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I’m #Grateful4theDelaware because it enlivens my senses and restores my spirit. The Delaware River has stirred stewardship, awakened activism and brought together individuals and communities over issues that, like the waterway itself, change over time.

At this time of year, our awareness of the countless things for which to be thankful is raised by the arrival of Thanksgiving. Those of us living in the regions surrounding the Delaware River are … more

By SANDY LONG | 11/25/20

You can't see her in this photo, but the dog is growling at the virtual cat that just sidled out of view as the virtual fire crackles and glows in my living room.

Gimme a break

They say that “timing is everything.” I’m unsure who “they” are, and even though I made a somewhat feeble attempt to find the answer to that burning question, I came up … more

By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX | 10/28/20

There’s no time like fall to enjoy the nature around us.

Take a moment

Before you read this, I invite you to find a comfy chair and get comfortable. Go ahead, I’ll wait. It’s been quite a year to say the least. Every so often, I forget about everything … more

By HUNTER HILL | 9/30/20

I experience the natural world as a portal to deeper understanding of the self. I exist within it, and it exists within me.

Writing ‘River Talk’

What do snakes, insects and mushrooms have in common? For starters, each shares habitat with us here in the Upper Delaware River region and are active at this time of year, making it more likely we … more

By SANDY LONG | 8/19/20

Gathering around a campfire is a quintessential component of most forest school programs.

The forest for the trees

HANKINS, NY — School districts throughout the country are grappling with a conundrum right now. How do they provide an education amid a pandemic? How can they maximize the quality of the … more

By OWEN WALSH | 8/19/20

Mocking birds in this 2020 spring

Our seas and rivers look clearer; our air feels fresher, quieter; our streets and roadways are abandoned. Panic shopping for household supplies has passed, only to be replaced by lines of mothers and … more

By B. NIMRI AZIZ | 6/17/20

'To those who want to sacrifice people like me' and more

Letters to the editor May 14 to 20 more

5/22/20

Optimism and the Ides of March

I have a lot of conversations about climate change, sometimes with scientists, educators or local officials but more often with engaged citizens who are just trying to figure out how we can invest … more

By CAROL ROIG | 3/11/20

Hooded mergansers are named for the feather ridge at the crown of the head that can be raised, making its head look bigger than it actually is. Like the common merganser, this species is also a diving duck that feeds on small fish. This male shows black and white plumage that is very distinctive. Its yellow eyes put it up in the top five in the “Duck Beauty Contest.”

Winter has been just ducky

This probably happens to most of us in the outdoors at some time or another: We rig our lines for largemouth bass and end up hooking into a musky. Maybe we go looking for a peregrine falcon that has … more

By SCOTT RANDO | 2/26/20

An example of the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi, which reminds us that we are all transient beings—that our bodies, as well as the material world around us, are in the process of returning to dust, as illustrated by nature’s cycles of birth, growth and decline. “Through wabi-sabi, we learn to embrace both the glory and the melancholy found in these marks of passing time,” writes Robyn Griggs Lawrence in the UTNE Reader.

Ways of seeing

Readers of this column know me to be a longtime advocate for attentive awareness of the endless wonders of nature. Engagement with the illuminating insights that can be experienced in the natural … more

By SANDY LONG | 2/19/20

The Eastern Newt, shown here in its terrestrial stage as a red eft, is harmless and should not be harvested for adding to bubbling cauldrons.

Forest frights

Halloween will soon be here, with witches, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, ghouls and goblins beginning to appear around our homes and neighborhoods. As the colorful foliage begins to fall, our … more

By SANDY LONG | 10/16/19

Tannis Kowalchuk as Tatiana, queen of the fairies, at "Shakespeare on the Farm."

The art in nature

It’s morning at Willow Wisp Organic Farm. An array of be-hatted men are at work picking radishes in the field most distant from the barn; bees and bugs are flitting in and out of the flower … more

By ELIZABETH LEPRO | 9/18/19

Bridget Gilligan, left, Laurence Birmelin, Robert Green, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute Community Relations Coordinator Amanda Marchegiani, Mick’s Barber Shop owner Michele Frigoletto, Heather Carney, Luke Turano and Dyllon Fillebrown pose with a check for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute.

Callicoon Country Fair, charities raise thousands and more

What's going on in your community July 25 to July 31 more

7/24/19

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