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FrOGS Annual Great Swamp Celebration and Art Show Returns to Pawling, NY

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A wonderful community experience:

October 22, 11am-5pm and October 23, 1pm-4pm, at the Frances Ryan Thomas Memorial Center of Christ Church on Quaker Hill in Pawling, NY.

Join the Brines and other FrOGS to celebrate the diverse beauty of our local, majestic wetland. Enjoy work by local artists and artisans, educational displays, food, and activities.

The Great Swamp Watershed, Pawling, NY by Stancy Duhamel
© Constance Duhamel

FrOGS (Friends of the Great Swamp) is an active voice for the protection of the Great Swamp, one of the largest freshwater wetlands in New York State.

 

A Wonderful Summation — the Complexity of Invasive Species

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  • The invasive species war – The Boston Globe

    • When it comes to what we should actually do for the environment, the two sides of this debate might not be quite as far apart as their denunciations of one another might indicate. Just as most ecologists accept that only a fraction of non-native species are harmful, the anti-nativists, when pressed, will admit that unequivocally destructive species like the Asian longhorned beetle should be reined in., how we justify our interventions and how we label the species we want to eradicate.
    • A Path through Phragmites in the Brine Garden.
    • (Occasionally, making use of adversaries.)

 

Landscape for Life — Based on the principles of the Sustainable Sites Initiative

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In Scotland’s Search for Native Roots, A Push to Restore Wild Lands

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  • In Scotland’s Search for Roots, A Push to Restore Wild Lands by Caroline Fraser: Yale Environment 360 – Annotated

     

    • As Scotland asserts its identity and its autonomy,
      environmentalists are working to restore its denuded landscape – planting native forests, creating wildlife corridors, and reintroducing species that were wiped out centuries ago.
      by caroline fraser

       

       

    • … beneath the superficially peaceful surface of Scotland simmers a longstanding discontent. Politically, the country is roiled by nationalism, fully engaged in “devolution,” the process of hedged independence set in motion a decade ago, when citizens voted in 1997 

       

      …. On the ground, Scots are as restive with an Anglicized landscape as they are with Anglo rule. “Who owns Scotland?” cries Rob McMorran, coordinator of a group of activists known as the Scottish Wild Land Group.

       

    • …Environmental groups are buying hunting estates to reforest; private landowners are experimenting with native planting; beaver have been reintroduced after decades of debate. Many such projects fall under the rubric of “rewilding”—the conservation method of restoring core wilderness areas, maintaining corridors between them for wildlife to migrate and disperse, and reintroducing top predators.

       

 

Duncan Brine in the American Gardener, published by the American Horticultural Society

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The American Gardener with Stellar Stonecrops on the cover.

Inviting Nature into Your Garden by Duncan Brine
If you’re starting a new garden or contemplating a redesign, consider a naturalistic approach, which has renewed relevance in today’s environment.

http://www.ahs.org/publications/the_american_gardener/10/09/index.htm