Date: Sat October 24, 2020
Time: 9:30 am-11:30 am
Place: Young Preserve. Pull-in parking along the east side of Gungy Road, about 1/2 mile north of Beaver Brook Rd.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
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Treat yourself to a rejuvenating autumn forest bathing walk guided by Regan Stacey, a certified forest therapy guide. She will invite participants to immerse the senses in the wonder of the laurels, mature forest, and rock outcroppings of Young Preserve. Experience the soothing sounds of swishing leaves, the smell of autumn earth, and the changing colors of the season. Most of the trail is easy to moderate.
The walk will conclude with a ceremonial tea for the land where we honor Mother Earth and our time together.
The group is limited to 6 participants. Social distancing guidelines will be followed.Please wear a mask to the parking lot meet-up.
Folding stools are available for your use or bring along your own stool or sit upon (towel, cloth or mat) for our sitting sessions. You may wish to bring along some water. There are no restrooms at the preserve.
The Lyme Land Trust is partnering with Regan Stacey to offer this walk at a discounted price of $25 non-members, and $20 for members of the LLT. For LLT member discount, please enter code LLTMEMBER at checkout. To become an LLT member.
Heavy rain cancels. If canceled, an email will go out 2 hours prior to the walk.
Regan Stacy is the founder of Awaken the Forest Within, an organization that offers forest bathing walks. Forest bathing is a supportive practice that invites us to slow down, open our senses, and engage with nature and ourselves as we take in the restorative health benefits of being in the forest. These benefits include lowered stress, blood pressure, and heart rate, increased creativity and focus, and a boost to our immune system. Leave calm and refreshed for the day ahead.
Treat yourself to a rejuvenating autumn forest bathing walk guided by Regan Stacey, a certified forest therapy guide. She will invite participants to immerse the senses in the wonder of the laurels, mature forest, and rock outcroppings of Young Preserve. Experience the soothing sounds of swishing leaves, the smell of autumn earth, and the changing colors of the season. Most of the trail is easy to moderate.
The walk will conclude with a ceremonial tea for the land where we honor Mother Earth and our time together.
The group is limited to 6 participants. Social distancing guidelines will be followed.Please wear a mask to the parking lot meet-up.
Folding stools are available for your use or bring along your own stool or sit upon (towel, cloth or mat) for our sitting sessions. You may wish to bring along some water. There are no restrooms at the preserve.
The Lyme Land Trust is partnering with Regan Stacey to offer this walk at a discounted price of $25 non-members, and $20 for members of the LLT. For LLT member discount, please enter code LLTMEMBER at checkout. To become an LLT member.
Heavy rain cancels. If canceled, an email will go out 2 hours prior to the walk.
Regan Stacy is the founder of Awaken the Forest Within, an organization that offers forest bathing walks. Forest bathing is a supportive practice that invites us to slow down, open our senses, and engage with nature and ourselves as we take in the restorative health benefits of being in the forest. These benefits include lowered stress, blood pressure, and heart rate, increased creativity and focus, and a boost to our immune system. Leave calm and refreshed for the day ahead.
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Meet at Thach Preserve on Brush Hill Road for an easy 1 mile walk. Highlights include an active beaver pond, fascinating glacial erratics and a freshwater creek.
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Meet at Thach Preserve on Brush Hill Road for an easy 1 mile walk. Highlights include an active beaver pond, fascinating glacial erratics and a freshwater creek.
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Date: Mon October 19, 2020
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Johnston Preserve
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
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Rescheduled from Oct. 13. Meet at the Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte 82. This approximately 2-mile walk has fascinating geologic features, including the highest point in Lyme.
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Rescheduled from Oct. 13. Meet at the Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte 82. This approximately 2-mile walk has fascinating geologic features, including the highest point in Lyme.
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Date: Sun October 18, 2020
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: Banningwood Preserve - Diana’s Field
Directions: 19 Town St. (Rte. 82), 1/4 mile north of Hadlyme Four Corners
Parking: you will be directed to parking when you get to the Preserve. From parking, it is an easy half mile walk along an old woods road trail to reach the field.
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What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than listening to music in a safe outdoor environment? Bring your blanket, chairs and picnic basket and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in our Preserve.
Ramblin’ Dan Stevens performs an eclectic mix of traditional fingerstyle blues, americana and originals. He has entertained audiences throughout the US, Germany, UK, Canada and Virgin Islands. Of special interest is his unique style of “bottleneck” slide playing popularized by early Mississippi Delta Bluesmen including his use of a homemade, three stringed “Cigar Box Guitar” and one stringed “Diddly Bow”, both primitive blues instruments.
Limit is 50 people.
Reservations and prepayment required.
Tickets are $10.00. All tickets must be purchased online.
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than listening to music in a safe outdoor environment? Bring your blanket, chairs and picnic basket and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in our Preserve.
