The town is receiving $10 million in federal funding to help construct a “nature-like fishway” on Town Brook that will bypass Jenney Grist Mill, making it possible for people to […]
Author Archives: Porter Hoagland - Independent Correspondent
Porter Hoagland writes on environmental and natural resource matters that affect Plymouth.
Posted inEnvironment
Select Board OK’s a plan to stave off disaster
Plymouth’s Select Board has voted to approve a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan for the town, an aspirational outline for how it will cope with rising sea levels and other […]
Posted inOn Land & Sea
The herring are running their own marathon in Plymouth
It’s time to celebrate the town’s amazing – and complex – relationship with herring. In 1889, William Root Bliss author of “The Colonial Times on Buzzard’s Bay,” wrote about the […]
Posted inOn Land & Sea
A local author’s young-adult book puts Plymouth at the center of global climate action
A Plymouth author’s young-adult book about taking action on climate and air quality has been attracting global accolades. Chris Casavant’s “The Greatest Cause of Mia Dubois” won the 2023 Next […]
Posted inOn Land & Sea
Some good news for Plymouth’s environment? It looks that way.
As Plymouth’s Battle of the Nips rages on, here is a brief report from the recent hometown fall cleanup. It’s based solely on personal experience, and therefore not too scientific, […]
Posted inOn Land & Sea
Climate change puts Plymouth at increasing risk, and we can’t ignore it
We’re now at the forefront of a revolution in how we use energy. It’s being driven by the need to “decarbonize” to slow climate changes and by rapid technological advances […]
Posted inOn Land & Sea
State’s new climate initiative is of vital importance to Plymouth
On Tuesday, the state announced an initiative to focus on responding to the coastal effects of climate change, especially flooding and coastal erosion. Massachusetts has 1,500 miles of coastline, spanning […]
Posted inOn Land & Sea
Can Plymouth play the global warming zero-sum game?
We all know by now that the average world temperature taken at the surface of the earth has been increasing since the expansion of the industrial growth that occurred in […]