JT Book Critters held two discussions during Fall 2025, all based on award-winning nonfiction. Is A River Alive? Robert Macfarlane The internationally renowned author lyrically and philosophically writes about his adventures in three places where rivers are under threat—Ecuador from mining, India from pollution, and Canada from damming—while exploring the idea of rivers having legal […]
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The grasses, shrubs, and forbs found in early successional habitat provide important qualities needed by a variety of wildlife, specifically ground-nesting birds. What exactly is “early successional habitat?” It is the plants and ground cover that develop in an area shortly after a disturbance. There are different types of disturbances: natural disturbances which include extreme weather events
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Joshua’s Trust is excited to announce Melica Stinnett as its new Development & Communications Coordinator. Melica joined the Trust at the beginning of December and brings a diverse toolkit of design and communications experience from her previous work in the nonprofit and history sectors. In her new role, Melica will work to enhance the impact and expand the visibility of the organization in a professional and cohesive way.  Melica’s recent professional experience includes working as the Exhibit Designer & Communicator
I have heard my last cricket. The hard frost sometimes comes in October, but this year the temperature dawdled just below freezing for many nights. Fall finally gave up in mid-November, and with it the last tree crickets. Before then, the few remaining fiddled on during sunny days as if it was still September. Deer
The year or two after I graduated UConn felt aimless even as I worked. It was a struggle to fit into America after my emotions and ethics had been put through the ringer by LBJ and Nixon. I don’t speak much of those times. Several of us camped in the forest off Mason Road together
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“With each step, take refuge in Mother Earth.” The first thing I notice is that I’m following my shadow. This has always been a shady chamber of tall white pines, but one of the grandfathers has fallen, and new and sunlit growth surrounds the path through Holt/Kinney Woods. In Kay Holt’s childhood, she knew this
