Recently the team visited a beautiful set of rapids and falls along the East river on the trail leading to Castle Rock, Lunenburg County. Here are two impressions. Cloud Forest By Doug Pope Driving to the site, my mind drifted onto a news story from the night before. A report on the Hajj—pilgrimage to […]
Author: Lenka Tomlinson
“Salt Marshes of Cherry Hill Beach: An Expedition”
Rachel Kendall is a person who gets excited about swamps; and about bogs, fens and marshes! She’s a biologist who specializes in soil science, particularly in wetland environments. When we met her, her curiosity and enthusiasm for wild spaces made us feel quite at home. She greeted our summer team at Cherry Hill Beach, Lunenburg […]
Stewardship in Managed Wilderness
To cultivate or to rewild? To hand-pick optimal plants for each micro-environment, giving them the best chance for success, or to stand back and let nature take its course? These are the choices facing property owners, Carol Goodwin and Janet Pope. In both instances, controlled environments, starting with house, lawn and garden, co-exist with wild […]