Past Events
Celebrating Lyme’s Beauty ~ Paint-Out at Hamburg Bridge Historic District
Date: Sat June 4, 2016 thru Sun June 5, 2016Time: sunrise to sunset, registration starts at 9am
Place: Hamburg Bridge Historic District, Joshuatown and Old Hamburg Roads, Lyme CT
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
The 4th Annual en plein air Paint-Out sponsored by the Lyme Land Conservation Trust and Lyme Art Association continues the tradition established by the early American Impressionists who founded the Lyme Art Colony over a hundred years ago. All plein air artists are invited to join their colleagues for a beautiful Spring weekend of outdoor painting and camaraderie.
For the Paint Out and Exhibit Prospectus 2016, click here.
Inspired by the c.1850 painting of Reeds Landing by George F. Bottume at the Lyme Town Hall, the 2016 Paint-Out will be located in the Old Hamburg Bridge District, once called Reeds Landing, on the banks of the Eightmile River. Painting: “Reeds Landing” by George F. Bottume c.1850.
Rain date: June 11 and 12
Works created during the 2016 Paint-Out are eligible for exhibition and sale during the Celebrating Lymeâs Beauty Exhibition, to be held at the Lyme Art Association from July 22 to August 26.
For information about registration, directions and parking, call the Lyme Art Association at (860) 434-7802 or contact jocelyn@lymeartassociation.org
Directions: Hamburg Bridge Historic District is at the intersection of Old Hamburg Road and Joshuatown Road in Lyme about 5 miles north of Rte I-95 Exit 70. Parking will be off-site on Rte. 156 near the entrance to Old Hamburg Road.
The 4th Annual en plein air Paint-Out sponsored by the Lyme Land Conservation Trust and Lyme Art Association continues the tradition established by the early American Impressionists who founded the Lyme Art Colony over a hundred years ago. All plein air artists are invited to join their colleagues for a beautiful Spring weekend of outdoor painting and camaraderie.
For the Paint Out and Exhibit Prospectus 2016, click here.
Inspired by the c.1850 painting of Reeds Landing by George F. Bottume at the Lyme Town Hall, the 2016 Paint-Out will be located in the Old Hamburg Bridge District, once called Reeds Landing, on the banks of the Eightmile River. Painting: “Reeds Landing” by George F. Bottume c.1850.
Rain date: June 11 and 12
Works created during the 2016 Paint-Out are eligible for exhibition and sale during the Celebrating Lymeâs Beauty Exhibition, to be held at the Lyme Art Association from July 22 to August 26.
For information about registration, directions and parking, call the Lyme Art Association at (860) 434-7802 or contact jocelyn@lymeartassociation.org
Directions: Hamburg Bridge Historic District is at the intersection of Old Hamburg Road and Joshuatown Road in Lyme about 5 miles north of Rte I-95 Exit 70. Parking will be off-site on Rte. 156 near the entrance to Old Hamburg Road.
Volunteer Work Party at Eno/Mt Archer Woods Red Trail
Date: Tue May 31, 2016Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Eno/Mt Archer Woods Preserve
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us on Thursday, May 31 from 9:30 to 11:30 for a work party at Eno/Mt. Archer Woods Preserve in Lyme to finish trimming along the Red Trail. Bring along your work gloves and light-weight trimmers: weeders, pruners, and/or loppers to cut back weeds, saplings, and branches, that are encroaching on the path as we walk along. It will be mostly walking, with some trimming. We will walk about 2 miles or so.
Meet at the Pickwick’s Preserve Entrance.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Joshuatown Road. Go about 2 miles on Joshuatown Road. Take a right at 183 Joshuatown Road onto the dirt driveway. Travel about 0.4 mile. Parking is on the right in front of the gate.
Rain cancels. Please check here for updates.
Please let me know if you are planning to be there. openspace@townlyme.org
Photos by Wendolyn Hill
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Please join us on Thursday, May 31 from 9:30 to 11:30 for a work party at Eno/Mt. Archer Woods Preserve in Lyme to finish trimming along the Red Trail. Bring along your work gloves and light-weight trimmers: weeders, pruners, and/or loppers to cut back weeds, saplings, and branches, that are encroaching on the path as we walk along. It will be mostly walking, with some trimming. We will walk about 2 miles or so.
Meet at the Pickwick’s Preserve Entrance.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Joshuatown Road. Go about 2 miles on Joshuatown Road. Take a right at 183 Joshuatown Road onto the dirt driveway. Travel about 0.4 mile. Parking is on the right in front of the gate.
