, search for the website for the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission…
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…
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…