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Author: JChristensen

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

August 6, 2020 JChristensen Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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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