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Author: JChristensen

One Landscape, Multiple Stories: Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Southeastern Massachusetts

August 6, 2020 JChristensen

Driving west on Herring Pond Road in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, it may seem improbable that the landscape of…

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Filed under: Cedarville, Herring Pond, Indigenous KNowledge, Plymouth, Wompanoag

On Ecological Restoration: We Are Not a Virus

August 2, 2020 JChristensen 1 Comment

The Coonamessett River, which is fed by coldwater springs, runs less than three miles through the heart of Falmouth on…

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Filed under: Cape Cod, Ecological Restoration, Ellisville, Falmouth, Healing, Plymouth

In a Heath Hen, Everything

July 31, 2020 JChristensen

SEMPBA recently published on its website a list of every plant and animal species that has been extirpated from the…

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Filed under: Cape Cod, Extinction, Extirpation, Falmouth, Grief, Heath Hen, Wildlife

Toward the Edges: Reflections on Nature in the Time of COVID-19

May 6, 2020 JChristensen 2 Comments

“You have chased away the spirits with your roads and development projects. They hide in the thick forests, and it…

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Filed under: Ecological Restoration, Hiking, Mass Audubon, Quarantine, Tidmarsh

Undamming Plymouth

February 26, 2020 JChristensen

Earlier this month, Eric Hutchens, a habitat restoration specialist with the NOAA Restoration Center, gave a talk at the Wildlands…

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Filed under: Dam Removal, Ecological Restoration, Town Brook, Wildlands trust

Horseshoe Crab Season is Coming

February 6, 2020 JChristensen

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (MDMF) will be holding its annual Horseshoe Crab Science Committee meeting on March 11th…

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Filed under: Horseshoe Crabs

A Winter Walk

January 22, 2020 JChristensen

Last week, I went on a walk. The general busyness of the holidays; the short daylight of November and December;…

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Filed under: Center Hill Preserve, Hike, Natural Communities, Plymouth, Vernal Pool, Winter

The Creative Potential of the Human Element

January 16, 2020 JChristensen

On the first Sunday of January, Wildlands Trust hosted a screening of the latest James Balog documentary, The Human Element.…

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Filed under: Climate Change, Documentary, James Balog, Narrative Medicine

A Conservation Vision Map for the Massachusetts Pine Barrens

December 10, 2019 JChristensen

Last month, the Cape Cod Commission (CCC) held two workshops – one in the town of Eastham, the other in…

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Filed under: Cape Cod Commission, Climate Chnage, Conservation Planning, Ecoregion, Green Infrastructure, Mapping, Pine Barrens, Resiliency, Workshop

A Walk Through Tucker Preserve

November 20, 2019 JChristensen

PACTV’s (Plymouth Area Community Television) program The Local Seen recently put together a multimedia video showcasing Pembroke’s Tucker Preserve in…

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Filed under: Autumn, Edel Copeland, Fall, Local Matters, Local Seen, Pembroke, Poetry, Tucker Preserve, Video

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