Posts by Lois
Spring Outdoors: A Special Vernal Equinox TLGV Hike
Join TLGV from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., March 20, for a special hike at West Thompson Dam as we celebrate the Vernal Equinox and first day of Spring 2018…
Read MoreThe Last Green Valley’s Acorn Adventure: Treasure Hunting on the Trails
TLGV is teaming up with the Girl Scouts of Connecticut on Sunday, March 25, 1-3 p.m., to hold a letterboxing Acorn Adventure at Camp Laurel, 175 Clubhouse Road, Lebanon CT.…
Read MoreMansfield Hollow Worth a Visit Any Time of Year
The morning of Feb. 10 was bright and sunny, with temperatures rising into the 30s and heading for the 40s. As I pulled into the parking area at Mansfield Hollow…
Read MoreCelebrate Presidential Visits to The Last Green Valley
Monday is Presidents’ Day, a national holiday held on the third Monday in February to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present. For me, and I think for most folks…
Read MoreWe Can All Work Together to Protect Bird Populations
Why do birds matter? As author Jonathan Franzen wrote in the January edition of National Geographic, “they are our last, best connection to a natural world that is otherwise receding.”…
Read MoreFunding for Cleanup Efforts Available from TLGV
TLGV is making funding available to nonprofits and municipalities and organizations that wish to organize a cleanup event. In the last six years, 7,789 volunteers have collected 248,516 pounds of…
Read MoreFamous rodent neither chucker of wood nor meteorologist
“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck could chuck wood? As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, If a woodchuck could chuck wood.” – Mother Goose…
Read MoreAcorn Adventure: Bobcat Tracks and More with Wyndham Land Trust!
The Last Green Valley’s Acorn Adventure: Bobcat Tracks and More with Wyndham Land Trust Children and their families are invited to join The Last Green Valley as we team up…
Read MoreWinter Hike/Snowshoe with Chief Ranger Bill Reid
The Last Green Valley is hosting a winter hike, 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 10 at , Mansfield Hollow State Park, 151 Bassetts Bridge Road, Mansfield. Chief Ranger Bill Reid…
Read MoreWhite Birches Offer Many Uses
″…I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top…
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