Finding Beauty in a September Day
“For days now, monarch butterflies have been drifting through. While birds are migrating south by night, in starlight and moonlight, these butterflies are moving south by day, in brilliant sunshine and under the shadows of clouds. The night of the migrating songbird finds its parallel…
Help Improve Water Quality in The Last Green Valley
Join The Last Green Valley’s Water Quality Monitoring team and become a citizen scientist. Jean Pillo, Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator for TLGV, is hosting a training on Riffle Bioassessment Water Quality Monitoring. Hundreds of water quality monitoring volunteers work throughout The Last Green Valley National…
A Visit to the Tantaquidgeon Museum
“Father and brother Harold built the little stone original museum that was begun in 1930 and completed and opened in 1931. The purpose of this little stone room was to house our collection of various artifacts that had been made and used by our people…
Tickets for Sale to the 2021 Tastes of the Valley – THIRSTdays Harvest Tour!
Help support TLGV and sustain the rich agricultural tapestry of the National Heritage Corridor by taking a “THIRSTdays Harvest Tour” of The Last Green Valley this fall! Our newest iteration of Tastes of the Valley will have you sample locally crafted sips while enjoying…
August Member Program 8/28: Creating Pollinator Habitat in Your Backyard
Creating Pollinator Habitat in Your Backyard 10 am – 12 pm Saturday, Aug. 28 Rain date, Aug. 29 Woodstock, CT Join us as we discover the important role pollinators play in our environment and learn how you can create pollinator friendly habitat in your backyard!…
Going Batty with CT DEEP Wildlife Biologist Devaughn Fraser
On the evening of July 24, I was joined by 28 intrepid TLGV members, their children and friends at the Wyndham Land Trust’s Lyon Preserve in Pomfret. We were there for a program led by CT DEEP Wildlife Biologist Devaughn Fraser. She is an expert…
Calling All Photographers! Show off Your Talent in TLGV’s 2022 Calendar
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) is searching for 13 photos capturing the unique spirit of the National Heritage Corridor. The selected images will appear in the 2022 TLGV Calendar and hang proudly in businesses and homes throughout the National Heritage Corridor and beyond! Photos…
The Elusive Hummingbird Moth
We have an old honeysuckle bush in our front yard twisting up a pipe 10 feet into the air. Planted by the previous owners, the orange-red flowers spreading out five feet around attract hummingbirds to their trumpet-shaped flowers. On sunny, warm days they move between…
Finding Beauty on an August Day
“The scales have tipped and the days have more of early fall than early summer in them. Mornings dawn with heavy mists that burn away in time. The annual overturn in sound has already taken place. The chorus of singing birds has diminished; the music…