Dinora Felske Justice

Dinora Felske Justice’s award-winning landscape paintings reflect her deeply felt love of nature and concern for preservation. Her choice of exploring the natural environment exclusive of human occupation stems from

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Land Acquisition Report

Where do we go after Kesseler Woods and Angino Farm? The City of Newton , with the help of the Conservators, has made two of the most high-profile and important

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Ivory-billed Woodpeckers

We’re All In This Together

It was a poignant moment for me—to hold the remnant of such a majestic creature in my own hand! It was larger than expected, big as a crow, and its

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Why We Care About Newton’s Aqueducts

Newton’s two aqueducts form the sides of a triangle, entering the city across the Charles River in Waban and Upper Falls about a mile apart, and continuing to Four Corners,

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National Trails Day in Cutler Park

In 2004 and 2005, work was done at Cutler Park for National Trails Day National Trails Day work crew digging a drainage ditch (2005) A DCR employee cutting a downed

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Linda Christian-Herot

Linda Christian-Herot is a Newton artist. All images are Copyright © Linda Christian-Herot.

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What Does the Environmental Science Program Really Do?

In the last issue of the Conservators Newsletter, I wrote about what it is like from my point of view to take on the running of the Newton Environmental Science

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Boardwalk at Dolan Pond

Nature at Dolan Pond

On a recent Fall morning, a committee of Conservators board members, armed with a copy of the 1995 naturalist report by John Richardson, went exploring the back areas of the

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An Old Man’s Walk in Cold Spring Park

Text and photographs by V. Eugene Vivian, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ During May of 2005 I passed a 90th birthday milestone. Most of my life I have

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2005 Conservators Annual Dinner Meeting

Roger Swain “The Man in the Red Suspenders” will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Newton Conservators on Wednesday, June 1, at Post 440 in

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The Battle for Land

Saving open space can mean a fight. To protect important open spaces not already in public hands takes money. Open space is just one of many interests that makes a

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Open Space Acquisition Process Must be Shorter and More Certain

While we are very excited to see the Angino Farm acquisition move forward, there have been some unexpected bumps in the road. This is the third time we have partnered

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