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Join Michael Baczewski, of New England Pollinator Gardens, and Kristina White, Executive Director, and plant warm-season grasses, perennials and bushes in our meadow. Bring your shovels, pickaxes, trowels, and wheelbarrows. The more the merrier and the quicker we get it done! We will have coffee and light refreshments to keep you energized. Registration required: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org

This hike, originally planned for Sunday, September 27, will highlight the ongoing woodland management project at Miller Farm Preserve. Learn about unhealthy vs healthy forests and what work has been done, and will be done, to remove unhealthy and aging trees. The work is being done to encourage regrowth of young trees and understory shrubs, …

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Saunders Preserve lies directly atop the Honey Hill Fault and the fault’s associated rock outcroppings. The geology at Saunders is amazing, with likely Native American stoneworks. The walk is moderate along dirt paths with some inclines. Two miles. Wendy Hill, Open Space Coordinator of Lyme will lead the walks with host Cameron Beard of the East …

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The Nutmeg 40 is a unique 40-mile adventure loop that utilizes the most interesting and challenging public preserves in East Haddam, Salem, and Lyme, Connecticut. The most iconic portion of this loop is the The Goodwin Trail. This is a unique, 13.5 mile linear trail that winds its way through preserved lands owned by local …

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As Part of the Salem Library's Halloween Harvest Fair,  Xen's Critters will bring a Petting Zoo with baby goats/sheep, bunnies, chickens, ducks, geese and guinea pigs. Halloween crafting will be from 10:30 to noon followed by the Petting Zoo starting at noon. To register for the event, call 860-859-1130.

Nancy Ballek Mackinnon will share advice about top pollinators, the best native plants to attract them, and planting advice. Then her team will help attendees find their plants, at a 10% discount for all registrants. This is sponsored by the Lyme Pollinator Pathway, the East Haddam Garden Club, and East Haddam Land Trust. Registration is …

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Join this nature focused book circle from the East Haddam Land Trust and East Haddam Library System to soak in the writings of natural scientists who expand and deepen our awareness of the ecologies of life. By reading about the seen and unseen relationships of the wood-web, our experiences of forests, waterways, and meadows of …

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This Woods Walk will explore the Selden Creek Preserve off of Joshuatown Road in Lyme. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) owns the 207-acre preserve on the west side of Joshuatown Road. As one of the most biologically significant sites on the lower Connecticut River, the Selden Creek Preserve takes its name from the creek that divides …

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(Date could shift based on weather.) In addition to night-long views of Saturn , the Great Square of Pegasus is overhead together with its boundary constellation Andromeda, affording great views of large galaxies harbored in their midst. Near to Saturn lies Neptune, visible in larger scopes as a distinctly blue dot with hints of its …

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