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Nature-related news acorns
Tonight: film on extinct passenger pigeons Join us on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust (LLCT) offices above the Lincoln Station post office for the first of four environmental films that the LLCT will be showing through the fall/winter months. From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction tells the…
Website offers images of autumn around Farrar Pond
Here are some photos and captions by Alaric Naiman, who edits an online journal about the Farrar Pond area at https://fpond.org with pictures, maps, history and geography of the pond and its environs. Click on one of the small images below to see a larger version as well as the entire slideshow. “There’s no meditation more enriching than…
Muster field boardwalk project delayed
Plans to upgrade a wetlands trail behind the school campus have been delayed while a civil/environmental engineering firm surveys the area and determines the best foundation plan for the boardwalk. Lincoln Public Schools science teachers Terry Green and Mairead Curtis have been working with town officials to upgrade the trail, which is partly on school property and runs north…
Eyes like a hawk (Lincoln through the lens, 10/29/14)
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News acorns (little ones) – 10/29/14
Wildlife open house at Drumlin on Sunday Learn more about Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary’s upcoming new exhibit, New England Wildlife Explorations, on a behind-the-scenes guided tour for adults of Drumlin’s current wildlife exhibits and wildlife care facility on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. Meet at the Pond House opposite the Audubon Shop. For more information on the…
Squirrels galore! (Lincoln through the lens, 10/27/14)
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Columbus Day foliage (Lincoln through the lens, 10/15/14)
Following are some words written in the 1970s by Harold McAleer that he recently submitted to the Lincoln Squirrel along with this photo. It’s not just the color, actually. After all, the colors are all bunched on one side of the color wheel – greens, and yellows and oranges and reds. And it’s not just the brilliance, mostly…
Lincoln through the lens – 10/9/14
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Drumlin Farm hosts behind-the scenes wildlife tours
Lincoln residents are invited to learn more about Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary‘s planned New England Wildlife Explorations (NEWE) exhibit at one of two behind-the-scenes tours (adults only, please) of Drumlin’s wildlife exhibits and wildlife care facility on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.