Ramblin’ Dan Stevens performs an eclectic mix of traditional fingerstyle blues, americana and originals. He has entertained audiences throughout the US, Germany, UK, Canada and Virgin Islands. Of special interest is his unique style of “bottleneck” slide playing popularized by early Mississippi Delta Bluesmen including his use of a homemade, three stringed “Cigar Box Guitar” and one stringed “Diddly Bow”, both primitive blues instruments.
Limit is 50 people.
Reservations and prepayment required.
Tickets are $10.00. All tickets must be purchased online.
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Meet at Selden Preserve parking lot on Joshuatown Rd.
2+ mile hike to beautiful vistas of Selden Creek and surrounding marshlands.
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Date: Wed April 29, 2020 thru Wed June 10, 2020
Time: 6:30- 8:00 pm
Place: Zoom Webinars
Contact Email: kelly.morgan@audubon.org
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Habitat Assessment Volunteer Training Educational Webinar Series for Volunteers and Landowners of the Lyme Forest Block
Are you a champion for birds and other wildlife and love to learn? You are invited to participate in these webinars. If you miss the webinars, you can still participate by watching recordings of the sessions.
In an effort to optimize forest habitat for birds and other wildlife, Audubon Connecticut and partners are offering an exciting opportunity for landowners in the Lyme Forest Block—a chance to participate in a free forest bird habitat assessment, conducted by Audubon trained volunteers.
These sessions will be geared for our volunteers. However, we welcome Lyme Forest Block landowners to join the sessions to build their forest habitat knowledge.
Volunteers who have elected to participate in the Lyme Forest Block habitat assessment project are required to participate in all three forest bird habitat assessment training sessions. RSVP is requested.
Interested in being a volunteer? There is still time to sign up!
To become a volunteer, for questions, and to RSVP for the training series, please contact Kelly Morgan at kelly.morgan@audubon.org or 860-234-7630
This free program is part of a Bird Workshop Series offered by the Lyme Forest Block Conservation Project Phase 2—an initiative launched by Audubon Connecticut, in partnership with the Town of Lyme and the Lyme Land Trust, the Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Coordinating Committee, The Nature Conservancy, and other local land trusts, and municipalities.
Habitat Assessment Volunteer Training Educational Webinar Series for Volunteers and Landowners of the Lyme Forest Block
Are you a champion for birds and other wildlife and love to learn? You are invited to participate in these webinars. If you miss the webinars, you can still participate by watching recordings of the sessions.
In an effort to optimize forest habitat for birds and other wildlife, Audubon Connecticut and partners are offering an exciting opportunity for landowners in the Lyme Forest Block—a chance to participate in a free forest bird habitat assessment, conducted by Audubon trained volunteers.
These sessions will be geared for our volunteers. However, we welcome Lyme Forest Block landowners to join the sessions to build their forest habitat knowledge.
Volunteers who have elected to participate in the Lyme Forest Block habitat assessment project are required to participate in all three forest bird habitat assessment training sessions. RSVP is requested.
Interested in being a volunteer? There is still time to sign up!
To become a volunteer, for questions, and to RSVP for the training series, please contact Kelly Morgan at kelly.morgan@audubon.org or 860-234-7630
This free program is part of a Bird Workshop Series offered by the Lyme Forest Block Conservation Project Phase 2—an initiative launched by Audubon Connecticut, in partnership with the Town of Lyme and the Lyme Land Trust, the Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Coordinating Committee, The Nature Conservancy, and other local land trusts, and municipalities.
Date: Sat February 29, 2020
Time: 2:00 -4:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
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There’s a diverse community of birds to be found in our backyards. This presentation will help us fine-tune our bird-watching skills, help us to identify backyard birds by their sight and sound, who is at the feeder during each season, and what their feeding habits and needs are. You will also learn how to best meet birds’ habitat needs during the long, cold winter months. Also discussed will be bird characteristics, ways to attract them to your feeders, what feeders and seed to use, and where to place feeders for bird safety and best viewing. If time and weather permit, attendees will go outside to do some birdwatching. If you own binoculars, please bring them. The presenter will also bring some to share.
Please call 860-434-2272 or email programreg@lymepl.org to register.
There’s a diverse community of birds to be found in our backyards. This presentation will help us fine-tune our bird-watching skills, help us to identify backyard birds by their sight and sound, who is at the feeder during each season, and what their feeding habits and needs are. You will also learn how to best meet birds’ habitat needs during the long, cold winter months. Also discussed will be bird characteristics, ways to attract them to your feeders, what feeders and seed to use, and where to place feeders for bird safety and best viewing. If time and weather permit, attendees will go outside to do some birdwatching. If you own binoculars, please bring them. The presenter will also bring some to share.
Please call 860-434-2272 or email programreg@lymepl.org to register.
Date: Fri February 21, 2020
Time: 2:00 -3:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library Community Room
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
Please join us for a program for families with young children (eleven and younger) presented by a Place Called Hope, a Rehabilitation and Education Center for Birds of Prey. Listen to engaging bird-related storytelling and meet live birds. The storytelling will be about 30 minutes.
