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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

National Weather Service HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 10:20 is about peak for us #Worcrster #Massachusetts

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Spring is here! How many turtles do you see? We are debating in the office just HOW MANY there are!!! On Patch Reservoir in Worcester #Conservation #Worcester #Turtles

Just how many turtles on a log? On Patch Reservoir in Worcester MA

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

"...in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community." Pope Leo XIV Dilexi te, 2025

"The Church, like a mother, accompanies those who are walking,"
"Where the world sees threats, she sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges. She knows that her proclamation of the Gospel is credible only when it is translated into gestures of closeness and welcome. And she knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community."
Pope Leo XIV
Dilexi te, 2025

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Cold, breezy with gusts, clear, no clouds overhead, crisp, sunrise.

Sun popping up above the cloud deck at a very orange sunrise

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Went up Mount Wachusett this morning. Clear, light haze, Boston/ Monadnock/ Worcester all clearly visible, gusty wind, up at the top. Princeton MA

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

My 2025 Hike Worcester Week: 1. Middle River 2. Parsons 3. Puffer Heninger -> Spring Ledge Farm 4. Holbrook -> Donker 5. KinneyWoods 6. Cascades Falls Loop 7. Coes-> Hadwen 8. Broad Meadow Brk 9. Asnebumskit Briarcliff 10. Moreland Woods 11. Asnebumskit N #hikeworcesterweek @gwlandtrust.bsky.social

Montage of photos from each of my 11 hikes from Hike Worcester Week and this year's t-shirt moto: "Why Aren't You Hiking Right Now?"

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Messing about on Commonwealth Ave. and enjoying the area on a beautiful morning. Boston MA

The MBTA Green Line Trolley as seen through the catenary and utility wires

Courtyard of classically styled apartments off Commonwealth Ave, overshadowed by a large Boston University building immediately behind it

The Prudential Building as viewed looking down the Green Line tracks with an outbound trolley in the center lower frame

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Taking the girls out to Pasture C this morning at Donker Farm, a Worcester MA conservation area managed by @gwlandtrust.bsky.social

Photo of 7 sheep in a rotational grazing field that used to be dominated by invasive plants.

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GWLT @gwlandtrust.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The next Hike of GWLT's Hike Worcester Week is at 525 Salisbury St Holden at the White Oak Land Conservation Society sign & hiking to Spring Ledge Farm! These wilder woods will be good fun & will be led by Colin Novick. To officially sign up for #hikeworcesterweek go to www.gwlt.org/hike-worcest...

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GWLT @gwlandtrust.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Hike Worcester Week kicks off Fri Sept 19th @ 5pm with a hike on the Middle River Boardwalk! Led hike starts at the Blackstone Visitor Center, 3 Paul Clancy Way, Worc MA 01607. Support GWLT's trail stewardship by officially registering at: www.gwlt.org/hike-worcest...

Green City of Worcester heart with the words "Hike Worcester Week" in white in the center.

Gateway to Middle River Park and the Boardwalk off McKeon Road pictured with a Hike Worcester Week sign.

Image of the boardwalk crossing through the wetlands adjacent to the river.

The River surrounded by lush green vegetation

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I had always wondered, assuming the time, weather, energy, all lined up perfectly, would I be willing to take on The Knifes Edge on Mt Katahdin? The odds against everything lining up to find out were long, but they happened, and we did! It was definitely a wild stretch, but I'm glad we did it!

The arête between Baxter Peak and Pamola Peak on Mt. Katahdin

Hiking east along the Knifes Edge on Mt Katahdin

Rock wall to the south, sheer drop to the north, as I traverse the Knifes Edge headed east.

Ryan hiking the spine of the Knifes Edge headed east as the camera looks hack west.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Got to enjoy the Trails End Festival in Millinocket Maine Saturday morning, complete with a parade, live music, and cool booths of vendors and organizations! Totally loved it!

Ryan and ai standing in the main aisle of the Trails End Festival in Millinocket Maine

The Trails End Festival poster listing events and sponsors with a Katahdin peak image in the background

The band stand with a guitarist and a singer performing

The East Millinocket Police cruiser with a giant yellow inflatable duck on the roof. The officer played duck noises over the PA system as he led the parade.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

For those of you who knew about Ryan & my trip north to Baxter State Park to climb Katahdin and reach Baxter Peak, yup, we summited Friday and in a blue bird blue sky day! Perfect!

