As summer turns to fall and Island salt marshes take on a golden hue, a dedicated fraternity of waterfowlers look skyward.
By Nelson Sigelman
How to spear a fish and eat it too.
By Nathaniel Schneider
Once hunted nearly to extinction, North Atlantic right whales seemed poised to rebound. But the past few years have not been kind, and the future of the species is again in doubt.
By Sara Brown
A natural phenomenon is responsible for crazy behavior on Martha’s Vineyard. It is the arrival in late summer of schools of bonito and false albacore. It is a fish foehn.
By Nelson Sigelman
Is the Vineyard doing enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement?
By Moira Silva
Most every Island fisherman faces this social obligation, particularly in the summer months.
By Nelson Sigelman
Spring is Nelson Sigelman's favorite time of the year to fish on Martha’s Vineyard. It's uncomplicated, quiet, and the single-minded pursuit of a big fish – or any fish – in the annual Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby is still months away.
By Nelson Sigelman
From yesteryear’s war on bugs to today’s war on weeds, has anything really changed?
By Alex Elvin