Please join us for a program for families with young children (eleven and younger) presented by a Place Called Hope, a Rehabilitation and Education Center for Birds of Prey. Listen to engaging bird-related storytelling and meet live birds. The storytelling will be about 30 minutes.
Date: Sun February 2, 2020
Time: 1:30-3:30ishpm
Place: Brockway-Hawthorne Parking Lot, Brush Hill Road, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
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Join us for a walk on Groundhog Day to look for signs that the groundhog has seen his shadow, as well as evidence of other animals in the preserves. We will walk about 2.5 miles in the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, over open abandoned pasture-land bordered by stone walls and mysterious stone structures, where ancient oak trees still stand guard. There are a few moderate hills. Everyone is welcome.
The walk will be led by Wendolyn Hill, Open Space Coordinator of the Town of Lyme and Lyme Land Trust Board member. Meet at the Brockway-Hawthorne Parking Lot on Brush Hill Road in Lyme. The parking area is on the right 1/2 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
Inclement weather cancels. Wear sturdy shoes and be prepared for possible slippery areas. Bring a bottle of water. A snack will be provided.
Join us for a walk on Groundhog Day to look for signs that the groundhog has seen his shadow, as well as evidence of other animals in the preserves. We will walk about 2.5 miles in the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, over open abandoned pasture-land bordered by stone walls and mysterious stone structures, where ancient oak trees still stand guard. There are a few moderate hills. Everyone is welcome.
The walk will be led by Wendolyn Hill, Open Space Coordinator of the Town of Lyme and Lyme Land Trust Board member. Meet at the Brockway-Hawthorne Parking Lot on Brush Hill Road in Lyme. The parking area is on the right 1/2 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
Inclement weather cancels. Wear sturdy shoes and be prepared for possible slippery areas. Bring a bottle of water. A snack will be provided.
Ryan Quinn grew up in Lyme and graduated from Lyme-Old Lyme High school. After moving away for college and a career in education, he returned to the area in 2015 with his wife Baylee Drown to start a vegetable farm. In 2019 they were able to become Lyme landowners by purchasing what is now known as Long Table Farm. Prior to being a full time farmer Quinn has worked as a sailor, handyman, science teacher and outdoor educator.
“Moving back to Lyme gave me new appreciation for how the blend of community, open space, and ecology that thrive here have influenced my life. Lyme Land Trust’s mission to preserve and promote these features for the public good is near and dear to my heart. The Lyme Land Trust is one of the institutions that makes Lyme a special place to live.”
Ryan Quinn
Jim’s primary responsibility is to oversee stewardship of the 3130 acres spread across 112 parcels that are owned or managed by LLT. He comes to us with a variety of experiences spanning ecological research and restoration, natural resource and sanctuary management, and environmental education. Improving the outlook for native biodiversity has always motivated Jim, whether by working with people, land, or preferably both at the same time. Most recently he served as conservation biologist at The Connecticut Audubon Society. He holds a BS degree in wildlife and fisheries biology from the University of Vermont and a MS degree in conservation biology from the State University of New York in Syracuse. Jim lives in Middletown.
“It is a giant honor to have this opportunity to help build on the substantial success of the Trust in a part of the world as special as Lyme.”
Jim Arrigoni
Wendy has lived in Lyme since 1982. Her career has encompassed a combination of art and the natural sciences; as a medical illustrator working at Yale University Medical School for 30 years, and a professor of art at Middlesex Community College for 10 years. She is currently the Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme and co-chair of the Lyme Pollinator Pathway. “I love the fact that the LLCT seeks to encourage the appreciation of the natural world by exposing people to the wonders of nature through education, guided walks and other opportunities. I believe that preserving the land in its most natural state is very important to the physical and mental health of our planet. I love to learn and there is so much to learn in the woods of Lyme, about the natural world, history and beauty.”
Wendy Hill
Tony has lived in Lyme since 1986. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Management and co-founder of Ecological and Environmental Consulting Services (EECOS) specializing in forest ecology and land use management.
“The Land Trust is critical for the protection of our ecologically diverse and unique near-coastal and riverine landscape, unmatched in the northeast.”
Anthony Irving
Kristina grew up in Old Lyme and has made Lyme her home since 2004. She held numerous jobs in the corporate world and most recently was the Administrative Director of Musical Masterworks, a nonprofit chamber music series in Old Lyme. As the Executive Director, she is responsible for leading the LLCT as it relates to the strategic direction and overall management of the organization. She identifies and implements short-and long-term strategic goals and is accountable to the Board of Directors for achieving those goals.
“The Land Trust protects land for perpetuity, provides outdoor recreation, and educates the surrounding community of the importance of conservation and environmental sustainability. We strive to be an example for other land trusts to follow.”
Join us for a walk on Groundhog Day to look for signs that the groundhog has seen his shadow, as well as evidence of other animals in the preserves. We will walk about 2.5 miles in the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, over open abandoned pasture-land bordered by stone walls and mysterious stone structures, where ancient oak trees still stand guard. There are a few moderate hills. Everyone is welcome.
