Urban Bat Diversity and Activity Study, Mount Auburn Cemetery, June 5, 2019.  Lesley University researcher Chris Richardson retrieves and bands a Big Brown Bat caught in a mist net at Auburn Lake.  He then performs a physical examination of the … Continue reading →

So we’ve composted all of our vegetable scraps and recycled all of our paper, glass, metal and plastic-what happens to what’s leftover, the stuff that is really and truly garbage?  We all probably have a clear mental image of a … Continue reading →

In May 2013, I bought my first house and along with it, my first piece of landscape that was all mine to maintain.  Although my landscape by comparison is just a tiny fraction of Mount Auburn’s 175 acres, I was … Continue reading →

Changes are coming to the drinking water supply in three of Mount Auburn’s buildings!  For some time, the Administration Building has obtained most of its drinking water from a Poland Springs water bubbler, the type with five-gallon jugs.  These plastic … Continue reading →