Colin and Ryan on either side of the Katahdin peak wooden sandwich board sign that marks the end of the Appalachian Trail with the horizon and a blue cloudless sky behind

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Ducks at dusk on Cook's Pond Cook's Pond Conservation Area Worcester MA

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Sunset atop Pakachoag Hill for an outdoor viewing of "Pakachoag: Where the River Bends" at the College of the Holy Cross, projected on the side of the Prior Center for the Performing Arts.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Happy Wilderness Day! 9/3/64 Pres Johnson signed Wilderness Act “A wilderness, in contrast w those areas where man & his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth & its commnty of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain”

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Worcester Massachusetts Municipal Preliminary Election Beth Israel Ward 1 Precinct 4 City Council At-Large Elimination Let's do this Worcester! Vote!

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Yesterday Boston, Worcester, & Monadnock were all clear as a bell! Not much of a breeze, but the lack of haze is beautiful! From the summit of Mount Wachusett in Princeton MA

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Tatnuck Square view of the double rainbow this evening!

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Climate Change & Sea Level Rise in MA The Inquirer & Mirror: "Frequent southerly storms, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation will relocate its ranger shack to higher ground this fall to protect the structure & ensure the continued stewardship of the Coatue barrier beach www.ack.net/news/ncf-to-...

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NCF to relocate Coatue Ranger Shack due to erosion threats

(Aug. 26, 2025) Due to increasing sea level rise and more frequent southerly storms, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation will relocate its ranger shack to higher ground this fall to protect

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition is an invaluable group of conservation staff from nonprofits that share technical knowledge, support one another, organize around critical issues, and build a sense of community across the rural places, suburban areas, and cities of our state 1/3

Photos of new board members to MLTC: Laura Johnson, Kathy Sferra, Rob Warren, and Colin Novick

We’re pleased to welcome Laura Johnson, Colin Novick, Kathy Sferra, and Rob Warren as the newest members of our Board of Trustees! They bring valuable experience from current and past conservation roles in the non-profit and public sectors, and we look forward to working with them to advance our mission. You can read more about their accomplished backgrounds on our website at https://massland.org/about/our-team

photo: Bartholomew's Cobble The Trustees

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Worcester Natural History Society: 200th Anniversary Lyceum Series "Worcester Women Naturalists: Past and Present"

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Worcester from Wachusett Clear skies, light and variable breeze, cool, medium haze.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The South Wilcox Adirondack shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts' Beartown State Forest was built in 1933, and the classic lines of the design are still just as awesome today almost a century later!

2 photo collage
Top: Front view of a log Adirondack shelter
Bottom: Rear view of the same shelter

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Appalachian Trail hike in Beartown State Forest with Gene generously acting as support crew for my one-way 8-ish mile hike. Best part, sighting a Bear on Beartown Mountain Rd in Beartown State Forest! So cool! #Tyringham #AppalachianTrail #Massachusetts

Four panel collage
Upper left: Colin and Gene ready to hike
Upper right: Two pink lady slippers in bloom
Lower left: Native laurel in bloom with pink flowers (possibly Lamb's Ear)
Lower right: A black bear crossing Beartown Mountain Rd in Beartown State Forest

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

A week of DC by tent at the NPS Greenbelt Park was really great (even if it did rain a lot at night)

US Capital building against a blue sky with white puffy clouds

The Greenbelt NP facility sign at the low key entrance

Tent set up in the campground tucked under an extra tarp (it rained a lot!)

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GWLT @gwlandtrust.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Attending Land Trust Alliance #advocacydays in Washington DC to meet w our Federal delegation & agency reps on behalf of the @gwlandtrust.bsky.social ! Staying @ National Park Service Greenbelt campground while local, because a conservationist prefers the forest. Exec Dir @colinnovick.bsky.social

Land Trust Alliance Ashley Demosthenes CEO addresses the assembled land trust representatives

Greater Worcester Land Trust overnight accommodations! Greenbelt campground (NPS facility)

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Worcester MA

The bishop offers the opening greeting with the assembled liturgical ministers. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments.

The deacon seeks the bishop's blessing before reading the processional gospel with the assembled liturgical ministers. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments.

The deacon uses the thurible to reverence the Book of the Gospels before proclaiming. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments.

The deacon invites the assembled to go in peace and process to the church with their blessed palms. Red is the liturgical color for Palm Sunday, as reflected in the vestments.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Really enjoyed the late season snow storm in Worcester Massachusetts.

Snow covered branches on the forest tree tops

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

As Lent begins to draw to a close, the images in the church are covered, and in a week we begin Holy Week. The time of preparation is coming to a close. Cathedral of Saint Paul Diocese of Worcester

A collage of images from the Cathedral of Saint Paul in the Diocese of Worcester with all the statues and images covered in purple cloth.

