Dear Son, Your father and I were glad to receive word that you and Raymond have been given charge of a riverboat ferry.
What’s for Dinner: Spring Rack of Lamb With Minted Strawberry Sauce
When we think of spring and “What’s for Dinner,” we often think of lamb.
Gardening for Good: Miscanthus Misgivings
A number of years ago I planted an ornamental grass in my garden, having seen it in other yards and fallen in love with the exquisite plumes of seed-heads that it produced in the fall.
Casting About: The Belding Wildlife Management Area
Gracing the quiet hills of Vernon, Connecticut, the Belding WMA is a nature preserve, kindly donated to the State of Connecticut by the Belding Family in 1981.
Central Watershed Outings: Historic Deerfield
On Old Main Street in the village center of Deerfield, Massachusetts, the meticulously restored buildings of Historic Deerfield line a picturesque, tree-shaded thoroughfare.
Wildlife Wonders: How to Track a Hummingbird
Along the Alabama shoreline, two young, trailblazing scientists are emerging as leaders in ornithology.
Creating a Nature Center for the Estuary
On the marshy banks of the Lieutenant River in Old Lyme, Connecticut, a quiet revolution in environmental education and research has been unfolding for over a decade.
Below the Surface: Understanding Stream Channel Complexity
We’ve all seen topographic maps and models of terrestrial landforms, but seldom do we see bathymetric maps or models of what lies below the surface.
Covering Ground: A Healing Reconnaissance in Canfield Woods
Not long ago, I was feeling snappish. Struggling over things I did need to do. Getting distracted with things I did not need to do
A Complicated Victory: The Fight for the Farmington River
Upstream from the Old Riverton Inn, deep in the pine forests of northwest Connecticut, the West Branch of the Farmington River is dammed not once, but twice, as it tumbles out of the Berkshire Hills.
The First People of the Farmington Valley
Soon after the first English settlers of the Connecticut River valley arrived in Windsor in 1635 and 1636, they conducted a series of walkabouts, searching for additional lands they viewed as “unimproved” or seemingly unused and, therefore in their view, free for the taking.
An Ox in the Woods
On a wet morning last November, a handful of people climbed a slope along the Goodwin Trail in the town of East Haddam with the intention of delivering a handmade bench inland for weary hikers.
The Scourge of Hydrilla
This is the second in a series of stories about hydrilla. For an introduction, see “Hydrilla: The Nine-Headed Serpent in our Estuary Waters,” by Judy Preston, Fall 2020, and at https://www.estuarymagazine.com/2020/11/hydrilla/.
Letter from the Publisher:
estuary…A Magazine about Life of the Connecticut River
A Letter from the Editor:
If you are reading this, there is an excellent chance you love the River as much as we do. The more we speak with readers like you, the more we hear new and interesting stories about the River. This is an invitation to submit those stories to us so that we might share them with other readers. We have a process for doing this. Go to estuarymagazine.com/submissions and read the detailed instructions on how to submit story ideas. You can also submit letters to the editor.
Send Us Your Best
This dramatic photo was taken by Frank Dinardi an amateur wildlife photographer from Connecticut.
An Editorial
When people wore gas masks to protect from the man-made stench of the Connecticut River
A Room with a View
Tom Rose does not live on the Connecticut River, but he lives surrounded by a panoramic River view. His view is not obstructed by buildings, by trees or by traffic-laden roads because he created it himself.