$\"Essex$

About
Books
Blog
Calendar
- Add an Event
- Upcoming Events
- Close
Connect
- Social Media
- Newsletters
  - - Essex Daily Digest
      
      Each day you’ll receive an email summary of the newest posts and upcoming calendar events.
      
      Essex Weekly Digest
      
      Each Sunday you’ll receive an email summary of the previous week’s posts and upcoming calendar events.
      
      Create. Recreate. Celebrate!
      
      Artists, authors, storytellers, makers (and their fans) receive intermittent inspiration, invitations, event announcements by email.
      
      Be a Better Blogger!
      
      Creating content for the Essex blog? Receive intermittent coaching, tips, tutorials, updates, and workshop announcements by email.
- GET INVOLVED
  - - SUBMIT A BLOG POST
      
      Send us a story: local news, event reviews, photo essays, etc. Tell the community about what matters to you.
      
      SUBMIT A CALENDAR EVENT
      
      Spread the word by adding your event(s) to the Essex Community Calendar.
      
      BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR
      
      Write posts for the blog and become a citizen journalist. This is your community blog, your media outlet, your opportunity to help tell the Essex story.
      
      BECOME A SPONSOR
      
      The Essex Blog was created for the community and it has become “community supported media.” Sustaining and improving it depends on you.
- CONTACT
  - Your Name (required)
    
    Your Email (required)
    
    Subject (required)
    
    Your Message
    
    Δ
- Close
Shop
Search
- Close
Log In
- Log Into Calendar
- Log Into Blog
- Close

Predation

We Should Welcome Cougars Back

John Davis · March 13, 2014 · 2 Comments

Many local residents insist the "big cats" – Cougars, Pumas, Panthers, Mountain Lions (multiple names for the same animal) – are already here, or were never fully eradicated. From my readings and observations, it seems the many reported sightings of Cougars usually fall into … [Read more...] about We Should Welcome Cougars Back

Misplaced Fear of Cougars (and Other Predators)

John Davis · March 8, 2014 · 1 Comment

If ever there was a time in American history when we had reason to fear being eaten by bigger animals, it is past. The greatest dangers in our lives these days are self-imposed: fast cars, fast food, pollution… All the wild carnivores in North America combined do not kill as … [Read more...] about Misplaced Fear of Cougars (and Other Predators)