A Bigelow Hollow State Park Hike Around Breakneck Pond
I have hiked around Breakneck Pond at Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union many times and in all seasons. This past month I was there on two occasions, and I want to share my experience about the hike in hopes that readers might venture to…
Beavers: Nature’s Eager and Industrious Engineer
Last week I traveled to New Hampshire to walk the forest lands my grandparents purchased in the early 1930s. In the woods are beaver ponds, each in a different stage of use or abandonment. March is a perfect time to get a close look at…
Signs of Spring in The Last Green Valley
“In our latitude the first day of spring is only occasionally a spring day. The calendar spring, the astronomical spring of the vernal equinox, may arrive under sullen skies with cold rain or with a blizzard hurling its snow from the north.” — Edwin Way…
Remembering Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, 60 years Later
Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring” in 1962. In honor of Women’s History month and the 60th Anniversary of Carson’s seminal work, I wanted to look back at this remarkable woman and her life’s work. “Silent Spring” represented a watershed moment for what became our modern…
Nesting Owls in Winter
There are sounds of nature that make me stop what I am doing and listen intently, as if drawn into a deep wildness that is both awesome and yet unnerving. No sound does this more for me than the call or hoot of an owl,…
Learn About Light Pollution
Join TLGV’s Lead Night Sky Rangers Geoff and Kim McLean for Light Pollution 201 on Zoom March 16 at 6 pm. Light Pollution 201 discusses the impacts of the excessive use or inappropriate use of lighting outside areas at night. We cover how it affects…
The Civil War Connecticut 29th Colored Regiment
History is not static. Our understanding of it grows and the picture of the past can shift as we do more research and dig deeper. “It’s like peeling back the layers of an onion, one thin strip of membrane after the other, the deeper layers…
Request for Proposals – Restoration Plans under the USDA NRCS Healthy Forests Reserve Program
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) is seeking the services of a consultant with expertise in woodland bird surveys, bird habitat assessments and development of species-specific Restoration Plans under the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The successful…
Spring Outdoors Coming Soon!
We’re planning for Spring Outdoors 2022 which will run from the Vernal Equinox on March 20 to the Summer Solstice on June 21. We know how important it is for our health and well-being to experience nature, and we have plenty of wide open spaces…