Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com Winter will begin officially on December 21, the winter solstice, an event marked since ancient times to welcome the return of the light. The times of sunset for us are actually already slowly getting later, … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com Most of Massachusetts is now in a major drought, with the Northeast region, as of November 7, in “critical drought”. The dry conditions began in August, and since then there has been little significant … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com September and October, so far, have given us little precipitation, although welcome gentle rain on Sept. 22 broke a very long stretch with none. Now, as of Oct. 11, the state’s drought monitor map shows … Read more
Naturalist Norman Levey has been out in the field this week. He has shared a couple stunning video clips of wildlife seen in the fields along Baker Bridge Road in mid September. Bombus fervidus the first one found by Norm in several years. The Golden Northern Bumblebee is one of the target long-tongued bees supported … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com The autumnal equinox, giving us equal hours of darkness and daylight, will not occur until September 22 but already fall is in the air. Nights are cooler, leaves are hinting at changing color, and the … Read more
Mathias Bitter, a student at Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School surveyed Farm Meadow this summer for bobolink activity. The project was overseen by naturalist Norman Levey. Farm Meadow is located near Lincoln Station in South Lincoln and can be accessed from the trailhead at the far end of the paid commuter lot. Farm Meadow is … Read more
Norman Levey, local naturalist and longtime LLCT volunteer, has produced a new video celebrating biodiversity in Chapman Pasture. To accompany the video, Norm writes: Chapman Pasture, grazed by domestic livestock for two centuries, and the last almost fifty years by a neighbor’s sheep, is a so-called “old field” habitat restoration project funded by the U.S. … Read more
Written by Jillian Perkins Now that my time as the Pollinator Intern has come to an end, I wanted to take the time to reflect back on the experience. First of all, I wanted to thank everyone at LLCT for giving me this opportunity! It was the perfect way to end my Environmental Science degree … Read more
The summer is winding down. Warm thanks from LLCT to our seasonal interns and volunteers for their hard work these past few months. Joe Pariser and Robert Killam worked two days with Town Conservation and two days with LLCT for eleven weeks this summer. We were impressed with their dedication to the mission of land … Read more
Patti Cable, LLCT’s long-time volunteer, monitored nest boxes twice a week from early April to early August. In total she visited 10 boxes, one in Row Field (on Tower Road), one at a clearing in the Stony Brook Conservation Area, and eight in Chapman Pasture (off of Silver Hill Road). LLCT is deeply grateful for … Read more
