Tom Wolf

Acton researches deer management programs

August 15, 2026
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Note: Deer management was discussed at the August 5 Conservation Commission meeting, along with a number of other subjects which are covered in Conservation Commission notes: August 5, 2026. The population of deer in Acton, and the larger northeast region of Massachusetts, is two to three times what…
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A yellow lab dog is lying down with his face between his paws.

Acton’s poop problem

March 21, 2026
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On a recent walk around NARA park, the paved path around the pond was fouled with at least 15 piles of dog poop. Since this is a common walking path, many had been squished by the shoe of an innocent walker. The problem is not limited to this…
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Two people stand on an old bridge. The culvert is the archway through the bridge.

Restoring natural flow to Nashoba Brook

February 7, 2026
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The first public outreach workshop for removing the Bellows Farm Mill Dam and replacing the Carlisle Road bridge culvert was held virtually on Thursday, January 15, 2026, and attracted 34 participants. Nashoba Brook flows under Carlisle Road in North Acton, where the water is then impounded by the…
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Coexisting with beavers

January 10, 2026
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If you walked the Guggins Brook conservation area in 2025, prior to October, you probably did not get far before being turned back by flooded trails. Boardwalks and bridges that used to keep your feet above the wettest and muddiest sections of trail had been submerged by rising…
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New Eagle Scouts in Troops 12 and 32

December 7, 2024
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Scouts do hard things. That was the informal theme of the Troop 32 and Troop 12 Eagle Scout court of honor on November 20 where the two troops recognized five new Eagle Scouts. The ceremony, led by scout emcees Soham Kalavagunta and Ronita Shukla, began by introducing Scoutmaster…
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Bears, bears, everywhere

September 14, 2024
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In a recent video posted on Facebook from East Acton, a hulking figure ambles across the lawn, unaware they are being recorded by a doorbell camera. No, it is not a criminal casing the neighborhood. It is an Ursus americanus, also known as an American black bear. The…
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Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan released

August 23, 2024
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In the original flood of “biblical proportions”, Noah built an ark to save his family and two of every animal species. But how would the town of Acton protect citizens and property from a flood of “biblical proportions” or any other major environmental hazard, such as wind storms,…
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Meatless meet-up makes for mouthwatering meal

August 2, 2024
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“Eat your vegetables; they’re good for you!” is a common parental refrain that often goes unheeded. But what if it was followed by, “They’re good for the planet, too!”? It is this second point that the Energize Acton group wanted to emphasize with the 2nd annual “Celebration of…
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This 2006 image depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was obtaining a blood-meal from a human host through her fascicle, which had penetrated the host skin, was reddening in color, reflecting the blood's coloration through this tubular structure. In this case, what would normally be an unsuspecting host was actually the CDC's biomedical photographer's own hand, which he'd offered to the hungry mosquito so that she'd alight, and be photographed while feeding.

Little buggers

July 12, 2024
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Quick, what is the world’s deadliest animal? Bears? Sharks? Mountain lions? Nope. Actually it is the teeny tiny mosquito. That’s right, mosquito-borne diseases are responsible for an estimated 1,000,000 deaths each year. This includes malaria, Zika, dengue, and a little closer to home, West Nile virus and eastern…
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