light pollution Archives - The Last Green Valley

CANCELLED – May 5 Spring Outdoors, Explore the Dark Side

May 3, 2018 By Lois

Due to the cloud cover expected this weekend the Spring Outdoors Program, Explore the Dark Side, schedule for May 5 from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dark Skies, Kids, Member Programs, Ranger Program, Spring Outdoors Tagged With: conservation, dark skies, environment, family, family fun, family-friendly, Kids, light pollution, national heritage corridor, nature, spring outdoors

TLGV Volunteer Ranger Geoff McLean Becomes NASA Solar System Ambassador

April 2, 2018 By Lois

Geoff McLean, a long-time volunteer Ranger for The Last Green Valley, Inc., was recently accepted into NASA’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Member Programs, Press Releases, Ranger Program, Rangers Tagged With: astronomy, environment, family fun, family-friendly, light pollution, NASA, national heritage corridor, solar system, solar system ambassador

Spring Outdoors on Guided Adventures: Trails, Pups, Fairies, Festivals and More!

May 8, 2017 By Lois

Spring Outdoors on Guided Adventures: Trails, Pups, Fairies, Festivals and More! Your choices for May 13 – May 19, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Festivals and Events, Historic/Cultural, Member Programs, Press Releases, Ranger Program, Rangers, Spring Outdoors Tagged With: 3rd thursday street festival, ashbel woodward house, birds, bradley-buchanan woods, buffumville, bull hill, charlton MA, CT audubon society, dark skies, destination, dog walk, downtown storrs, eastern connecticut, eastern ct railroad museum, encampments, events, fairy house, firefighters, franklin ct, history, huguenots, huntington homestead, invasives species, joshua's trust, kayaks, light pollution, living history, long pond, Mansfield CT, mansfield ct library, mansfield downtown partnership, migration, millionaires triangle, mother's day, museums, national heritage corridor, norwich ct, norwich historical society, oxford ma, paddle, paddle killingly, paddling, palmer arboretum, Pomfret CT, pup crawl, rails, reenactments, samuel huntington, schoolhouse brook park, scotland ct, silsby steamer, south central massachusetts, tackle the trail, thompson CT, TLGV, TLGV rangers, trails, visit ct, visit ma, willimantic ct, willimantic river, woodstock ct, wyndham land trust

New Series Focuses on Dark Skies in The Last Green Valley!

April 11, 2017 By Lyann Graff

“Green by day” and “dark at night,” The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor is a relatively undeveloped notch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Press Releases, Spring Outdoors Tagged With: astronomy, Dark sky, light pollution, North Star, Pluto, stars