Channeling the protest spirit of Henry David Thoreau, defiant Bay State swimmers are threatening to commit nonviolent acts of civil disobedience if the Patrick administration bans open-water swimmi… ...

Over two dozen beaches across the Bay State are closed on Wednesday, July 23. Here's where you can't go for a swim.

Tired of the seaweed and the sand when you head to the ocean? You're in luck. One of the best lakes for freshwater swimming in the country is located right here in Massachusetts, according to Reader's ...

A storied part of our national heritage, Walden Pond and Walden Woods in Massachusetts – where Henry David Thoreau wrote his 1854 classic "Walden" – has been named one of "America's 11 Most ...

Two centuries after the “Walden” author’s birth, people are still deliberately following in Thoreau’s footsteps to discover Walden Pond, the little lake he immortalized.

On the other hand, maybe he would appreciate the fact that so many still enjoy the serenity that remains at Walden Pond, despite all that’s changed. This segment aired on July 12, 2017. Climate ...

WALDEN POND. A retreating glacier formed it 10,000 or so years ago, but it was Thoreau — born in Concord 200 years ago this summer on July 12, 1817 — who really put Walden Pond on the map.

A 2001 study of Walden Pond found that more than half of the phosphorus in the water in summer may come from swimmers' urine. At least it's not totally yellow yet.

Walden: An Annotated Edition By Henry David Thoreau Edited by Walter Harding Houghton Mifflin, 349 pages, $30 `Walden,” one of America’s greatest classics, perhaps reaches its highest level as ...

A storied part of our national heritage, Walden Pond and Walden Woods in Massachusetts – where Henry David Thoreau wrote his 1854 classic "Walden" – has been named one of "America's 11 Most Endangered ...