Rain cancels. Please check here for updates.
Please let me know if you are planning to be there. openspace@townlyme.org
Photos by Wendolyn Hill
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Czikowsky Hill Preserve – Talk and Walk
Date: Sat May 28, 2016Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Meet at Czikowsky Hill Preserve entrance on Joshuatown Road by the Old Hamburg Bridge.
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
Anthony Irving, Lyme Land Trust board member, Chairman of the 8mile River Wild and Scenic Committee, and well-known ecologist, will lead a talk and walk at the Czikowsky Hill Preserve.
Join us as we explore the many habitats that contribute to a healthy watershed. The Preserve is managed as a nature sanctuary with minimal human interference. The walk is moderately strenuous as there are no trails and we will make our way to the top for a view. What makes this parcel special is the range of habitat types, from river and moist lowlands with their deep sandy soils, to the dry, thin soils and large rock outcroppings on top, with an altitude change of nearly 400 feet.
The walk is family friendly for children 10 and older, and will take about 2 hours.
Rain date: Sunday, May 29 at 9:30 am
Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Joshuatown Road. You may park along Joshuatown Road between Rte 156 and the bridge.
Registration is appreciated: info@lymelandtrust.org
Anthony Irving, Lyme Land Trust board member, Chairman of the 8mile River Wild and Scenic Committee, and well-known ecologist, will lead a talk and walk at the Czikowsky Hill Preserve.
Join us as we explore the many habitats that contribute to a healthy watershed. The Preserve is managed as a nature sanctuary with minimal human interference. The walk is moderately strenuous as there are no trails and we will make our way to the top for a view. What makes this parcel special is the range of habitat types, from river and moist lowlands with their deep sandy soils, to the dry, thin soils and large rock outcroppings on top, with an altitude change of nearly 400 feet.
The walk is family friendly for children 10 and older, and will take about 2 hours.
Rain date: Sunday, May 29 at 9:30 am
Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Joshuatown Road. You may park along Joshuatown Road between Rte 156 and the bridge.
Registration is appreciated: info@lymelandtrust.org
Hawthorne Preserve Fund
Date: Wed May 25, 2016Time: ongoing
Place:
Contact Email: hstyler45@yahoo.com
The Lyme Land Conservation Trust has announced a fund raising drive to protect 82 acres of ecologically strategic upland forest and swamp wildlife habitat in Hadlyme on the headwaters of Whalebone Cove, one of the freshwater tidal wetlands that comprises the internationally celebrated Connecticut River estuary complex. The new proposed preserve is part of a forested landscape just south of Hadlyme Four Corners and Ferry Road (Rt. 148), and forms a large part of the watershed for Whalebone Creek, a key tributary feeding Whalebone Cove. To read more, click here. For a guided walk on the Lyme Land Trustâs proposed new Hawthorne Preserve, contact Humphrey Tyler at:hstyler45@yahoo.com or 518-253-4844.
The Lyme Land Conservation Trust has announced a fund raising drive to protect 82 acres of ecologically strategic upland forest and swamp wildlife habitat in Hadlyme on the headwaters of Whalebone Cove, one of the freshwater tidal wetlands that comprises the internationally celebrated Connecticut River estuary complex. The new proposed preserve is part of a forested landscape just south of Hadlyme Four Corners and Ferry Road (Rt. 148), and forms a large part of the watershed for Whalebone Creek, a key tributary feeding Whalebone Cove. To read more, click here. For a guided walk on the Lyme Land Trustâs proposed new Hawthorne Preserve, contact Humphrey Tyler at:hstyler45@yahoo.com or 518-253-4844.
Trailblazers – Walk at Selden Creek Preserve
Date: Tue May 24, 2016Time: 9:30 am
Place: Selden Creek Preserve, Joshuatown Road, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for this moderately easy (a few hills) walk in the woods. We will walk to an impressive overlook of Selden Creek and marshes with the CT River in the background. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike will explore the Selden Creek Preserve led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. The hike is about 2 miles long with an option to walk longer. We will meet at the Selden Creek Preserve entrance on Joshuatown Road in Lyme.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Rte 156 North to left on Joshuatown Road (about 5 miles from I-95); travel about 4 miles to park entrance on the left.
