Freeing The Ware River
What does it mean to remove a dam that’s constrained a river for more than a century? What does it look like to loose the bindings that have impeded the…Continue Reading →
Herring Underwater At Mystic Lakes
Herring on their annual spring spawning run on June 12, 2026, just upstream of the Mystic Lakes Dam between Medford and, Arlington and Winchester, Massachusetts. In 2025, an estimated 815,000…Continue Reading →
Muskrat At Saugus River
Muskrat! Was convalescing while chatting with a friend along the Saugus River, just upstream of the Saugus Iron Works, on a recent afternoon. We got quiet for a while. And…Continue Reading →
Horseshoe Crabs Nesting At Mouth Of Saugus River
Horseshoe crabs like to do their ancient, annual nesting/mating at the highest tide at the full moon or new moon in late May, early June. Which around these parts was…Continue Reading →
Herring Make Annual Spawning Run At Woburn’s Horn Pond Dam
Herring trying to get up the rocks at Horn Pond Dam in Woburn, Massachusetts. Part of a documentary video I’m working on about their annual spring spawning run up the…Continue Reading →
‘Baby Animals Festival’ At Hancock Shaker Village
On a recent sunny Saturday morning, Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, launched one of the great rites of spring in the Berkshires: the village’s annual “Baby Animals Festival,” running…Continue Reading →
Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival: Photos
Gore Place, the historic, 50-acre estate in Waltham, welcomed spring today with its annual Sheepshearing Festival. It featured demonstrations of traditional shearing techniques, herding dogs, historic re-enactors, music, craft and…Continue Reading →
Waterfall At Beaver Brook Reservation
Another waterfall close to Boston is the Cascade at the Commonwealth’s Beaver Brook Reservation along the Belmont-Waltham line. Beaver Brook flows from Lexington through Belmont and Waltham to the Charles…Continue Reading →
Escape From The Bitter Cold In A Greenhouse
When it gets especially freezy out, I like to escape to a local greenhouse for a bit of warm, green humidity. So I recently made a getaway to the Lyman…Continue Reading →
Frozen Waterfall A Short Walk From End Of Orange Line
The Cascade in the Middlesex Fells is always dazzling after a fresh snow–and especially after a few weeks of freezing temperatures have turned the waterfall into an ice palace. The…Continue Reading →