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PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS WALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO ICY PARKING AND HIKING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED FOR A NEW DATE) Join us at Knowlton Hill Preserve in Mansfield. Trails on both sides of Knowlton Hill Road wind through 127 acres of woods and fields past Knowlton Pond and then to the crest of […]
Join us at Tower Hill Preserve in Chaplin, CT. The yellow loop through the Tower Hill Preserve is approximately 1.3-miles long. We will be walking on long-abandoned farm roads through an oak forest that provides important habitat for nesting birds and mammals. We will take the short red spur trail to Stonehouse Brook where you […]
Joshua’s Trust blogger, George Jacobi, will discuss the history of the Old Connecticut Path, a section of which we walk on in the Madeline Regan Preserve. The approximately one mile walk will also include an esker and views of a kettle hole. Michelle Poudrette, JT's Development and Communications Manager and native plant enthusiast, will also […]
Join us at Utley Hill Preserve in Columbia, CT for a multi-habitat adventure and a little history, too. The loop in Utley Hill Preserve is approximately 2.50 miles long and will take us roughly 1 and 1/2 hours to complete. We will meet at the Columbia Recreation Park at 60 Hennequin Rd. After you pull […]
(PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN AND POOR TRAIL CONDITIONS.) Join us at Bradley-Buchanan Woods in Mansfield, CT for a 4.7 mile hike that will take us into Mansfield Hollow State Park and Back For this wonderful woodland walk, led by volunteer Dawn Heasley, we’ll start on the […]
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF RAIN. Join us at the H.E. Preston Nature Sanctuary in Hampton, CT for a slow saunter through field and forest. This one mile loop will take us through a large field, into the woods and down into the valley towards […]
Join Master Naturalist, Deb Field for a guided walk through JT's Bradley-Buchanan Woods in Mansfield in search of early spring blooms and vernal pool surprises. Visit our website at the link HERE for more information about the property. *We will meet at the Mansfield Public Library and take the yellow trail from this point. The walk begins […]
Join Joshua's Trust staff, Board of Trustees, and friends to celebrate another great year of accomplishments in conservation. Our featured speaker will be Landis Hudson, the Executive Director of Maine Rivers in Yarmouth, Maine. She’ll be talking about the amazing work their group has done to return fish passages from the sea into the interior […]
Join us at Pigeon Swamp Preserve for a leisurely walk through multiple habitats. Join us for a 2.25 mile hike through multiple habitats including pasture, wetlands and forested areas. Pigeon Swamp is a-135 acre preserve in Lebanon, Connecticut, that was given to Joshua’s Trust by Dr. Mervyn H. Little and his wife, Dr. Olga A. […]
For this Fourth Annual Earth Day Walk, Robert Thorson (https://robertthorson.clas.uconn.edu/) will combine a stream-side view of the Gurleyville Gristmill with a northerly hike along the crest of a glacial esker to help bring the power of flowing water in your head and heart. Stepping back in time: the river gurgles, the millstone turns, the ice […]