by David Brooks | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog
A $20,000 grant will be used by the Maine Department of Marine Resources to buy a soft bottom inflatable boat that can maneuver more safely and effectively when Maine Marine Patrol respond to entangled whales. “Often, responders have to pull alongside an entangled...
by David Brooks | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog
Interesting article in the Boston Globe today about an idea from the Charles River Watershed Association: Develop lots of relatively small sewage-processing systems instead of a few really big ones, and combine them with food waste composting to produce electricity...
by David Brooks | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog
Brady Carlson and I did not sing “chestnuts roasting by an open fire,” so it’s safe to listen to our talk about restoring the American chestnut to eastern forests – which you can do by clicking right here.
by David Brooks | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog
The SEE Science Center in the Manchester Millyard is holding over a traveling exhibition of robotic dinosaurs because … well, robotic dinosaurs. It claims 6 species of dinosaurs, two Cretaceous sea creatures and a pterosaur. Visitors will be inspired by a total...
by David Brooks | Dec 29, 2015 | Blog
We are finally – FINALLY! – getting some snow today, and while it’s pretty crappy, more like big white icy pellets than snowflakes, I’ll take it. Plus, it’s a good excuse to revisit one of my favorite stories, which I wrote two winters...
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