Dedicate yourself to making a difference in nature
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall Jane Goodhall has been one of my heroes…
Painted turtle has interesting way of surviving winter
Winter arrived Friday and Monday is Christmas Eve. While we’ll be snug in our beds, anxiously waiting for Santa to arrive, the season of ice and snow can be quite different for wild animals, especially our region’s reptiles and amphibians. I had not really thought…
Healthy, fresh food still found at winter farmers markets
In the past 10 years, The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor has seen a dramatic increase in the number of farmers markets, as well as a greater number of vendors and variety of products available. From any town within the National Heritage Corridor, a…
TLGV Acorn Adventure – Eagle Eyes on Jan. 26
Join TLGV on a bald eagle Acorn Adventure 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jan. 26 at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road, Woodstock, CT. Children and their families are invited to join The Last Green Valley’s Chief Ranger Bill Reid and Horizon’s Wings Mary Beth Kaeser…
TLGV Member Program – Bald Eagles in The Last Green Valley on Jan. 19
Join Chief Ranger Bill Reid, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Jan. 19 at TLGV offices, 203B Main Street, Danielson, CT. Geared to adults, this two-part program will begin at the conference room of The Last Green Valley office in Danielson with a power point presentation on…
DATE CHANGE – Winter Solstice Hike with TLGV Chief Ranger Bill Reid
Winter Solstice Hike with TLGV Chief Ranger Bill Reid NEW DATE – December 23, 10 a.m. to noon Goodwin Forest and Conservation Center 23 Potter Road, Hampton, CT 06247 Join Chief Ranger Bill Reid for a Winter Solstice Hike on the first day of winter…
We’re Sprucing Up Our Website – With Your Help!
We’d like to hear your thoughts on our website as we try to make it as user friendly as possible for you. Please take our survey to help us make the changes you’d like to see. We promise it will only take a few minutes.…
Majestic white pine green all winter
Winter is the time of the pine here in The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor. Pines and other conifers make up only 12 percent of the tree species in the region and for most of the year, deciduous oak, hickory, maple and birch trees…
December is no reason to stay inside
The morning of Nov. 16 we awoke to several inches of snow on the ground. By Thanksgiving week, green grass was visible again with the storm’s remainder slowly melting in piles at roadside edges and parking lots. Accumulated snow in November is a rare occurrence,…