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The Amethyst Brook in Amherst is surrounded by permanently conserved forests, which helps protect drinking water quality for nearby communities as well as for the town itself.

Earth Matters: Forests to faucets: Protecting drinking water for everyone

by Bridget Likely And Kari Blood For the GazetteNovember 11, 2022

Speaking of Nature: The effects of this summer’s drought on the winter ahead

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteNovember 8, 2022

Chet Hall of the Bitzer State Fish Hatchery in Montague holds a net with brook trout next to one of the holding ponds. Wildlife experts say brook trout are a cold-water native fish struggling with climate change.

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Climate Change at Home: Climate stressors taking toll on New England wildlife

by Fran Ryan For the GazetteNovember 4, 2022

Tara O’Brien, who retired as a teacher at Hampshire Regional High School last spring, was recently named as a Mass Audubon Conservation Teacher of the Year.

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Recently retired Tara O’Brien tapped as conservation teacher of the year by Mass Audubon

by Emily Thurlow Staff WriterNovember 2, 2022

I found this little brown bat, looking at me with a decidedly sleepy expression on its face, in my garage. The bat’s huge ears, used for echolocation, are the inspiration for the genus name "myotis," or "mouse ear."

Speaking of Nature: Getting to know bats

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteNovember 1, 2022

A yellow-rumped warbler in fall plumage sits atop the dry flowers of a goldenrod plant and reaches out to grasp a tiny, hidden insect.

Speaking of Nature: A final fall warbler

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteOctober 25, 2022

While humming a gentle lullaby, Autumn paints the landscape with a beautiful palette dominated by the colors of fire.

Speaking of Nature: Autumn’s lullaby: Preparing the world for sleep

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteOctober 18, 2022

Liz Forkel, who recently finished her northbound AT thru-hike, seated here on the edge of Clingmans Dome in Tennessee.

Aging with Adventure with Eric Weld: Seek adventure, find yourself

by Eric Weld For the GazetteOctober 14, 2022

Little Bruce (left) appears to have the beginnings of some nice long crest feathers. Big Bruce (right) has a stunted crest, a black patch behind his eye and some new tail feathers growing in. Both birds might qualify as a "hot mess."

Speaking of Nature: Like father, like son: Big and Little Bruce

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteOctober 11, 2022

This photo of a short-tailed shrew shows it all. Note the short tail (for which the species is named), the short, velvety fur, the small ears and the tiny eyes that all prove useful for an animal that spends much of its time underground.

Speaking of Nature: A small surprise: The short-tailed shrew

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteOctober 4, 2022