Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Watershed

Native Plants and Habitats of Southern CT : Lyme
2026-04-12 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
The Lyme Pollinator Pathway invites you to join Jim Natale, native plant landscape expert, at the Lyme Public Hall for a presentation on what we can do to preserve our natural heritage. As he takes us on an exploration of our natural open space areas, he will discuss the threat of invasive plants and the rarely seen native plants that are at risk of local extinction. Jim will also talk about what homeowners can do on their own landscapes to help.
RSVP for this free talk at the Lyme Public Hall, at lymepollinator1@gmail.com

Native Plant Sale : Lyme
2026-04-16 12:00 - 14:30 | John Pritchard Conservation Center, 12-1 Town Street, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
The Lyme Land Trust will be selling native plants from Judge’s Farm in Old Lyme. Mike Baczewski, from New England Pollinator Gardens, will be on hand to answer questions and offer tips on how and where to grow these local wonders. Go Native!
Native Plant Sale. 3.5 inch pot – $4.00 – gallon – $9.00

Astronomy Observing Session : Lyme
2026-04-18 20:00 - 22:00
DATE COULD SHIFT BASED ON WEATHER– The shift from winter to spring means shifting from winter clusters to spring galaxies. On this evening, we will observe some of each, while also enjoying Jupiter in the western sky, and Mars in the southern sky.
Register on the event website. Upon registration , you will be given directions to the venue.

Teen Hike and Steward Group Meetup : Lyme
2026-04-19 13:00 - 15:30, 2026-05-17 13:00 - 15:30
The Tree Collective is a program designed to engage young conservationists ages 14-18 in outdoor fun and education while working to maintain trails in our beautiful town of Lyme, CT. Each time we meet, we offer a different topic, often with a hike and trail work in a selected preserve.
It is sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust under the leadership of environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey. Regan Stacey is a mother whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature.
Tools and gloves provided.
Registration required: reganstacey@gmail.com.

The Pileated Woodpecker : Salem
2026-04-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Salem Free Public Library, 264 Hartford Road, Salem, CT, 06420, United States
The CT Audubon Bird of the Year!
Learn how these birds live and behave and why they are so important to our local history and landscape.
Presented by Joe Attwater from the CT Audubon Societies Tory Peterson Estuary Center.
Call 860-859-1130 to register.
Sponsored by a grant from the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Watershed and the National Park Service.

Canoeing Local Waters and Other Adventures : Lyme
2026-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Vermont author, Alex Wilson, has co-authored four books for the Appalachian Mountain Club on “quiet water” canoeing and kayaking, including a guide to Southern New England (covering Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island), which recently came out in a 4th edition. The other books in this series cover New Hampshire-Vermont, Maine, and New York. In researching these books, starting around 1990, he has paddled many hundreds of lakes, ponds, estuaries, and quiet sections of rivers throughout the Northeast.
Unlike river guides, which by necessity focus on portages, white water safety, and routes with drop-off and put-in locations, these quiet-water guides focus on what paddlers will see on each body of water. Alex and his coauthor John Hayes are naturalists, and they focus on fauna, flora, and natural history of these places. Some entries also address historical events that occurred there, such as the King Phillips War in Rhode Island, and Thoreau’s explorations of the Concord River in Massachusetts and the Penobscot River in Maine.

Eightmile River Board Meeting
2026-05-18 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-11-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Burnham Brook Preserve, Dolbia Hill Road, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
