Walktobers Added to the Schedule!
BONUS WALKTOBER! #211 – Horses, Horsepower & Harvesting: Oct. 21, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Blue Slope Country Museum and Farm, 138 Blue Hill Road, Franklin CT. Demos of working horses, oxen and antique tractors. Family-friendly fall activities. Tour the museum and view the antique…
More Bears Seen in Our Backyards
Perfect Habitat for Forest-dwelling Bears Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear of a black bear sighting somewhere nearby. I have seen them dart across woodsy roads and once came upon black bear scat too close to my house for comfort. During the…
Walktober Offers Something For Everyone This Fall
To be a true New Englander is to enjoy and live gladly within the essence of the four seasons. To me, no month defines New England and our seasons like October. Autumn may astronomically begin in September, but October entrances the senses. The sudden chill…
CANCELLED – Walktober #129, Oct. 15
Walktober #129 – Maritime History of Norwich Through The Civil War on Oct. 15 has been cancelled.
CANCELLED – Walktober #107 Oct. 13
Walktober #107 –Â Wildlife and Woodland Resilience Walk at Rocky Hill Refuge is cancelled today due to the rain.
DATE CHANGE – Walktober #102 Behind the Scenes Gravel Walk
Walktober #102 – Behind The Scenes Gravel Walk has been postponed until Nov. 3 at 9:30 a.m. Take a look behind the scenes of Rawson Materials with a walk through the gravel and sand pits located at one of the company’s locations. This is your chance…
TLGV Awards $2,500 Grant to Wyndham Land Trust to Help Protect Bull Hill
TLGV recently awarded a $2,500 Heritage Transaction Grant to the Wyndham Land Trust to help in its ongoing effort to protect Bull Hill, a more than 3,000-acre undisturbed forest straddling Thompson and Woodstock. “Bull Hill is an exciting place for those concerned with preserving the…
Walktober and Fall Foliage Peak Together
Walktober is just warming up! There are four weekends packed with adventures still ahead of us and the mid-week Walktobers are just beginning. With more than 50 adventures from Oct. 12 to 15, there is something for everyone’s interest. Brought to you by The Last…
TLGV Awards $15,000 in Historic Preservation Grants
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) recently awarded $15,000 in grants to five local organizations to preserve, protect, interpret, promote or market historic and cultural resources. Since TLGV began awarding historic and cultural grants in 2003, more than $1 million has been disseminated to local…