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Barnaby's "Old Huss"

A Fox Hound She Ain’t

Every year there's something. This year it's foxes. I've never seen so many in my life. Generally, I see them...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
woman in a kayak gazing at island scenery

For members only: discounted kayak tours

Our friends at Maine Kayak are offering current Coastal Rivers members a 10% discount on half-day sea kayaking trips to...
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  • Featured News, Partnerships & Community
watercolor sketches of lupines in bloom

Lupines

Company was coming, and I was told to go out and pick some flowers to spruce up the house. "Get...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
Deer Meadow Brook in Newcastle

Coastal Rivers expands River~Link corridor along Deer Meadow Brook in Newcastle

On April 28, we closed on the purchase of our largest independent acquisition to date in the Town of Newcastle!...
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  • Connectivity, Featured News, Housing, Land Conservation, River~Link
a plate of asparagus on toast

The Coldest Month

In my determination to see spring in, “proper,” as they say, I need to get my mind, body and biorhythm...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
two pairs of bare feet on a sandy beach, pointing at a large seashell

Give Me a Beach

Just point me down a long white beach and let me go. If it stretches far enough, I will walk...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
hemlock woolly adelgid on the underside of a hemlock bough

Protecting hemlock forests from hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA)

Property owners have a significant role to play in the control of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an aphid-like insect that...
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  • Caring for the Land, Climate, Recorded workshops & trainings
daffodils and new grass

Rx: Green Grass and the Light of Day

There once was a man who worked every day deep down in the bowels of a great city building. His...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
student using a bow drill to try to start a fire

Igniting a love of learning with Great Salt Bay fourth graders

In mid-November I received an email from Anne Tibbetts, a fourth-grade teacher at Great Salt Bay School (GSB), who wrote,...
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  • Featured News, Nature Education
cat among hay and horses in a barn

The Whispering of Hay

If I were not what I am, a man with expectations of a measure of civilized amenities, warm meals and...
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  • Barnaby's Blog
turtle crossing a road and an image of the book Crossings

Crossings: How road ecology is shaping the future of our planet

It was a treat to have author Ben Goldfarb with us once again, this time for an online presentation on...
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  • Recorded workshops & trainings
bare oak limbs in silhoutte against the sunset

The Shape of a Tree

Trees silhouetted against the clear January sky, or reaching out of the shadowy forest during a snow squall, tell the...
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  • Nature Notes
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