…photographer. It is presently located in Amherst College Archives & Special Collections. Images credit: CC-PD Wikimedia Commons; Getty Images, Anagramm (picture frame). Born in 1830, well-educated early in life, Dickinson…
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Reclaiming the Marsh
RECLAIMING THE MARSH One resident’s fight against an invasion By Bill Hobbs Rich Snarski examines Phragmites australis, also known as the common reed, in Lord Cove along the Connecticut River…
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…
Gardening for Good: How to Find and Grow Native Plants from Seed
…can make the difference. Judy Preston is a local ecologist active in the Connecticut River estuary.\n\n Resources For links to detailed instructions about how to propagate native seeds, visit: https://www.estuarymagazine.com/2024/09/resources-how-to-propagate-native-seeds/\n\n…
Dams, Fish, & Relicensing Major Power Plants
…in the relicensing process. Len Greene, director of government affairs and communications for FirstLight, which owns Turners Falls, would not comment on the specifics of what the company will include…
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…
Become an Environmental Activist
…training in observation, data collection, and recording techniques. Thanks particularly to the efforts of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, citizen science has become most publicized and synonymous with bird population…
Justin Smith Morrill: Father of the System of Land-Grant Colleges
…Vermont. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons (plaque). Niranjan Arminius, Wikimedia Commons (Hall). While one can appreciate the impact of this act today, the Land-Grant Act, being a product of the social…
Wallace Stevens and “The River of Rivers”
…There is a great river this side of Stygia Before one comes to the first black cataracts And trees that lack the intelligence of trees. In that river, far this…
What’s for Dinner: Cherry Cobbler Completes the Meal
This article appears in the Summer 2025 issue\n\n Cherry Cobbler Completes the Meal \n\n By Melody Tierney\n\n The slump, the dump, the Betty, the crisp, the crumble, or the cobbler!…
Invasive Plants – Oriental Bittersweet
…is human history behind how they arrived, and because New England was colonized early in the country’s history, these plants are now well established. Peter Del Tredici, emeritus Senior Research…
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,…
The Hartford Wits & the World They Made
…century later, the Wits would be largely forgotten, thought to be “unreadable,” and embarrassing examples of “epic pomp.” This is fairly common for literary movements, and the second one in…
Casting About: The “Eighty-Eight”
…and no internet, so they used whatever materials were at hand. My guess is the original red and green wire came out of a discarded phone cable. Yes, fly tyers…
Below the Surface: Plant Eggs to Grow Salmon
…colleague Jen Noll, Jen’s technician Shannon Nelligan, and Landis Hudson from Maine Rivers (a conservation organization). Spring comes late to those parts, and although the daffodils were blooming along the…
Second Annual Award for Early Career Achievement in Environmentalism
…communities about aquatic invasive species threatening Connecticut’s rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams. One of her skills includes being a certified commercial drone pilot. The Watershed Fund and Estuary magazine give…
Gardening for Good: A Local Cemetery Inspires Wild Ideas for Your Lawn
…woods. Dwarf Cinquefoil, Potentilla Canadensis This common, low-lying plant (up to four inches in height) can form a large mat. It has bright yellow flowers and toothed leaves. Both flower…
Nature’s Heart
…to the water. “Nature,” Thoreau said, “puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask,” yet she quiets the mind, nourishes the spirit, and makes us feel alive from…
The Elusive Bobcat
…us—myself included—have rarely seen in the wild. Maybe this comment explains why: “They have a behavior where if something is coming toward them (like you or me), and they don’t…