(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) The abandoned ...

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Robert M. Thorson created and coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative, an online resource on the historic stone walls of New England. He is an advocate for their conservation and management, and a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere – a ...