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Insects as Water Quality Indicators Workshops
May 17, 19, and May 23 These workshops provided participants with an introduction to the macro-invertebrates that are used as signs of healthy streams or streams that are distressed. Joe Dunn of the Franklin County Regional Council of Governments and Sue Cloutier led...
North Quabbin Woodworkers Collaboration
A group of wood workers from the North Quabbin region met on Wednesday, June 20, at the Millers River Environmental Center in Athol to share ideas for improving the local value-added woodworking industry. Participants included businesses with products as diverse as...
Deerfield Field Trip, 2001
A brilliant spring sky illuminated the still deep snow as members of the Athol Bird and Nature Club embarked on a recent trip in search of signs of spring. Club president Dave Small met the group at the Millers River Environmental Center in Athol where Common Grackle,...
Biodiversity Days, 2001
We wish to thank everyone who participated in the Second Annual Biodiversity Days Weekend at the Millers River Environmental Center. The weather cooperated with 3 beautiful sunshine filled days. Reports coming from the dozens of trip leaders indicate we had over 600...
SE Mass Field Trip, February 2001
The Athol Bird and Nature Club visited Southeastern Massachusetts for one of their periodic birdwatching trips to the "Banana Belt" of Massachusetts. Seven members from six different towns, led by Rick Magee, met at the Middleboro Rotary. The weather was brisk and...
Field Trip to Cape Ann, 2000
January 15, 2000 Veteran Trip leader Mark Taylor from Northfield led the Club's first field trip of the century to the Massachusetts Coast at Cape Ann. Frigid temperatures with a low of the day recorded at -9 degrees F in Templeton on the way down and not rising above...
Quabbin Field Trip, October 1999
October 30, 1999 Nineteen members and friends of the Athol Bird and Nature Club joined Club President Dave Small for a daylong exploration of the New Salem Section of the MDC Quabbin Watershed. Entering Gate 29 off Route 202 the group immediately noted the harvest of...
Field Trip to Orange Airport 1999
October 2, 1999 The Orange Municipal Airport provides the North Quabbin Region with a unique mixture of grassland, farmland, shrub and young forest habitats adjacent to mature forests and wetlands. This land use mosaic provides habitats for a wide diversity of plant...
Petersham Dragonfly Trip, 1999
In spite of early weather forecasts to the contrary, cloudless skies and bright sunshine greeted the 16 members and friends of the Athol Bird and Nature Club who met for the annual Dragonfly field trip held Sunday in Petersham. Blair Nikula, Jeremiah Trimble and Rick...
Butterfly Institute Trip, June 1999
June 12, 1999 The Butterfly Institute traveled to Gill Massachusetts led by Institute coordinator Dave Small and Montague naturalist Mark Fairbrother. The group made its first stop at a farmers wet meadow. The first of two Milbert’s Tortoiseshells and Tiger...
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