“I have traveled a good deal in Concord,” said Thoreau, with his usual Yankee irony. To explore this small town, far away from any oceans or urban centers, would not seem to qualify as “travel.” But Thoreau was a man who could see Homeric drama in the movements of an ant colony; a New England town, then, with its social and natural life, was more than enough to have “traveled a good deal” in. Thoreau belongs to a long line of Concordians who have taught us how to travel a good deal in seemingly quiet places.
More than 3,000 species of plants, animals, fungi, lichen, and moss visit or reside in the Concord area, with tremendous species diversity in Walden Woods, Minute Man National Historical Park, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Estabrook Woods, Lincoln, Southern Carlisle, and other natural areas. What are these species? Find out by joining the Great Walden BioBlitz on Saturday, July 6, 2019 and follow the project on the app, iNaturalist.
