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Join Joshua's Trust as we celebrate Spring and the great outdoors by getting out onto the trails. (EDIT: We've had such great feedback from this Challenge that we'd like to extend the opportunity. If you haven't started yet, now is a great time. Just pick a 30-day span in May and go for it! Email […]
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 […]
Join UConn professor, Bernard Goffinet, as he explores the mosses and lichens that inhabit Tolland's Tobiassen Forest. Click HERE for a trail map and directions to the preserve. *There is plenty of parking at the quiet cul-de-sac on Noah Lane. The guided walk begins at 10:00 a.m. and will be cancelled in the event of rain. There […]
Join us at Allanach-Wolf Woodlands for a relaxed ramble around Lake Marie and into the woods (and back). Allanach-Wolf Woodlands should be teeming with life by early May. We'll stop to view the pollinator garden before heading out to the bird blind on Lake Marie. The length of this walk will be determined by the water […]
Come welcome spring while we dance around the May Pole accompanied by the Mansfield Middle School String Players. We will post on Instagram and Facebook as well as this page if we decide to cancel the walk due to weather or other, unforeseeable circumstances. If you have any questions or concerns, please call Michelle Poudrette, […]
Nestled in the historic Mansfield village of Gurleyville, on the banks of the Fenton River, the Joshua’s Trust Gurleyville Grist Mill stands much as it was in 1830. The 15-acre campus of field and forest also includes the Miller’s Cottage, birthplace of Gov. Wilbur Cross, whose grandfather and father were millers here. Docents will be […]