Robert M. Thorson is professor of geology at the University of Connecticut, where he holds a joint appointment between the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) and the Department of Anthropology. He writes a weekly column for The Hartford Courant and coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative.
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There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story. Stone walls tell not... SEE MORE