February Community Member Spotlight: Bob & Lynn Ziman
A retired couple have completed the first season of their ever-growing pollinator garden and have transformed their perception of the...
Bill Fosher
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Cold River Streambank Restoration Project: A Closer Look
Every spring and sometimes in the summer, the Cold River would take a bite out of two important agricultural fields near its confluence...
Lola Bobrowski
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Pollinators of Cheshire & Sullivan Counties
The 2021 National Pollinator Week, an annual international event created by the Pollinator Partnership, took place between Monday June...
Todd Horner
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
Private Landowners say YES to Pollinators!
One in three bites of food that we consume are made possible by pollinators—a group that includes the well-known honeybee, but also an...
Lola Bobrowski
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
2020 - What a Year!
What a year 2020 has been! As one can imagine, our year in review is going to look a bit different this year, but also a lot didn’t...
Lola Bobrowski
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
On Mud, Horses, Flowers, & Food
It was early spring. All the snow had melted in the winter paddock, and the workhorses and the farmers were ankle-and-fetlock deep in...
Lola Bobrowski
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Uniquely NH Stories & Celebration
This year, the Cheshire County Conservation District is excited to celebrate its 75th anniversary! While Covid-19 may have thrown a...
Lola Bobrowski
- Sep 11, 2020
- 3 min
Explore Intersections Between Land & Community On Sept. 24th!
Radically Rural 2020 brings you Radically Rural Remote, a single-day entirely virtual summit for shaping and sharing ideas surrounding...
Amy Bodwell
- Aug 3, 2020
- 6 min
An Interview: NH's Giant Silk Moths
Have you been lucky enough to see giant moths flying around in colorful outfits? Or perhaps huge caterpillars wandering about? Many of...
Sara Powell
- Jun 7, 2020
- 4 min
The Problem is the Solution: Stewarding a Small piece of Property with a Permaculture Approach
“Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will be” ~David Holmgren Buying an old house (C.1790’s) on a very small lot (0.17...
Lola Bobrowski
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Virtual Connection During Social Distancing
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot has changed. Kids are home from school, parents are working remotely and often doing double...
Lola Bobrowski
- Mar 6, 2020
- 4 min
CCCD 2019 Year in Review
Happy New Year! 2019 was an exciting (& busy!) year at the Cheshire County Conservation District. As in years past, our District staff of...
Michael Nerrie
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
Landscaping Redefined
"Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it." ~ E.O. Wilson Old School Landscaping In 1990 my wife,...
John Snowdon
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
Proper Land Stewardship Can Make a Difference
Research published in the Sept, 2019 edition of the journal, Science, tells a frightening tale. Since 1970, the year before I graduated...
Amy Bodwell
- Aug 23, 2019
- 4 min
Managing Property to Benefit Wildlife - Part II
Owning 235 acres can be daunting at times. So many questions about doing the right thing, doing too much, too little, which management...
Michael Nerrie
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Diversifying Habitat for Wildlife
Here at Distant Hill Gardens and Nature Trail, I have been working with the Walpole office of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation...
Amy Bodwell
- Jan 18, 2019
- 2 min
Wandering the Winter Woods
It’s a cold, crisp, sunny day and a perfect day for a snowshoe through the woods. As I turn onto a path, I spot a large oval hole low...
John Snowdon
- Oct 2, 2018
- 2 min
Squirrel-mageddon: A Lesson Learned
My wife and I have an “organically managed” hobby farm consisting of a small 15-tree orchard, numerous blueberry, raspberry and...
Wendy Ward
- Jul 5, 2018
- 3 min
Improving Aquatic Habitat with NRCS
CHESHIRE COUNTY FISH & GAME CLUB - Ferry Brook Project Wood Additions Installation On Saturday September 23, 2017, NH Natural Resources...
Michael Nerrie
- Apr 4, 2018
- 3 min
The Sounds of Spring
“One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.” ~ Aldo Leopold SPRING IS...