Exploring the Blackstone

Exploring the Blackstone Local groups seek to demystify access to the river to help others enjoy its hidden beauty By Colleen Cronin | Photographs by Jesse Burke The Blackstone River sometimes gets a bad rap. Like many New Englanders, natural beauty and majesty...

Living on the Line

Living on the Line Fighting to Save the Space Between Land and Sea By Sarah Francis The salt marsh sparrow is rapidly losing habitat to sea level rise. Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo Scientists and volunteers fight to save saltmarsh sparrows and horseshoe...

Voices of the Blackstone

Voices of the Blackstone Restoring the Blackstone River has been a decades-long endeavor, with Native voices leading the way By Meredith Haas| Photographs by Jesse Burke Max Brown-Garcia, Narragansett Traditional dancer and artist, performs ceremonial dance in...

Water Pressure

Water Pressure The battle to keep stormwater in check By Ellen Liberman| Photographs by Dana Smith Kathy Ribeiro can’t pinpoint the moment she told herself: “I can’t do this anymore,” but she figures it was a rainy, windy night. Those were the worst. She’d have to...