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…
Survey Proves Eagles Love The Last Green Valley
For the eighth year The Last Green Valley assisted the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in its Midwinter Eagle Survey. The Last Green Valley’s Chief Ranger, Bill Reid, organizes the group of volunteers in the 26 Connecticut towns of the National Heritage Corridor.…
Difficult to Catch a Glimpse of the Shy River Otter
It was a freezing cold January morning in 1979. My job at Old Sturbridge Village that morning involved feeding and watering a dozen sheep, two cows, one calf and General Lee (a horse). Maggie, the cow, had been milked and was happily munching the last…
It Was 300 Years Ago When a State Hero Was Born
“Passenger, if thou art a soldier, drop a tear over the dust of a Hero, who ever attentive to the lives and happiness of his men dared to lead where any dared to follow.” – inscribed on Israel Putnam’s tomb in Brooklyn On this day…
The Last Green Valley Hosts January Acorn Adventure
Children and their families are invited to join The Last Green Valley’s Chief Ranger Bill Reid and Ranger J.P. Babineau at Roseland Park, Jan. 20 from 1-2:30 p.m. for Eagle Eyes. Ranger Bill and Ranger J.P. will share fun facts about bald eagles, and participants…
12 Things To Do in 2018 in The Last Green Valley
Monday is New Year’s Day and each of us will welcome 2018 in our own way. I was never one for making resolutions. As the year winds down, instead of making future resolutions, I’ll look back over the previous year to remember the things and…