“Nashua River in Autumn:
NRWA Guided Paddle for Families”
 
The Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA) invites families to join us for a guided paddle on the spectacular section of the Nashua River from the Ayer Ice House Dam downstream into Groton.  This river trip will take place on Sunday, September 20th, from 12:30 to 4:30 PM, [...]

I have never been, but I bet the New England Mountain Bike Association fall festival is a pretty good time. It’s coming up 10-4 at Bear Brook, here’s their press release on same:
Get Ready for NEMBAfest @ Bear Brook!
Sunday October 4th
We’ve got a great location for our mountain bike festival and the riding is going [...]

I’ve been crazy about motorcycles for many years now, but I hadn’t been to a motocross race until this past weekend. Did you even know that one of the premiere events in the sport takes place in western Massachusetts, about two hours drive from Nashua?

You would think it would merit at least passing mention in [...]

State officials are still contemplating closing some state parks, on account of they can’t afford to keep running them under New Hampshire’s ridiculous system of making parks fend for themselves financially, my colleague Kevin Landrigan reports.
Words can not capture my contempt and dismay that they would seriously consider this proposal. It’s understandable if the state can’t [...]

(Press release): RICHMOND, Vt.— Mounting evidence that several species of bats have been all but eliminated from the Northeast due to a new disease known as white-nose syndrome prompted a conservation group to send a letter today to Sam Hamilton, the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, urging that action on the [...]

As reported in the Lowell Sun, and previously on these pages, there’s a new rail trail a comin’ round the bend, the Bruce Freeman trail. The first 6.8 mile section officially opens on Saturday.  The trail will run south through Chelmsford and beyond. The north end is near the Lowell/Chelmsford border (and the junction of 495 and [...]

(Press release): Dewlap…caruncles…snood…we’re talking turkey!  If you’d like to learn about the natural history, habits and habitats of the Eastern wild turkey, the Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA) invites you to join us for our free “Let’s Talk Turkey: Turkey Ecology” presentation on Wednesday, September 16th, at 7:00 PM, at the Milford Town Hall, 1 [...]

“Hiking and Hawks on Mt. Watatic”
 
(Press release): Fall is a beautiful season for hiking in New England, and the views and hawk-watching from the summit of Mt. Watatic in Ashburnham, MA are well worth the climb.  The Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA) invites the public to join us for a free guided hike up Mt. [...]

I wonder, if I had heard of yesterday’s air quality warning, would I still have gone out for a bicycle ride. Probably, but I suspect I would have chosen to stay off road, at least… the air may be marginally better in the woods. As it is, I feel like hell today… my asthma isn’t bad, [...]

As I mentioned recently, I had come upon some ruins of the old settlement of Monson while exploring around the Granite Town Rail Trail. Last night, I revisited some other trails in the area, around Federal Hill in Hollis and Milford, and off the Monson Center site…
Some of the old trails west of Federal Hill Road [...]