When I was a young boy growing up in Chilmark, this was the time of year when my friends and I would spend most of our days fishing the brooks and ponds for native brook trout.

The Vineyard Conservation Society had its first educational walking adventure on Nov. 10 at the Gay Head Cliffs in Aquinnah. The VCS winter walk programs were first introduced over 20 years ago and have grown in popularity which was evident by the more then 100 participants on the Sunday outing.