The South River at Willow Street in Marshfield, looking upstream. Most people on the South Shore know the North River. In newspapers and magazines, in photography and art exhibits, images […]
On Autumn’s Arrival
Kayaking on the South River last week I realized that, once again, summer has ended. It was the marsh grass that decided it for me — throughout the spring and […]
Watershed Walking Places
A bench overlooks the North River at the Packet Landing at Nelson Forest in Marshfield. For three years now, I have been working in one capacity or another for the […]
Striped Bass and How to Release Them Properly
A few weeks ago a friend and I were returning from an afternoon spent canoeing on the North River. We had paddled from the Union Street Bridge to the Pembroke […]
Moons and Tides
In the recent film, “Antonia’s Line,” there is a character who can be heard howling at the full moon every month. She lives in a small village, and most of […]
Turtle Crossing
A turtle in the road. It happens every spring. I am driving down the road late in the afternoon and I see a small dark object ahead of me, right […]