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Hike Hopeville with TLGV

April 5, 2021

Get unplugged and explore Griswold with us! Hopeville Pond Nehantic Trail Loop Hike April 24, 10 am Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold, CT Join Chief Ranger Bill Reid for a fun 2-mile loop hike from Hopeville Pond State Park to the Blue Blazed Nehantic Trail…

An April Adventure for the Whole Family

April 5, 2021

Grab the family and Spring Outdoors with us this weekend! Acorn Adventure: Letterboxing 101 April 10, 1 pm Camp Laurel, Lebanon, CT Do you like to search for treasure? Letterboxing is a family-friendly hobby that gets you outside to follow the clues and find the…

Spring Outdoors in Scenic Scotland

April 5, 2021

Enjoy an early morning hike in scenic Scotland. Little River Loop Hike April 17, 9 am Rain date: 5/1, 9 am Pudding Hill Road, Scotland, CT Join us on a peaceful hike down and back to the Little River, with a trip to a pristine…

Board Members Needed

March 30, 2021

The Last Green Valley, Inc. is seeking board members who love living or working in The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor. If you believe the region is extraordinary for its combination of open spaces, working farms, history and culture and want to learn more,…

New Round of Funding Available for Massachusetts Landowners to Conserve Woodlands in the Southern New England Heritage Forest

March 30, 2021

The Last Green Valley, Inc. and the MassConn Sustainable Forest Partnership/Opacum Land Trust are pleased to announce a new application round for Massachusetts landowners in the Southern New England Heritage Forest (SNEHF) to conserve their woodlands. This program is part of an unprecedented three-state effort…

Ready, set, hike!

March 30, 2021

“Hiking is not escapism; it’s realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong.” — Jennifer Pharr Davis, Explorer, Author, Speaker The first day of spring 2021 dawned as a glorious cloudless day…

The Magnificent Great Horned Owl

March 23, 2021

“Every night the owl with his wild monkey-face calls through the black branches, and the mice freeze and the rabbits shiver in the snowy fields— and then there is the long, deep trough of silence when he stops singing, and steps into the air.” —…

Time to Spring Outdoors

March 16, 2021

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”  — Rachael Carson, The Sense of Wonder Saturday, March 20 at 5:37 a.m. is the vernal equinox and the first day of…

Finding Beauty in March

March 9, 2021

“Now is that sweet unwritten moment when all things are possible, are just begun. The little tree has not quite leafed. The mate is not yet chosen. To the rambler in the woods all that he can find in heavy books will be of less…