The land bank staff invites the community on a guided natural history walk of Tea Lane Farm and Middle Line Woods Preserve in Chilmark. The walk will last approximately three hours and will take place rain or shine.

The bucolic pond that graces the entrance to town has been the source of long-running disagreement over environmental management methods. At the annual town meeting next week voters will again consider dredging and a watershed study.

Tour of edible trees at the Polly Hill Arboretum educates and informs, but to find real blueberries and hickory nuts, come back in summer and fall.

The commission voted unanimously last week to designate a new DCPC to control fertilizer use. Voters in Island towns will be asked to adopt regulations this spring. The plan has strong support from boards of health, landscapers and golf course managers.

The moon slips into our evening sky in the coming week following New Moon on Sunday.

A greeting of red-winged blackbirds and American goldfinches that are a darker shade of yellow was a treat prior to the storm earlier this week.