Saturday, January 24, 1o-11am. Cold Spring Park (1094 Beacon St., Newton). Kick off a cozy winter morning with a family walk in Cold Spring Park. Start out with frosty-fun with an Olaf meet‑and‑greet. Then hit the trails for a scavenger … Read More
Category Archives: Wildlife
Thursday, December 4, 7-8:30pm. Online. Join naturalist Dave Small for an introduction to attracting and watching moths in your backyard. Discover the native plants you can introduce to your landscape to attract a wide variety of butterflies and moths. Learn … Read More
Wednesday, November 12, 6:30-7:30pm. Online. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) recently proposed a plan that would allow for sewage to continue to be dumped into the Charles River forever. During a meeting with its Board of Directors, MWRA officials … Read More
Thursday, November 13, 7pm. Online. In the webinar “Fish, the Missing Link in Suburban/Urban Conservation,” author and long time angler Bob Mallard will discuss the importance of native fish, the impact of nonnative fish, as well as what the Native … Read More
Saturday, October 25, 9:30am. Hamilton Place at Hemlock Gorge, Newton. Come with family and friends for a morning in the fresh outdoors doing good for the environment. Meet at Hamilton Place between 9:30 and 10am. For a MAP showing the … Read More
Sunday, October 26, 10am-12pm. Cold Spring Park (1094 Beacon St., Newton). Help restore the health of the Cold Spring Park plant community by removing plants that harm our native ecosystem. We will work with the Phi Sigma Rho sorority group … Read More
Thursday, October 9, 7pm. Online. The most sensitive biological indicator of climate change is phenology, the timing of events. As a result of a warming climate, plants and animals are now active earlier in the spring and are extending their … Read More
Every year, billions of birds migrate north in the spring and south in the fall, the majority of them flying at night, navigating with the night sky. However, as they pass over big cities on their way, they can become … Read More
Tuesday, October 28, 7-8:15pm. Online. Dawn Burau, from Wild Indigo Gardening, will share her experiences growing native plants in a Somerville yard. Her backyard is covered in pavement and abuts the neighbor’s yard near a chain-link fence. Between the pavement … Read More
Marvel at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Florida Keys, and the Frederick Douglass house. Listen to wolves howl. Walk in dinosaur tracks. Look up into the inky night sky, and reach for the stars! These sites belong to … Read More
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