(Get it? Like A Farewell to Arms? Anyway.) Today I visited Salmon Hole for the last time. Not much has changed since last Saturday, but I have noticed more birds and also that the buds have grown larger. Because of … Continue reading →

When I went to Salmon Hole early this morning, it was raining pretty heavily. Because of this, I did not see any other people while I was there, but unfortunately did not hear any songbirds or see any mammals either. … Continue reading →

A tradition many local kids in my area keep is to drive to the beach on the first day of spring that it is reasonably warm enough to go. It is often a celebration of an unseasonably warm day, or … Continue reading →

Upon coming to Salmon Hole this week, I did not immediately notice any major changes. Though there had been a lot of snow melt the last few weeks, the past few days it has gotten very cold again and has … Continue reading →

Salmon Hole looks very different from the last time I saw it! There are many changes at the site that have appeared since early December, the most noticeable of which is that large parts of the Winooski have frozen over … Continue reading →

Historically, Salmon Hole has been used by humans intermittently for the last 12,000 years. The name “Winooski” comes from the Abenaki word “Winooskiok,” a toponym meaning the land of wild onions. (Also why the City Market Co-op is also called the … Continue reading →

When I got to Salmon Hole today, the first thing I noticed was the new change in water level. The last time I went, it had just rained for an entire week and the water level had dramatically increased to … Continue reading →

This Thanksgiving break, I returned to a place that is very special to me. I went to the Billie Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton, New Jersey, about 20 minutes from where I grew up.This is my favorite place … Continue reading →

the bend of a river is a funny place both a breeding ground and a dumping ground   it is the island of misfit toys toys — both gifts of nature and trash of ours driftwood, glass bottle, lost tennis ball … Continue reading →

When I was on the phone with my mother on my way to my site, she asked me if all the trees in Vermont still had their leaves, I replied that yes, most trees still had their leaves but that … Continue reading →