A proposal by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to remove an area of white pine trees from the state forest is facing pushback from local forestry experts.
Farm & Garden
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The big wooden doors of the Chicama Vineyards shop closed for the last time Sunday evening at two minutes past five. The shelves of the shop, once...
By LYNNE IRONS While sitting once again in traffic, I was developing a bad attitude. I began seeing weeds, dead flower heads, planters needing...
In just a few weeks, the agricultural hall grounds in West Tisbury will be abuzz with activity. Already there are signs that the annual Martha’s...
By LYNNE IRONS According to the Rodale Institute, switching conventional farmland to organic would cut greenhouse emissions by 10 per cent in the...
It is the last Tuesday in July. The asparagus is long gone. Sugar snap peas have departed. Strawberry season has come and gone. But still there is...
By LYNNE IRONS While sitting in bridge traffic waiting for yet another enormous sailboat to pass through, I was working on a pretty significant...
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Nature & Science Stories
After eight years of research, a new breakthrough in science has taken a big step forward in potentially stopping the transmission of Lyme disease between mice and ticks.
A new report from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium this week estimated that the right whale population rose to about 372 whales at the beginning of 2023, up from a previous estimate of 356 whales.