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*This event has been canceled* Join Joshua's Trust for a day for the family! Fly-fishing gear will be available for use, but bring your own if you have it! More details to come.
Please RSVP at joshuastrust.org/annual-meeting. This meeting will be held virtually.
Friedman Forest, Beddington Road, Ashford. Just off Route 89, close to the Ashford-Mansfield town line. Take Bicknell Road on the east side of Route 89, take a left on Bebbington Road, the parking lot over the hill and on the right.
Learn about the diversity of native pollinators in Connecticut and how you can help protect these important insects. Emily May, a Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Pesticide Program at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, will speak about the importance and diversity of native bees and how to make your yard or garden a sanctuary […]
Iron Mine Valley, Sand Hill Road, Ashford. Go north 2.8 miles from the intersection of Route 89 and Route 44 in Ashford. Turn right onto Sand Hill Road. Immediately after the road turns to dirt, look for the trailhead on the left.
Elizabeth Couch Preserve, Coventry. Take Route 31 to Root Road (near Coventry High School). Root Road takes a sharp left and the name changes to Cooper Road. Couch Preserve is about 800 feet on the left.
Chenes Roches, 71 Blair Road, Willington. From Route 32, just north of Interstate 84, take Schofield Road (east side of Route 32) and follow to a four-way stop intersection. Take left onto Blair Road and be alert for sharp bend in the road. Chenes Roches is on the left.
Bats are extremely beneficial to forests and agricultural systems, as they consume large quantities of insect pests. A colony of big brown bats can consume about 600,000 cucumber beetles, 194,000 June beetles, 158,000 leafhoppers, and 335,000 stinkbugs per year! Yet, all species of CT bats, except for one, are either state or federally listed as […]
Potter Meadow, Columbia, off Route 66 near Columbia-Windham town line.From Willimantic, cross the Willimantic River, take right and another quick right on Commerce Drive (the Columbia Industrial Park). Potter Meadow is at the cul-de-sac at the end of the road.
From the junction of Route 87 and Route 66 in Columbia, go north on Route 87 1 mile to Lake Road. Turn left on Lake Road and go 1 mile to Erdoni Road on the right. The entrance is opposite Erdoni on the left side of Lake Road.