The Conservation Commission and the Rural Land Foundation recently completed a project to improve the trails leading off Codman Road leading over to the meadow at Codman South. Conservation Land Manager David McKinnon and summer interns built several bridges and placed “duck boards” over wet or muddy areas. A main trail starts directly across Codman Road from the entrance…
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An early Thanksgiving? (Lincoln Through the Lens)
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Drumlin hosts caterpillar activities on Sept. 12
Join renowned biologist Samuel Jaffe at Drumlin Farm a day of exploration and discovery with his “Caterpillar Lab” on Saturday, Sept. 12. Through a combination of photographs, art, scientific study and live animals, visitors will marvel at the variety, beauty and behavior of these creatures. Take a look at giant caterpillars as they inch their way along…
A bevy of birds (Lincoln through the Lens)
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Letter to the editor: be on the lookout for the Lindentree robin
To the editor: At the end of one of the June rains, I found a very “dead” little juvenile robin in our storm drain—except that he wasn’t, as I discovered when fishing him out. I dried him off, scraped off the unseemly gob of blood and something smooshing together the toes on his right foot,…
Watching ’em like a hawk (Lincoln through the Lens, 6/22/15)
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Red sky at night (Lincoln through the Lens, 6/21/15)
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Brush fire blackens several acres in Lincoln
A brush fire just south of Route 2 burned several acres of wooded area but did not damage any structures or result in any injuries. The May 24 fire damaged about 12 acres of conservation land between Flint’s Pond and Orchard Lane, according to Peter von Mertens, co-chair of the Conservation Commission. Firefighters form Lincoln,…
Nesting instinct (Lincoln Through the Lens, 6/6/15)
From eggs to nestlings to fledglings… they grow up so fast. These pictures taken on May 1, May 15 and May 21 by Nicole Marie Jones….
Trails get new stone benches
Thanks to the generosity of the Ory family and the help of the Lincoln Department of Public Works, some new stone benches have been placed along Lincoln trails by the Lincoln Conservation Department. The first two to be installed are in the Upper Pump House Field with views out to Flint’s Pond and across the small…