Archive from December, 2014
Which hawk is that? Ocean State Bird Club workshop says behavior may hold key
By     |    Dec 21, 2014
Posted in: Born to be Wild Nature Center, National Audubon Society, Natural Science, Ocean State Bird Club, Outdoor writing, Rhode Island DEM, RINHS, The Nature Conservancy, The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Uncategorized, Wildlife Rehabilitators of Rhode Island, WRARI     |    No Comments

Which hawk is that? Ocean State Bird Club workshop says behavior may hold key

At 65 mph, the car is zipping too quickly down route 95 to observe much, and overcast skies obscure most color. The car passes beneath a light pole. At the top, a bird roughly the size and shape of a football perches, eyes fixed on the grass below. There’s a black line, a “belly band”, across its middle. Nearby is an open patch of grass. Is it a pigeon? A […]

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REMOVING DAMS TO RESTORE NATURE
By     |    Dec 16, 2014
Posted in: Dam removal, land trust, Natural Science, Rhode Island DEM, RINHS, The Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife, USFW, Westerly, White Rock Dam, Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association, WPWA     |    No Comments

REMOVING DAMS TO RESTORE NATURE

It seemed like the right move at the time. Big factories like textile mills in the 18th and 19th centuries needed power, and when there was no such thing as electricity, there was one major source: water. Use the power at hand to make a factory generate products. Build a factory by a river. Dam the river, turn it, shape it, bend it to the needs and turn that enormous […]

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