Merrimac Farm Chapter Newsletter and Articles

Merrimac Farm Chapter - President's Message

Nell Benton & Meg Doppee Everyone loves spring ephemerals for their fleeting beauty. We learned at the March chapter meeting that their...

The Eastern Tailed-blue: Tiny But Spectacular

The Eastern Tailed-blue, Cupido comyntas, is a rather abundant but tiny butterfly that turns up in early spring and continues through...

What's That in Your Pocket? iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge

by Jenny Meyer, MFMN Class of 2022 In 2012, a nervous young post-doctoral fellow – fresh off the plane from California and overdressed in...

Project Spotlight: Habitat Heroes

by Lisa Matthews, MFMN Class of 2010 (photo by Jenny Meyer) The Habitat Heroes project is an outreach project of MFVMN that 15 of us have...

Message from a Beetle

Judy Gallagher, MFVMN Class of 2010, sent us an encouraging observation from the Julie Metz Wetlands. Judy Reports: "While walking a...