Beaver Pond at Rattlesnake Brook. By: Catie Resor Last September, we held the Middlesex Land Trust annual meeting. We hosted a speaker, Dr. Tracy Rittenhouse from the University of Connecticut, who studies large carnivores in the…
By Catie ResorBoard Member, Middlesex Land Trust Webs on a fall morning (swamp) You’ve probably had the experience of walking along a trail in the fall and finding a little wooly bear caterpillar trundling along underfoot.…
By: Catie Resor A few years back, I spotted not one, but three eastern box turtles along a short stretch of the Airline Trail where it connects to the Land Trust’s Palmer Taylor Preserve. Even if…
By: Jeff Dickey-Chasins You probably love being outside, or you wouldn’t know about the Middlesex Land Trust! But you know who enjoys the great outdoors even more than you do? Ticks. Ticks – the pros and…
By Catie Resor Until a few days ago, the crickets were still chirping, but it was clear that change was on its way. Fall is a quiet time in the woods, and the once-background ring of…