NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This month NSRWA features the town of Marshfield in its 50 Places to Explore Contest. With its many beaches and parks, as well as the walking spots featured here, Marshfield offers an extraordinary array of places to enjoy the natural world. You could visit a different property each day during […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This month the North and South Rivers Watershed Association is featuring the town of Duxbury in its 50 Places to Explore contest. During this prolonged time of social distancing, we encourage the public to visit conservation lands and other open space areas. While a few of my favorite properties are presently […]
By Kezia Bacon, Correspondent As the coronavirus pandemic surges here in Massachusetts, and social distancing becomes even more defined and urgent, we’ve been advised to stay close to home. For nature enthusiasts, this might feel confining, especially if daily walks in any of the hundreds of the South Shore’s open spaces have become part of […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This month the North and South Rivers Watershed Association’s “50 Places to Explore” contest, which encourages the public to visit conservation lands and other open space areas, features properties in Weymouth, as well those located on the land that used to be the South Weymouth Naval Air Station. Weymouth is a large town, with 46 parks and recreation […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This month the North and South Rivers Watershed Association’s “50 Places to Explore” contest, which encourages the public to visit conservation lands and other open space areas, features properties in Hingham. Hingham has quite a number of open spaces — a number that keeps growing! In 2017 the Hingham Land […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent The North and South Rivers Watershed Association was founded 50 years ago, so 2020 is a big anniversary year! The association has grown from 200 citizens to more than 1,600 households. It is now the largest environmental organization on Boston’s South Shore, and serves as a strong advocate for our […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Did you enjoy second helpings of the stuffing and the potatoes and the delicious brussel sprout casserole that your aunt made on Thanksgiving? Did you choose both the fudgy brownie and the gleaming slice of lemon meringue pie? How about all those local craft IPAs you just had to sample? […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Hanover’s Forge Pond Park is large (75 acres), and as you drive up the entrance road, it might be easy to presume from first glance that it is strictly an athletic complex surrounded by pine and oak forest. There are three baseball fields, three softball fields, and three multi-purpose fields, commonly filled with soccer teams on weekend mornings. There […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent The days are getting shorter, the nights are growing longer, and most mornings there is a chill in the air. It’s a long-held tradition in the fall to acknowledge the change of seasons and celebrate the harvest. Between now and Halloween there are a number of local fests and feasts, […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Have you heard about the bald eagles that are nesting on the North River? Have you seen them? For the past century, to observe a bald eagle in the wild would be a rare occurrence. To see one on the South Shore — inconceivable! But thanks to repopulation efforts, the […]
