Exploring The Last Green Valley: Crows bring ‘murder’ to our neighborhoods
I think we have a family of crows nesting in our neighborhood. Perhaps they have a nest in the thick woods between our house and the highway, or it might be in the trees south of our back field. We see them frequently throughout the…
Exploring The Last Green Valley: We must preserve the region’s farmland
What do 18 farms within six towns in The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor all have in common? Each has been protected from development by the Connecticut Farmland Trust. The town of Lebanon alone has 12 protected farms, more than any other town in…
Member Program: The Plight of the Bobolinks
7-8:30 pm, July 31, 205 Roseland Park Rd. Woodstock, CT. Bobolinks arrive in Connecticut after having migrated 5,000 to 6,000 miles from their wintering grounds in South America, traveling further than almost any other songbird. They arrive in our state at the beginning of May…
TLGV Acorn Adventure with Horizon Wings
10 -11:30 a.m., July 20, 9 Sand Hill Road, Ashford, CT. Tour the Horizon Wings Raptor Rehabilitation facility and meet the raptors. We’ll meet all the birds and get to know the owls. We’ll talk about the food chain and then we’ll get to dissect…
Exploring The Last Green Valley: Shagbark hickory a beautiful and useful tree
We have several hickory trees in our neighborhood, but the one I appreciate the most stands by the stone wall bordering the back pasture. At least 60 feet tall in the open air, the tree benefits from little competition for sunlight. Its rounded crown is…
Exploring The Last Green Valley: Fireflies are our living fireworks
“Fireflies create a magic that transcends time and space. Their resplendent displays change ordinary landscapes into places ethereal and otherworldly.” — Sara Lewis, “Silent Sparks: The Wonderous World of Fireflies” Do you remember the first time you saw fireflies? I vividly recall one warm summer…
TLGV Launches $50,000 Community Enrichment Grant Program
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) is pleased offer its largest grant program in almost a decade. TLGV’s new Community Enrichment Grant Program will fund projects aimed at conserving, celebrating or enhancing The Last Green Valley’s significant natural and historic resources or promoting economic development…
Exploring The Last Green Valley: Gray tree frogs produce nightly lullabies
It was a chilly, sunny autumn morning when I discovered a frog in the grass below a maple tree in my yard. The cool weather had slowed its metabolism, and it hardly moved when I picked it up and held it in my hand. Its…
Exploring The Last Green Valley: We can help protect our pollinators
I am pretty sure my neighbors drive by our house and wonder when we’re going to mow the lawn. The fact is, we care more about the wildflowers and important pollinating insects making our yard and fields home than we care about how it looks…