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GWLT @gwlandtrust.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

March 31, 1933: The Emergency Conservation Work Act is signed into law, creating several federal agencies, including the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The first CCC camp would be established on George Washington National Forest in Virginia.

A stone and timber CCC built gateway information structure built into and out of a massive stone wall, with a family inside reading information.

A tent based CCC work camp lined up with workers milling about.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The Fortune article on the 1st org chart is paywalled, but the article, like the chart it shares, is beautiful! It's for a railroad company & it captures the organic nature of the relationships & functions in a way no pyramid or set of stacked boxes could. This isnt just lines of authority I <3 this

The organizational chart is more like a piece of patterned lace capturing root networks and branches of leaves

Each role on the chart has its own symbology making the pattern both more elaborate but also more meaningful

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GWLT @gwlandtrust.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Worcester State University Department of Earth, Environment & Physics student, Katie Steeves, captured a field game camera video of an otter at the WSU GWLT Environmental Field Station on Patch Reservoir in Worcester MA! (ignore time & date stamp) Check it out! #conservation #otter #Worcester #WSU

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Conan O'Brien Remarks Accepting Mark Twain prize at the Kennedy Center Excerpts published 3/24/2025 By Cathy Applefeld Olson, Fortune Magazine “Accepting an award named after Mark Twain is a responsibility,” he said. “One cannot invoke Twain without understanding who he was & what he stood for.”

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Worcester Magazine @worcestermagazine.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

“We've been cooped up all winter and we thought pulling together energetic, adventurous, uplifting environmental films would be a great way to get all charged up for the spring and the summer,” Colin Novick, executive director of the Greater Worcester Land Trust.

worcestermag.com

On the wild screen with Wild & Scenic Film Festival's return

The Greater Worcester Land Trust is set to host the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, with focus on man, beast and nature.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The Trump EPA is abandoning all work on Environmental Justice (EJ) Areas, and this is definitely not helpful for places like the City of Worcester, as most of the city qualifies as an EJ area by the 2020 census. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

Color coded map of the City of Worcester with virtually all of it colored in in various shades (yellow, dark green, florescent green, dark blue, and pink) designating different categories of Environmental Justice Areas.

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The USPS just issued Appalachian Trail stamps! Very cool!

Appalachian Trail stamps from the United States Postal Service

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GWLT @gwlandtrust.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Cascades have a little roar going on this morning! #Worcester #Conservation #waterfalls

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

USCCB filed a lawsuit Feb 18 challenging the govt’s unlawful suspension of funding for its refugee admission prog. USCCB has partnered w US govt & locally based Catholic partners to help nearly a million find safety & build their lives www.usccb.org/resources/2025.02.18%20USCCB%20Complaint_0.pdf 1/2

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The countryside around Monte Caminetto is quite nice from the Fraterna Domus #Italy #Jubilee

Lines of trees on a hillside in an orchard

Farmhouse in a field between coniferous trees in the foreground

A distant forested Hill across local houses and hills

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Trump has furthered Russian interests by: - attacking our allies (Mexico & Canada) with trade war; - attacking our allies (NATO) w a refusal to the basic tenet of the alliance, mutual defense, & publicly announcing to Europe's primary adversary that we won't come to their defense, while, (1/4)

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

When a judge issues an injunction, and says you must alter your executive behavior, you do it, not because you agree with the judge, but because that is the pact we have made with our government and our Constitution. 1/3

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Candlemas (with the blessing of candles), & The Blessing of Throats (St. Blaise.) It was quite the Mass! At the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Diocese of Worcester

Upper Left: Procession into Cathedral
Upper Right: The blessing of candles
Lower Left: Celebrant greeting the congregation
Lower Right: The Blessing of Throats with the choir singing the recessional

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

An absurd distraction: The use of the Gulf of Mexico's name goes back to 1552, when used in print by a Spanish historian. In 1607 there's a world map identifying it as the Gulf of Mexico. These references predate the modern nation of Mexico and are instead references to the historic Aztec city...

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Divine Mercy Parish, Blackstone MA (& just a tiny bit in RI!) First station of 12 in the Diocese of Worcester Jubilee Pilgrimage celebrating the global Jubilee of Hope and the Diocesan 75th Anniversary

Collage: Left the Divine Mercy Church exterior focused on the bell tower, Upper right the parish pilgrimage stamp, Lower right the interior sanctuary of the church focused on the altar

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Colin Novick @colinnovick.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Gene & I setting off to hike sections of the Metacomet Monadnock Trail and the New England National Scenic Trail in Warwick MA at DCR Mount Grace State Forest!

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