Treasures all around...musings on the Sugar River Valley
Out in Unity, just over the Claremont line, the Sullivan County Complex stretches across acres of forest and meadows. This complex is...
Seed Packet Art: Garden Mimicry
Students from Unity Elementary, Charlestown Primary, and Maple Avenue Elementary schools submitted designs to be showcased on our Native...
Counting Caterpillars
Twice a year, Dawn visits Up on the Hill Conservation Area in Charlestown, managed by Upper Valley Land Trust, to monitor the monarch...
Monarchs Endangered?
This is probably shocking to some, but not to others. There are a few ways to look at it and not all monarch researchers agree that the...
Pollinator Week
What a fun grand opening for the Student Art Exhibition at Saint Gaudens. Families and community members came out to celebrate...
A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies
Students at Charlestown Middle School and AVA Gallery created beautiful works of art for the Conservation Districts Seed Packet Art...
Mourning Cloak
Last fall, I found a brown, spiky chrysalis attached to a wheelbarrow in the community garden. It was hanging of the inside edge and it...
Bicycling with Butterflies
A dear friend of mine got me this fantastic book by Sara Dykman, a monarch enthusiast who rode her bicycle along the migration route of...
Joy Renewed
Things that soar - turkey vultures, eagles, monarch butterflies - always make me think of freedom. They look so calm and effortless...
Mystery Pollinator
I'm in the garden enjoying the beauty of the flowers and I hear a buzzing sound getting closer. I look around to find out who's making...
