This photo shows the forest floor at the Amethyst Brook Conservation Area in Amherst. It was taken on October 21. The town-owned property covers 44 acres. The 47 mile Robert F Read more »
October 18, 2016
Quabbin National Park Proposed
A new group is working to stop clear cut logging in the Pioneer Valley's biggest area of protected open space. The activists want to do that by persuading politicians to convert the 87,000 acre... Read more »
October 11, 2016
Environmental Victories
Here in the Valley, solar is replacing coal and nuclear, and bicyle paths and sidewalks are being built. In related news, six people from the Valley recently traveled to North Dakota, where they... Read more »
October 04, 2016
Protesting TD Bank
On September 30 in Brattleboro, about two dozen people attended a rally outside TD Bank. They were protesting the bank's support for a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota that thousands of... Read more »
September 28, 2016
Springfield Labor Rally Is Sept. 30
One out of every four Americans has a "net worth" of zero or less, meaning their debts are bigger than their assets. Stephen Schwarzman lives in New York. His personal income was $811 million last... Read more »