A Flash of Red

A quick guide on how to spot cardinals in midwinter and what they signify.

Categories: Animals, Bison, Land Management, Notes from the Land, Partnerships, Seasonal

Being There

A recent history of poetry at Belwin Conservancy, from our first artist in resident to a community poem written this summer.

Categories: Arts, Culture, and Ecology, Education, Events, Seasonal

Light in the Darkness

On most evenings, a drive past Lucy Winton Bell Athletic Fields means a drive through the peaceful darkness of Hudson Road. However, on one night of the year there is an unmistakable light that, moving past the fields, you just can’t miss: the bright glow of Belwin’s annual Winter Solstice Bonfire. Katie Bloome, Belwin’s Executive… Continue Reading Light in the Darkness

Categories: Arts, Culture, and Ecology, Education, Events, Seasonal

The Rut

It’s a quiet morning. The predawn sky is milky white with scattered clouds. The air has that delicious briskness of late fall. Standing silently at the edge of the pond I slowly pan my gaze from left to right, looking for any movement, any sign of the diurnal world waking up.

Categories: Animals, Bison, Land Management, Notes from the Land, Partnerships, Seasonal

Restoration 101

It begins with the idea of possibility. 

A piece of land becomes available. We go to the land and walk in, full of questions and ideas.

Is this landscape being overrun by buckthorn, honeysuckle or other invasive species?

Categories: Animals, Bison, Land Management, Notes from the Land, Partnerships, Seasonal

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