Posts by Lois
Butterfly Season is Here: The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
For one of my teenage birthdays, I was given an insect and butterfly catching kit that came with a fine-meshed insect net and other items for euthanizing and mounting specimens…
Read MoreA Giant Along the River Bank: Our Mighty Sycamore
Safe in the harbour of home at last I’ll tell the tale of my dangers past. O! for my cottage beside the sea, And the peaceful shade of my sycamore…
Read MoreWater Advisory Committee Meeting and Special Cyanobacteria Presentation
The next meeting of the TLGV Water Advisory Committee will be held on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 from 9 – 11:30 am at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road, Woodstock,…
Read MoreCancelled – Cloudy and Rainy Forecast – Deep Sky Observing – Friday, July 28, 8-11 pm
Expect this! Join Rangers Kim and Geoff for a night observing some far distant objects like galaxies, clusters of stars, Red Giants, Nebulae. We might be able to view Jupiter.…
Read MoreSold Out – Tastes of the Valley – A Farmer at the Table!
We are sold out! Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets – we’ll see you on August 27 at TLGV’s annual feast and fundraiser, Tastes of the Valley! Proceeds from…
Read MoreTLGV Ranger Marcy’s Acorn Adventure-Perseids Meteor Showers
TLGV Ranger Marcy’s Acorn Adventure-Perseids Meteor Shower Under Dark Skies! Friday, August 11th, 7 – 8:30 pm at the Friends of Sturbridge Trails Heins Farm Conservation Area. Summer vacation continues…
Read MoreExploring The Last Green Valley – The Trumbulls of Lebanon were revolutionary leaders
Exploring The Last Green Valley – The Trumbulls of Lebanon were revolutionary leaders Since we are on the cusp of our July 4 Independence Day holiday, I thought it would…
Read MoreExploring The Last Green Valley – Barred owls are all around, but not easy to spot
Exploring The Last Green Valley – Barred owls are all around, but not easy to spot “We know the old woods road in winter, when we sometimes see where foxes…
Read MoreExploring The Last Green Valley – Garter snakes like frogs, and their freedom
Exploring The Last Green Valley – Garter snakes like frogs, and their freedom On one of those unseasonably cool days this month, I ventured out to remove the cover off…
Read MoreTLGV Ranger Marcy’s Acorn Adventure -Patriotic Parade to Celebrate Independence!
TLGV Ranger Marcy’s Acorn Adventure –Patriotic Parade to Celebrate Independence!  Saturday, July 1, 1-2:30pm  Lebanon Historical Society Museum 856 Trumbull Hwy (Rte. 87), Lebanon, CT  We’ll march &…
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