by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 24, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 29, 2017 The Parker River flows between the Merrimack and Ipswich rivers as it meanders fifteen miles from Groveland to Plum Island Sound. [pullquote]”Humans have paddled these waters for 10,000 years. They’ll...
by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 15, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 22, 2017 Historic Portsmouth, a small city with a great seaport, is less than an hour north of Middleton via an asphalt river that flows from the now suffering Keyes up into Maine. [pullquote]”Beneath the water...
by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 8, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 15, 2017 Naturalist Fred Gralenski in far off Pembroke, Maine, has been sending the Middleton Stream Team his bimonthly, Quoddy Nature Notes, for over a decade. Below is a column from long ago, repeated recently, about hummingbirds....
by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 2, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 8, 2017 On a fine August Sunday afternoon, 11 paddlers in four kayaks and three canoes put in on a half-tide ebb at the end of Island Road in Essex. [pullquote]”Soft shelled clams, razor clams and an occasional...
by Middleton Stream Team | Aug 5, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for August 11, 2017 Seven paddlers including the Old Closeteer arose in the dark and wondered for a moment why they were doing so. It was four-o’clock; sunrise, their target, was at five-thirty. They planned to greet the sun’s early light on the...
by Middleton Stream Team | May 14, 2017 | Events
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by Middleton Stream Team | May 2, 2017 | Events
[metaslider id=4673] The 10 Annual Earth Day Festival, organized by the Middleton Stream Team, was an afternoon of fun and learning for all! Attendees enjoyed the Creighton Pond Camp setting and the opportunities the natural setting provided. Essex Tech...
by Middleton Stream Team | Apr 12, 2017 | Events
Middleton Stream Team’s Vernal Pool Hike was recently held on a warm and sunny Sunday afternoon. (scroll down for slide show)The group of almost sixty was excited and laden down with nets. In age, the attendees ranged from toddlers in carriers to octogenarians. We...
by Middleton Stream Team | Mar 30, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for March 31, 2017 The other morning Middleton Stream Teamers while spring cleaning the park at Farnsworth Landing on the Ipswich River compared notes on Aix sponsa, wood ducks, recently seen. We agreed that there has been an increase of this species in...