photo by Wendolyn Hill
Join us for this moderately easy (a few hills) walk in the woods. We will walk to an impressive overlook of Selden Creek and marshes with the CT River in the background. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike will explore the Selden Creek Preserve led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. The hike is about 2 miles long with an option to walk longer. We will meet at the Selden Creek Preserve entrance on Joshuatown Road in Lyme.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Rte 156 North to left on Joshuatown Road (about 5 miles from I-95); travel about 4 miles to park entrance on the left.
photo by Wendolyn Hill
Tour de Lyme sponsors bike collection for Bikes For Kids
Date: Mon May 9, 2016 thru Sat May 21, 2016Time: Daytime
Place:
Contact Email: Milton.Walters@lymelandtrust.org
Check your garages, basements, or barns for those unused bikes. Bikes for Kids has an immediate demand for 200 bikes for RACE4Chase a triathlon for kids, sponsored by the CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation, offered through 14 CT YMCAs .
Tour de Lyme, Lyme, CT is sponsoring its third annual used bike collection for Bikes-for-Kids, Old Saybrook, CT. Unused bikes can be donated three ways:
Home Pick-Up:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Call 860-388-2453
General Public Drop Off:Â Â Â Â May 9 to 21, 2016 â At: Reynolds Subaru, 268 Hamburg Road, Lyme, CT 06371
Tour de Lyme Rider Drop Off: May 15, 2016 â for Tour de Lyme Registered Riders â At Ashlawn Farm Parking Lot, 78 Bill Hill Road, Lyme, CT 06371
Bikes for Kids is a CT charity that collects, refurbishes, and distributes refurbished bikes of all sizes to needy families primarily in the inner cities of New London, New Haven, Middletown, and Hartford. All refurbished bikes are delivered with new helmets.
Tour de Lyme is a charity cycling event organized to help support the Lyme Land Conservation Trustâs preservation and stewardship activities of its scenic recreation properties, natural woodlands, wildlife and fish and bird habitats, and its watersheds filtering creates fresh water for individuals.
For additional information contact:
Milt Walters, Lyme Land Conservation Trust, 203-485-6070, Milton.Walters@lymelandtrust.org
Dave Fowler, Bikes for Kids, 860-388-2453, DaveFowler05@gmail.com
Volunteer Work Party at Eno/Mt Archer Woods Red Trail
Date: Thu May 19, 2016Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Eno/Mt Archer Woods Preserve
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us on Thursday, May 19 from 9:30 to 11:30 for a work party at Eno/Mt. Archer Woods Preserve in Lyme to trim along the Red Trail. Bring along your work gloves and light-weight trimmers: weeders, pruners, and/or loppers to cut back weeds, saplings, and branches, that are encroaching on the path as we walk along. It will be mostly walking, with some trimming. We will walk about 2 miles or so.
Meet at the Eno Preserve Entrance on Mt. Archer Road. You can pull off along the side of the road or park in the Jewett Cemetery Parking Area.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go about 1.5 miles on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The Eno Entrance is on the left by the big sign.
Rain cancels. Please check here for updates.
Please let me know if you are planning to be there. openspace@townlyme.org
Photos by Wendolyn Hill
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Please join us on Thursday, May 19 from 9:30 to 11:30 for a work party at Eno/Mt. Archer Woods Preserve in Lyme to trim along the Red Trail. Bring along your work gloves and light-weight trimmers: weeders, pruners, and/or loppers to cut back weeds, saplings, and branches, that are encroaching on the path as we walk along. It will be mostly walking, with some trimming. We will walk about 2 miles or so.
Meet at the Eno Preserve Entrance on Mt. Archer Road. You can pull off along the side of the road or park in the Jewett Cemetery Parking Area.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go about 1.5 miles on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The Eno Entrance is on the left by the big sign.
Rain cancels. Please check here for updates.
Please let me know if you are planning to be there. openspace@townlyme.org
Photos by Wendolyn Hill
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Tour de Lyme 2016
Date: Sun May 15, 2016Time: starting at 8 am
Place: Ashlawn Farms, Bill Hill Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Conservation Trust
Please join us for the fourth annual Tour de Lyme cycling event with beautifully scenic routes for all ages and levels. We’re looking forward seeing you!
TO REGISTER
For i
nformation about the event, visit the Tour de Lyme webpage. 
