Join us to honor Steve Gephard, CRSA’s 2022 Presidents Award recipient, and frequent estuary contributor.
Kelsey Wentling- CT River Conservancy River Steward
Five a.m. Streaks of soft pink light the predawn sky. It’s late June, and I’m on my way to Essex to meet Kelsey Wentling, a river steward with the Connecticut River Conservancy.
Estuary for Young Readers
I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”
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One Photograph- Great Island
But from the first few dreamy days of April on well into May, where better to discover springtime than in one’s own patch of cozy, quaint New England woods?
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Peregrine Falcon Recovery
The word peregrine is derived from pilgrim or wanderer. A fitting name for a species that may travel as much as 15,000 miles in a year to complete its migratory journey.
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Made You Look
These sorts of outdoor spaces often serve as both installations and galleries for the sculptors.
Below the Surface- Behold the Mighty Minnow
It seemed like just another spring day when we stopped at the Salmon River, a tidewater tributary of the Connecticut River that splits the towns of Haddam and East Haddam, Connecticut.
An Island Treasure
Selden’s shoreline bristles with looming hardwoods and a thorny understory. Surrounded by a natural moat, this verdant fortress, the largest island along the Connecticut River, is easily mistaken for the mainland.
Geology of the Connecticut Valley
For such a small area, New England, Connecticut, and the Connecticut River Valley have an amazing diversity of geology.
Let’s Go
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Helping Those Who Need Help in the Wild
How many times have you seen an injured animal or bird and wanted to assist it, but didn’t know where to turn?
A Century Ago, Odell Shepard Fell in Love with New England
This teacher, scholar, poet, and wayfarer was an editor and emulator of Thoreau.
Lying in Wait
Those familiar cinnamon plumes, waving in unison from their towering vantage point above our marshes and sand dunes, were not always so abundant, or robust.
What’s for Dinner- Savory Apple Stuffed Chicken Breast with Cider Sauce
Yum yum summertime…and what better way to celebrate than to have a barbeque! Our choices are diverse, but let’s focus on what’s fresh and readily available at this time of the year. What comes to mind? … Corn and tomatoes, which can be prepared with a minimum of fuss…and what a delight to the eyes as well.
Kelsey Wentling- CT River Conservancy River Steward
Five a.m. Streaks of soft pink light the predawn sky. It’s late June, and I’m on my way to Essex to meet Kelsey Wentling, a river steward with the Connecticut River Conservancy.
Great American Outdoors Act
Passage of the Great
American Outdoors
Act (GAOA) in 2020
was greeted enthusiastically by
those who enjoy nature and the
outdoors.
Practical Beauty
On a fine spring day in May, a morning mist rises as snowmelt from the peaks of Vermont and New Hampshire spills over the long slope of Holyoke’s granite dam.
The Garden
Wildflowers—on my own home turf here, at the southern end of the Connecticut: this should be fun.
Organic Bounty from Windsor Soils
When I visited Deep Meadow Farm on a late spring day, colorful rows of vegetables lined many of the fields. Cohen and several of his fifteen employees—multitasking while overseeing activities on a busy morning—graciously provided a tour and overview of the property.
Thornton W. Burgess
Thornton W. Burgess, who was born nine years after the Civil War and died in 1965, was well ahead of his time.