Earth Matters: Guides aside, bird are where you find them
Birdwatchers at an Oregon wildlife refuge. George Gentry/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Published: 1/25/2021 12:02:55 PM
As birdwatchers travel we keep track of birds we encounter, especially those new to us. And when we travel, we want information about finding such birds.
The Massachusetts birdwatcher visiting California wants to know when and where to experience snowy plovers, tufted puffins, western screech-owls, western bluebirds, western tanagers and other western birds; the California birdwatcher on an exchange visit to Massachusetts would want information about piping plovers, Atlantic puffins, eastern screech-owls, eastern bluebirds, scarlet tanagers and other northeastern species.
Barbara J. Erickson, the president and CEO of the Trustees of Reservations, which manages 14 properties in Berkshire County, died Jan. 15 after a four-year battle with a rare form of appendix cancer. She was 42.
Originally from Wyoming, Erickson led the countryâs oldest land trust since 2012. She was the organizationâs fourth president, and first woman, to lead the nonprofit since its founding in 1891.
Erickson, who lived in Newton and Chatham, did not have a direct connection to the Berkshires. But those who knew her locally said she was passionate about her job and helped improve the properties that the Trustees managed in Berkshire County, particularly Naumkeag in Stockbridge.
Barbara J. Erickson, âcatalyst for the conservation movement,â dies at 42
By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated January 23, 2021, 4:55 p.m.
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Barbara Erickson, at a pond at Francis William Bird Park in Walpole.Handout
While leading one of the stateâs most important environmental organizations, Barbara J. Erickson looked back with reverence and ahead with anticipation.
âWe are always passing the baton to the next generation,â she said at the Trustees of Reservations annual meeting in 2019.
Ms. Erickson, who was 42 when she died of cancer on Jan. 15, played a key role statewide among those who preserve the open space jewels of the past and unearth new gems for the future.
Barbara Erickson, CEO of The Trustees of Reservations, dies at 42
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
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Barbara Erickson, president and CEO of Boston-based land trust The Trustees of Reservations, has died at age 42 after a four-year battle of a rare form of appendix cancer.
Erickson was the fourth leader, and the first woman, to helm the historic land conservation nonprofit, which landscape architect Charles Eliot founded in 1891. Since becoming CEO in 2012, Erickson oversaw a $10 million growth of the organization’s budget, a doubling of visitors to 2 million and nine new locations to The Trustees’ portfolio of 120 properties, including deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Naumkeag in Stockbridge and Crane Estate in Ipswich.