The Lyme Land Trust inaugurated Tour de Lyme in 2013 as an annual bike ride to raise funds to support its mission of preserving and protecting environmentally important land in Lyme. The third annual Tour de Lyme on May 17, 2015 was a perfect day. Seven hundred and thirty-five bikers registered for the event. We are hoping to surpass that in this Tour de Lyme.
photos by Angie Falstrom
Please join us for the fourth annual Tour de Lyme cycling event with beautifully scenic routes for all ages and levels. We’re looking forward seeing you!
TO REGISTER
For i
nformation about the event, visit the Tour de Lyme webpage. 
The Lyme Land Trust inaugurated Tour de Lyme in 2013 as an annual bike ride to raise funds to support its mission of preserving and protecting environmentally important land in Lyme. The third annual Tour de Lyme on May 17, 2015 was a perfect day. Seven hundred and thirty-five bikers registered for the event. We are hoping to surpass that in this Tour de Lyme.
photos by Angie Falstrom
NEW ENGLAND’S GREAT RIVER & ITS WATERSHED FORESTS
Date: Thu May 12, 2016Time: 4:30 PM
Place: Old Lyme Town Hall, 52 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT
Contact Email: mleslie@ctaudubon.org
Presenter: Dr. Robert Askins, Katharine Blunt professor of biology at Connecticut College
Click here for information about the lecture.
The lecture is free but seating is limited.
Please RSVP (acceptances only) to Madeline Leslie, mleslie@ctaudubon.org or call 203 259-0416 x404.
The Lyme Land Conservation Trust has just launched a fund raising effort to purchase 82 additional acres of forestland on the headwaters of Whalebone Creek, a key tributary feeding Whalebone Cove, one of the freshwater tidal wetlands that makes up the internationally celebrated Connecticut River Estuary system.
The proposed new woodlands wildlife refuge is to be named The Hawthorne Preserve and will protect key links for wildlife corridors that permit migration and breeding between otherwise isolated communities and families of many terrestrial species.Â
For a guided walk on the Lyme Land Trust’s proposed new Hawthorne Preserve, contact Humphrey Tyler at: hstyler45@yahoo.com or 518-253-4844
Click here for information about the lecture.
The lecture is free but seating is limited.
Please RSVP (acceptances only) to Madeline Leslie, mleslie@ctaudubon.org or call 203 259-0416 x404.
The Lyme Land Conservation Trust has just launched a fund raising effort to purchase 82 additional acres of forestland on the headwaters of Whalebone Creek, a key tributary feeding Whalebone Cove, one of the freshwater tidal wetlands that makes up the internationally celebrated Connecticut River Estuary system.
The proposed new woodlands wildlife refuge is to be named The Hawthorne Preserve and will protect key links for wildlife corridors that permit migration and breeding between otherwise isolated communities and families of many terrestrial species.Â
For a guided walk on the Lyme Land Trust’s proposed new Hawthorne Preserve, contact Humphrey Tyler at: hstyler45@yahoo.com or 518-253-4844
Trailblazers – Mt Archer Ruins
Date: Tue May 10, 2016Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at Mt Archer Preserve Parking Lot, Mt Archer Road, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for this moderately easy walk in the woods. This April a group of volunteers cleared Japanese barberry, other invasives and debris from the ruins on the White Trail. We will visit the newly cleared site. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike will explore the White and Yellow Trail in Mt Archer Woods, led by Wendolyn Hill, Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator and Lyme Land Trust board member. The hike is a little more than 2 miles – about an hour long. Meet at the Mt Archer Woods Parking Lot.
Rain cancels.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go one mile on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The parking lot is down a long driveway on the left, the 4th long driveway after you start up the hill. Look for the stone post marker that has âMt Archer Woods Town of Lymeâ written on it. It faces the road, so you canât read it until you are on top of it. (If you get to 100 Mt. Archer Road, you have gone too far).
Join us for this moderately easy walk in the woods. This April a group of volunteers cleared Japanese barberry, other invasives and debris from the ruins on the White Trail. We will visit the newly cleared site. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike will explore the White and Yellow Trail in Mt Archer Woods, led by Wendolyn Hill, Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator and Lyme Land Trust board member. The hike is a little more than 2 miles – about an hour long. Meet at the Mt Archer Woods Parking Lot.
Rain cancels.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go one mile on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The parking lot is down a long driveway on the left, the 4th long driveway after you start up the hill. Look for the stone post marker that has âMt Archer Woods Town of Lymeâ written on it. It faces the road, so you canât read it until you are on top of it. (If you get to 100 Mt. Archer Road, you have gone too far).
