Two leading scientists with the Massachusetts Estuaries Project met with the Chilmark selectmen this week to seek approval in moving forward with their study of Chilmark Pond. A draft report released last month confirms that the pond is at its limit for handling nitrogen runoff.

Saturday's full moon still carries a lot of punch when it comes to brilliance. You'll see it rising in the east, a short time after sunset. Tonight's moon resides on the edge of the zodiacal constellation Taurus.

There are cold and dark days ahead, and you are trapped with tiny terrors.

Lanny McDowell and Luanne Johnson were on their way to meet Warren Woessner, Pat Hughes, Hal Minis and myself for a trip to Norton Point.

Following statewide funding cuts in November, the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group is reassessing maintenance projects for this year and contemplating the future of its shell recovery program.

A walk to remember might be in store for you this weekend if you join the land bank staff on a free natural history walk at Trade Wind Fields Preserve.