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…

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Book Announcement- If Only Houses Could Talk

…largely responsible for the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The book, Historic Houses of the Connecticut River Valley, can be obtained for $23.99 by visiting arcadiapublishing.com.\n\n…

One Photograph- Little Bird, Big Song

…searching, I was left with a core list of “wish birds” that distracted me no end; and one of these was a rare little brown job called the Short-billed Marsh…

Spring Stunners

…so that you do not sicken the hummingbirds. Enjoy! Bill Hobbs is a nature columnist for The Day in New London, CT. For comments, he can be reached at whobbs246@gmail.com.\n\n…

Cymbella Cistula

This article appears in the Spring 2024 issue\n\n Cymbella Cistula\n\n A Beacon of Healthy Water\n\n By Andrew Fisk\n\n A regular feature about living things that call the Connecticut River and…

What’s For Dinner? Summertime, Summertime!

This article appears in the Summer 2024 issue\n\n Summertime, Summertime!\n\n By Melody Tierney\n\n Nothing screams summer like a bowl full of tomatoes freshly picked from the garden. New England comes…

The Connecticut River Raft Race

With all the decorum of a college fraternity on house party weekend, the annual Connecticut River Raft Race will celebrate its 50th anniversary on July 20, 2024. “Race” is a…

Estuary for Young Readers

…like everybody in Saybrook was at the Town Hall meeting tonight. When news got out that a representative from the New Haven & New London Railroad would come here to…

Mabel Osgood Wright

…Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hartford. His signature course is the Sociology of the Connecticut River. He is an associate producer of the documentary Ferry Boats of…

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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…

The Hartford Wits & the World They Made

…old age of fifteen. He joined a secret literary society with Dwight and Trumbull, who gave the commencement oration that year. Humphreys and Dwight stayed at Yale as tutors, instructing…

The Forgotten Flood of 1936

People gather near the Hotel Bond in Hartford, CT, during the flood of 1936. Photo by John F. Dreier/Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0.\n\n The Forgotten Flood of 1936\n\n By Eric D….

The Connecticut River’s Tranquility

…will not want to miss any of them nor opportunities both to benefit from and to help nature in the Connecticut River Valley. [1] Bromage, Erin S., https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them [2] Adams,…

Vermont’s Spectacular Waterfalls

This article appears in the Spring 2024 issue\n\n Vermont’s Spectacular Waterfalls By John Burk Few things in nature exemplify spring more than a roaring waterfall or stream in a freshly…

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…