Greens gone wild

On a hot morning in late June, the western shore of Jordan River in Hancock County teemed with wildlife. Osprey … More

Leftover Forests

Completed in 2023, Triangle Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a new green space in a city striving to increase tree … More

The world according to ferns

When an asteroid slammed into Earth 65 million years ago, sending clouds of iridium-laced dust into the sky, it was … More

Bangor’s Forest Scraps

Cities across the globe and here in the Northeast are spending millions of dollars to plant trees and increase urban … More

Sears Island, Still and Again

Like clockwork, another Maine governor has put Sears Island at the center of industrial dreams. Which means it’s probably time … More

Restoring salmon (and more) in the Skutik River

Ten years ago, the run of alewives in the Skutik (St. Croix) River hovered around 16,000. Though that’s more than … More

Rivers of Ink

“How To Catch A Salmon” appears in the Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot, featuring a mosaic of … More

The marshes are rising

Salt marshes exist in a narrow plane between low and high tides. For decades, coastal ecologists have worried that marshes … More

The Fate of the Forests in the Sea

From Captain Cook’s Endeavor to Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, the wrecks of wooden ships and their encounters with one of the … More

City trees, urban forests

On Earth Day 2007, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced MillionTreesNYC, a partnership of the nonprofit New York Restoration … More