It’s Time to Plan Walktober!
We may still be Springing Outdoors, but it’s time to plan the 35th Annual Walktober! In 2024 more than 120,000 people participated in Walktober — and enjoyed their time in the National Heritage Corridor! Members and partners are invited to submit your adventures. Hikes, bikes,…
Join TLGV for a Treasure Hunt! Acorn Adventure for Families – Geocaching
If you enjoy video games but also like being outside Geocaching is for you! Join Ranger Cassidy and volunteer Ranger John Kochinkas Sunday May 18 at 2 pm for an adventure to find two to three geochacing treasure troves. If you’ve never geocached or have…
Nature’s First Green is Gold
One of my favorite poems by Robert Frost is Nothing Gold Can Stay. He employs the color of tree flowers and leaves as a metaphor for a much deeper message of life anew and life at end. To me his simple opening lines to the…
TLGV Members Join Us For a Slithering & Slimy Adventure For The Whole Family
Spring means muck and the muck is full of life! Frogs and their eggs, salamanders, fish and turtles use muck for important parts of their lifecycle. On April 27 we’ll explore the edges of Garrison Pond in Chaplin with TLGV Rangers Christie and Emma from…
Thoughts on Earth Day: Rachael Carson and Aldo Leopold
This year Earth Day will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 22nd. Those of us who work and volunteer for The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) consider every day as Earth Day. We know how fortunate we are to live in a beautiful place and in…
Dark Sky Preservation Part III: Panel Discussion
Join TLGV on April 16 at 6 pm at the Mansfield Public Library, 54 Warrenville Rd., Mansfield, CT. for a panel of municipal leaders who will discuss how good lighting can benefit the entire community. Panelists include: Tyra Penn-Gesek – Planner, Town of Thompson; Kevin…
TLGV Acorn Adventure for Families: The Buzz on Bees
Join us during Spring Outdoors on April 6, 2025 from 2-3:30 pm at the Union Community Center, 1043 Buckley Hwy., Union. Bees are incredible! You can probably thank a bee for the flowers you see and the food you eat. Bees are pollinators and the jobs they…
Springtime Visitors to Vernal Pools
As the snow melts away and you have the opportunity to venture out into The Last Green Valley’s woods and forests, look for vernal pools. If you make repeated trips to these natural wonders during the spring and early summer months, the world of amphibians…
Acorn Adventure Excellent Eggs
2 pm, March 30 (new date!) at Patriots Park Coventry 172 Lake Street, Coventry, CT. Eggs are excellent! Some are large, some are tiny, some are blue and others are speckled. Many kinds of critters are born by hatching from an egg here in The Last…