VERMONT – A decade-long study published in the journal Northeastern Naturalist this month found that 352 wild bee species call Vermont home, with 60% of those species likely in need of conservation action. The study, led by researchers from Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE,) in collaboration with the Vermont Fish &[Read More…]
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Weeks Gone By
65 Years ago in the Hardwick Gazette Thursday, Nov. 17, 1960 GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WIN QUIZ Two Greensboro Junior High students, Mary Lee Merill and Louise Tanguay, won the Current Events Quiz on WCAX-TV in Burlington last Friday night. The winners defeated students from Essex Junction and Turnbridge. Their[Read More…]
More Snow and Rain in Forecast for the Week
EAST HARDWICK – A significant amount of precipitation fell over the course of the week as we were visited by multiple storm systems that dropped mostly rain through Sunday, although a few snow showers were evident during the morning hours on Thursday, Sunday and Monday. Monday featured heavy rain as[Read More…]
Even here in Vermont
EAST MONTPELIER – A few months ago I saw a cartoon in The New Yorker. In it, a king stands on his raised veranda with an aide, looking down on an obviously angry crowd armed with pitchforks and torches. Nonplussed, he turns to his courtier, who advises something like this:[Read More…]
Shapiro to visit Namibian Kalahari desert
EAST HARDWICK – Jonathan Shapiro has received a Flyin Ryan Hawks Foundation Adventure Scholarship award to travel to the Kalahari desert in Namibia and go tracking with indigenous San Bushmen elders. In making the award, the foundation said, “This will be an epic adventure for him, as well as a[Read More…]
“We all have a voice that comes from our spirit”
GREENSBORO – Greensboro resident Eleanor Guare has been curating Voices of Spirit column in The Hardwick Gazette for some time now. Voices of Spirit is intended to offer commentary and reflections, sometimes about current events, while providing a religious perspective or tying in a spiritual theme. Guare shared her inspiration[Read More…]
Savoring seventy-five
SHELBURNE – In this season of giving thanks, I am grateful for the actual and aspiring Wrinkled Radicals I know. Some of you shared my October blog with staff, family and friends. I can visualize us all sitting around a Thanksgiving table practicing radical Grace, each with a food-insecure guest. [Read More…]
Journey of a single bee observation
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Last month I reconnected with a geologist colleague from years ago who mentioned that he uses iNaturalist in the university classes he teaches. “We contribute a lot of observations,” he said. “Who knows if they’re really of use to anyone?” So let’s trace the journey of[Read More…]
Paquette receives Community Science Award
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE) bee biologist Spencer Hardy first met Bernie Paquette at the 2019 Jericho-Underhill Christmas Bird Count. Paquette had long since retired from his career at IBM in Essex Junction, but had only recently caught the naturalist bug at a 2016 walk hosted[Read More…]
More fall garden chores
CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – After a severely dry summer, October brought much needed rains, at least here, in Cornish Flat. It is particularly important for trees, shrubs and perennials planted this year to go into the winter well hydrated, and it looks like Mother Nature has taken care of that.[Read More…]
Smart garden tool storage for winter
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Storing garden tools is likely one of the last projects that’s tackle when putting a garden to bed. Take the time now to clean, inspect and make needed repairs. They’ll be ready to go to work in your garden when spring arrives. Gather everything together and[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By – 65 years ago
Erwin Gilcris is confined to his home by illness. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Edebohls are visiting in Long Island, New York. Dona Bessete was a business visitor in Burlington on Saturday. Guests at the home of Mrs. Lola Foster on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Alden Owen of Barton. Mrs.[Read More…]
