Colin Novick
@colinnovick.bsky.social
Hiker, Backpacker, Conservationist, Deacon
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"...in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community."
Pope Leo XIV
Dilexi te, 2025
Pope Leo XIV
Dilexi te, 2025
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"...in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community."
Pope Leo XIV
Dilexi te, 2025
Pope Leo XIV
Dilexi te, 2025
Cold, breezy with gusts, clear, no clouds overhead, crisp, sunrise.
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Cold, breezy with gusts, clear, no clouds overhead, crisp, sunrise.
Went up Mount Wachusett this morning. Clear, light haze, Boston/ Monadnock/ Worcester all clearly visible, gusty wind, up at the top.
Princeton MA
Princeton MA
September 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Went up Mount Wachusett this morning. Clear, light haze, Boston/ Monadnock/ Worcester all clearly visible, gusty wind, up at the top.
Princeton MA
Princeton MA
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
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
September 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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
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
Messing about on Commonwealth Ave. and enjoying the area on a beautiful morning.
Boston MA
Boston MA
September 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Messing about on Commonwealth Ave. and enjoying the area on a beautiful morning.
Boston MA
Boston MA
Taking the girls out to Pasture C this morning at Donker Farm, a Worcester MA conservation area managed by @gwlandtrust.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Taking the girls out to Pasture C this morning at Donker Farm, a Worcester MA conservation area managed by @gwlandtrust.bsky.social
Reposted by Colin Novick
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...
To officially sign up for #hikeworcesterweek go to www.gwlt.org/hike-worcest...
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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...
To officially sign up for #hikeworcesterweek go to www.gwlt.org/hike-worcest...
Reposted by Colin Novick
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...
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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...
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!
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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!
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!
September 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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!
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!
September 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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!
Ducks at dusk on Cook's Pond
Cook's Pond Conservation Area Worcester MA
Cook's Pond Conservation Area Worcester MA
September 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ducks at dusk on Cook's Pond
Cook's Pond Conservation Area Worcester MA
Cook's Pond Conservation Area Worcester MA
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.
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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.
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”
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”
September 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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”
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”
Worcester Massachusetts
Municipal Preliminary Election
Beth Israel Ward 1 Precinct 4
City Council At-Large Elimination
Let's do this Worcester! Vote!
Municipal Preliminary Election
Beth Israel Ward 1 Precinct 4
City Council At-Large Elimination
Let's do this Worcester! Vote!
September 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Worcester Massachusetts
Municipal Preliminary Election
Beth Israel Ward 1 Precinct 4
City Council At-Large Elimination
Let's do this Worcester! Vote!
Municipal Preliminary Election
Beth Israel Ward 1 Precinct 4
City Council At-Large Elimination
Let's do this Worcester! Vote!
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
Not much of a breeze, but the lack of haze is beautiful!
From the summit of Mount Wachusett in Princeton MA
September 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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
Not much of a breeze, but the lack of haze is beautiful!
From the summit of Mount Wachusett in Princeton MA
Tatnuck Square view of the double rainbow this evening!
August 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Tatnuck Square view of the double rainbow this evening!
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-...
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-...
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
www.ack.net
August 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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-...
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-...
Reposted by Colin Novick
ICYMI: Donker Farm (and @colinnovick.bsky.social in his guise as shepherd)
www.telegram.com/story/lifest...
www.telegram.com/story/lifest...
Worcester County Wonders: Worcester's only working farm remains wonderful and wild
The farm dates back to 1888 and remains the only working farm within city limits.
www.telegram.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ICYMI: Donker Farm (and @colinnovick.bsky.social in his guise as shepherd)
www.telegram.com/story/lifest...
www.telegram.com/story/lifest...
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
July 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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
Worcester Natural History Society: 200th Anniversary Lyceum Series
"Worcester Women Naturalists: Past and Present"
"Worcester Women Naturalists: Past and Present"
May 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Worcester Natural History Society: 200th Anniversary Lyceum Series
"Worcester Women Naturalists: Past and Present"
"Worcester Women Naturalists: Past and Present"
Worcester from Wachusett
Clear skies, light and variable breeze, cool, medium haze.
Clear skies, light and variable breeze, cool, medium haze.
May 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Worcester from Wachusett
Clear skies, light and variable breeze, cool, medium haze.
Clear skies, light and variable breeze, cool, medium haze.
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!
May 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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!
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
May 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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