Posts by Lois
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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreTickets 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…
Read MoreAugust 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…
Read MoreGoing 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…
Read MoreCalling 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreFinding 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…
Read MoreA Summer of Wonder and Concern in Birdland
The summer of 2021 will go down as one of my more satisfying and yet concerning summers when it comes to my fascination and interest in birds. My wife refers…
Read MoreAugust Acorn Adventure (8/14): Birds of Prey with Horizon Wings
Acorn Adventure: Birds of Prey with Horizon Wings 10 -11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 9 Sand Hill Road, Ashford, CT Tour the Horizon Wings Raptor Rehabilitation facility and meet the…
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