Little House On The River: Jeanne insisted on this post.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Jeanne insisted on this post.

Last Summer I enlisted the 3 kids to help cleanup the river. The river was the lowest I had ever seen. On this day we removed about 7 tires and many bottles

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Anonymous said...: Steve: I am so happy for you, life seems grand on the river......you can call me Grammie now.....I so look forward to this blog,; August 13, 2009 at 8:43 PM

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Some History

I was very lucky to find this little piece of paradise back in 2002. We have 6 acres of land and 1000' frontage on the Willimantic River.

When I bought this property I was well aware I was buying into a flood zone, but I never dreamed this beautiful river would rise up like it did and cause so much damage as it did Oct 15, 2005.

Thanks to FEMA, The Town Of Mansfield, and The Connecticut Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security, and Ron & Willie, we have flood proofed our home by raising it up above the Flood waters.

For easy access to our postings about the project, simply click the Flood Mitigation label below.

Life List. Wildlife seen on the Homestead

American Robin
American Toad
Bald Eagle
Barn Swallow
Beaver
Black Duck
Black-Capped Chickadee
Bluebird
Bluejay
Bobcat
Canada Goose
Cedar Waxwing
Chipmunk
Common Merganser
Coyote
Crow
Dark Eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Fisher
Garter Snake
Great Blue Heron
Green Wing Teal
Grey Squirrel
Grey Tree Frog
Hariy Woodpecker
Kingfisher
Mallard Duck
Marbled Salamander
Mink
Morning Dove
Muskrat
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Oriole
Opossum
Otter
Painted Turtle
Pickerel Frog
Pileated Woodpecker
Pintail Duck
Rabbit
Raccoon
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Red Fox
Red Squirrel
Red Tailed Hawk
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Spotted Salamander
Spotted Turtle
Spring Peeper
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
Whitetail Deer
Wood Ducks
Wood Frog
Woodchuck

What Is A Watershed ?

A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place. John Wesley Powell, scientist geographer, put it best when he said that a watershed is:
"that area of land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common water course and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded that they become part of a community."
Watersheds come in all shapes and sizes. They cross county, state, and national boundaries. In the continental US, there are 2,110 watersheds; including Hawaii Alaska, and Puerto Rico, there are 2,267 watersheds.
Source: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Jeanne insisted on this post.

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Some History

Blog Archive

Tree Swallow

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Green Frog

BlueBird

Wood Ducks

American Toad

Turkey Vulture

Red Tail Hawks

Bald Eagle

Chickadee

Hairy Woodpecker-female

Hairy Woodpecker-male

Northern Cardinal male

Northern Cardinal female

White Throated Sparrow

Nuthatch

Crow

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Beaver

Tufted Titmouse

Pileated Woodpecker Male

Pileated Woodpecker Female

Morning Dove

Red Squirrel

Grey Squirrel

Spotted Salamander

Otter

White Tail Deer

White Tail Family

White Tail Fawn

Grey Tree Frog

Mallards

BlueJay

Life List. Wildlife seen on the Homestead

Norman

Kopper With The Late Cracker

The Late Charlie

Callie

Zoe

Keek

Scruffie

Bo & Bubba

Willie

Dante

Bob

Hope

Wilbur

Venture- Canada Goose

Swamp

Spike

Toulouse Geese

White Embden Goose

More Guineas

Guineas

Ethel

Lucy The Leopard Gecko

Ricky

Leo

Grissom

Sky & Cloud

Monkeys

Migo- African Grey

Katanga- Blue Fronted Amazon

Herbie

Our Herd Of Dinosaurs

Monica

Simon

Custard The Tortoise

The Dude

Pudding

Mr Doodles

Photo Stuff

Connecticut State Library

River Links