Important Notice The Marsh Loop section of the Hellcat Trail boardwalk is closed until further notice, pending completion of necessary repairs. We wish to thank the public for their patience. Ranger Poole, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Please follow … Continue reading →
I personally get a “Word of the Day” from Dictionary.com. Today’s word is “oceanicity”. The definition of oceanity is “the degree to which the climate of a place is influenced by the sea.” I was getting the “Word of the Day” before … Continue reading →
By Dyke Hendrickson Staff Writer, Newburyport Daily News, September 5, 2017 NEWBURYPORT — Plum Island is a subject frequently in the news, yet locals don’t seem to get bored by reading about it. Local author William Sargent recently published his fourth … Continue reading →
The walking tours of Plum Island, North Point, led by Bill Sargent and Sandy Tilton, will run on Sundays at 10 AM starting on September 10th. The 90-minute walking tours, will run from North Point’s Plum Island Lighthouse to the … Continue reading →
CLIMATE CHANGE IN MASS by Bob Oakes and Yasmin Amer Featured Photo: “As the ocean slowly advances it undercuts the salt marsh in Essex until it collapses into the water.” (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) August 23, 2017 On the North Shore of Massachusetts, like … Continue reading →
Sandy Tilton – Spending lots of time outdoors, we become more aware of the sun, moon, tides, and weather. They influence all living things, including fish activity – DID YOU KNOW – (according to the good old Farmer’s Almanac), some … Continue reading →
Plum Island books by Bill Sargent are now sold on the Plum Island Outdoors, Inc.’s Website, please visit here. Please follow and like us: … Continue reading →
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My wife and I toured the Great Salt Marsh in the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge with our kayaks yesterday evening. We saw several horseshoe crabs some the shells of, but some the actual crab. We also saw a pair … Continue reading →
Bill Sargent, “Sunday’s Walking Tour of Plum Island North….some local folks, as well as visitors from New Mexico joined us this week! With erosion season coming, our guests became citizen scientists & helped to measure the distance from the pergola … Continue reading →
