The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) will host their annual Herring Festival where participants can celebrate the annual migration of Alewife, Blueback Herring, and American Shad from the ocean into the Charles River. The event will feature food trucks, community art activities, tours of the Watertown Dam, and other activities…
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Newton Conservators will host a webinar, Rediscovering and Revitalizing Cheesecake Brook, where participants can learn about Cheesecake Brook and how it exemplifies the challenges facing urban streams. They can also learn about how to reduce aquatic pollution, promote healthier flow patterns, and create an attractive shaded wetland corridor for the…
The Newton Conservators will host A Stroll Through Cold Spring Park. Participants can tour this woodland haven in the heart of Newton and explore some of its natural and unnatural wonders, mysteries, threats, and possibilities with Friends of Cold Spring Park founder and President Alan Nogee. The event will take place on…
The Newton Conservators will host a Edmands Park Pollinator Bioblitz on Saturday, June 7, 10:30AM-12:30PM, to help people of all ages to explore the plants and wildlife of Edmands Park (63 Blake Street, Newtonville) and improve plant identification skills. Registration is free. Come explore the pollinators of Edmands Park and improve insect identi…
In a presentation at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton on March 18, Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist William Moomaw urged for the conservation of forests and local trees, citing the benefits of preserving larger trees and the consequences of cutting them down. The event, Why Protect Newton’s Trees?,…
Newton Conservators will host a webinar, Getting Real About Dealing with Mosquitoes, where participants can learn from experts Jennifer Forman-Orth and Doug Bidlack about mosquito biology, hear the real science about what you can do to avoid getting mosquito bites, and explore how state mosquito control helps prevent exposure to…
Newton Conservators will host a webinar, The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds. Participants can listen in as noted author and painter Julie Zickefoose talks about the unexpected mental and emotional capacities of birds, especially songbirds, which people tend to underestimate and overlook. This webinar will take place on…
At 7PM on March 18 at FUUSN, Mothers Out Front Newton, Green Newton, Protect Newton Trees, and FUUSN Climate Action Task Force will host Nobel Prize winning scientist Dr. William R. Moomaw, whose research for the last twenty years has documented the essential ecological services provided by mature forests and…
The Newton Conservators will host a Vernal Pool BioBlitz on Sunday, April 6, 10AM-12PM, to help people of all ages to explore the plants and wildlife of Webster Woods (450 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill) and improve plant identification skills. This event is FREE. Register here. Vernal pools are small wetlands that are important…
The City of Newton broke ground February 13 on a multi-use synthetic turf field at Albemarle Field — part of a $9.5 million park renovation aimed at improving recreational facilities while addressing longstanding concerns about flooding. Synthetic turf improves field usability during and after bad weather but has also raised…