Mansfield 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 Lake and State Park, I found a dozen or more ice fishermen already set up…
Celebrate 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 my age, I remember the holiday as a birthday celebration of both George Washington (Feb.…
We 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.” As a subscriber to National Geographic, I was pleased to get my January issue and…
Funding 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 trash from parks, rivers, and roadways throughout The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor thanks…
Famous 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 Friday was Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of…
Acorn 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 with Wyndham Land Trust to learn about Bobcats in The Last Green Valley National Heritage…
Winter 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 and Rangers John Kochinskas and Kevin Kelley will lead the winter hike. The ability to…
White 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 and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One…
Christmas Bird Count an Educational Experience
What do 1,185 birds of 43 different species all have in common? They were all counted in one small slice of The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor as part of the annual Christmas Bird Count. I participated in the count for the first time…