NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Lately I’ve become fascinated with a certain stretch of the Indian Head River. From the bridge on Cross and State Streets, at the Hanover-Hanson town […]
Discover Project Dale and Pembroke’s Tucker Preserve
Short Winter Walks
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This winter has been mild so far, but let’s not forget the storms of last March. Spring doesn’t arrive until the 20th, and even then, we won’t necessarily be […]
More than 200 attend 2017 New Year’s Day Walk
An enthusiastic crowd of more than 200 gathered on New Year’s Day to visit the Third Herring Brook Dam Removal Site. This was NSRWA’s 23rd year of ringing in the […]
Visiting Duxbury’s Whiton Woods
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Ask anyone familiar with the South Shore what our most common tree is and they will answer “pine,”… or if they know a little bit […]
NSRWA’s 25th Annual New Year’s Day Walk
Hanover Branch Rail Trail in Rockland and Abington Robert J. Nyman Rockland Senior Center Tuesday, January 1, 2019 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Join the NSRWA for the 25th year of […]
120 Years Ago: The Portland Gale
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Friday morning, November 25th, 1898: sunny and clear. Thanksgiving now over for another year, the citizens of Marshfield and Scituate begin their days. Not too cold, […]
Visiting the Waterfalls of Massachusetts
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Quite by accident, I visited two of our state’s Top Ten waterfalls this summer. One weekend in late June, I went to the Berkshires for […]
Rockland’s Rail Trail
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Do you know about the Hanover Branch Railroad? It extended 7.8 miles from Hanover Four Corners, through South and West Hanover, across Rockland, to North Abington, where it connected with […]
A Visit to Stetson Meadows in Norwell
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent While enjoying one of NSRWA’s pontoon boat cruises last summer, I noticed a new bench in the woods in Norwell. Or maybe it was just […]
Exploring Carreiro Woodland and Two Mile Farm
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Glancing at a map of the North River as it flows through Marshfield, one sees a lot of green. The riverbank is now a nearly contiguous […]