by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 23, 2015 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for November 27, 2015 [pullquote]”Some say it is the largest freshwater cattail swamp in New England.”[/pullquote]Last week several old Middleton Stream Teamers of the Ipswich River Watershed finally visited a marsh in the headwaters of the...
by Mira Plante | Nov 17, 2015 | Water Closet Blog
On a recent expedition into the North Maine Woods logging country to camp, hunt, and photograph wildlife for ten days, I brought along two gallon containers of store bought bottled water. I was looking forward to filling them with pure spring water from the...
by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 17, 2015 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for November 20, 2015 [pullquote]”They were seemingly paddling on a wondrous carpet, dry above and only wet where lightly touching an unseen liquid surface below.”[/pullquote]Mid-morning Friday, November 6, a score of hikers paused in the oak...
by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 9, 2015 | Water Closet Blog
The Water Closet for Nov.13, 2015 [pullquote]”Ira worked closely with the Conservation Commission, the Community Preservation Committee, and the Essex County Greenbelt Association over the years.”[/pullquote] Last week Middleton Stream Team’s...
by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 2, 2015 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for November 6, 2015 [pullquote]”Erica Goode in the October 29, New York Times, relates global warming to cod declines, especially acute in the Gulf of Maine waters, our sea.”[/pullquote]The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, long economically...
by Middleton Stream Team | Oct 26, 2015 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for October 30, 2015 [pullquote]”Then there are a dozen additional variables besides pigments on the unseen artist’s broad palate: temperature, light angle, light intensity, humidity, genetics, rain amounts, frosts, cloud cover, wind, air pollution,...
