Past Events
Trailblazers walk-Chestnut Hill
Date: Tue August 22, 2017Time: 9:30 am -11:30 am
Place: Chestnut Hill, Sterling Hill Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Conservation Trust and Town of Lyme
Join us for this moderately easy walk in the woods. Everyone is welcome.
This week’s hike will explore Chestnut Hill Preserve and continue into Nehantic State Forest on “Balanced Rock” forest road to Uncas Lake and back, led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. The hike is about 2.5 miles long. We will meet at the entrance to the Preserve on Sterling Hill Road. If you want, bring your bathing suit for a swim at Uncas afterwards.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Rt. 156 to Sterling City Road (either by Tiffany Farm or the Hamburg Fairgrounds). Go about 1 mile. Turn onto Sterling Hill Road. Chestnut Hill entrance is about 0.5 mile on the right. Parking is along the side of the road.
Photo: At Balanced Rock, by Wendolyn Hill
Lower CT River Valley Plan of Conservation and Development Workshop #1
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Place: Westbrook Town Hall 866 Boston Post Road, Westbrook CT
Contact Email: info@rivercog.org
Presenter: The Lower CT River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG)
As a part of the process of preparing and adopting a Regional Plan of Conservation & Development, the Regional Planning Committee has scheduled workshops designed to inform the region’s residents and to seek information that will guide the RPC and the Plan. What is your vision for the lower CT Valley Region?
Workshop#2, Saturday, September 16, 2017, Wesleyan University, Usdan University Center, Daniel Family Commons (3rd Floor) 45 Wyllys Avenue), Middletown 1pm to 3pm
For more information and to take a survey to provide input pertinent to the Regional Plan, go to https://www.rivercogregionalplan.org/
Volunteer Work Party to plant trees at Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve-Meet on Brush Hill Road.
Date: Tue August 8, 2017Time: 9:30-11:30am
Place: Park by the parking lot entrance on Brush Hill Road about 1/2 mile south of Hadlyme Country Market
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
We are excited to report that the trails at the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve are all blazed and the parking lot on Brush Hill Road is completed!!! Almost there! We now need help planting 17 holly trees along the driveway to the parking lot. The trees are being planted to create a buffer for the neighbor. We will need workers with shovels and anything else you have that will help with planting trees. Don’t forget heavy your duty gloves and bug spray.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Park on Brush Hill Road by the parking lot entrance about 1/2 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
Volunteer Work Party at Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Time: Tues Aug 1 Wed 2, Thurs 3, 9:30-11:30am
Place: Tues Aug 1: Meet near 410 Joshuatown Road-about 1/4 mile north of the Selden Preserve Parking area. Wed and Thurs Aug 2 and 3: Meet at the Ravine Trail Entrance on Mitchell Hill Road
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us to continue developing trails at the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve. We will need some chainsaws and power tools. We will also need people to clear away branches and prune saplings and brush. Bring along heavy-duty gloves and loppers. Don’t forget bug spray and ear protection.
A great big thank you to everyone who has helped so far.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Tues Aug 1: Meet near 410 Joshuatown Road-about 1/4 mile north of the Selden Preserve Parking area.
Wed and Thurs Aug 2 and 3: Meet at the Ravine Trail Entrance on Mitchell Hill Road
Programs in the Park
Time: 10:00-11:00 am, July 15, 22, 29
Place: Devil's Hopyard State Park Meet at Covered Bridge
Contact Email: pyoung@eightmileriver.org
Presenter: Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee
July 15: The Fascinating World of Insects
July 29: Living Waters
For more information about all of the programs: 8Mile Family Programs
Volunteer Work Party at Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve – Meet on Brush Hill Road.
Time: Mon July 24, Wed 26, Thurs 27, 9:30-11:30am
Place: Park on side of Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of Hadlyme Country Market
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us to continue developing trails at the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve. We will need some chainsaws and power tools. We will also need people to clear away branches and prune saplings and brush. Bring along heavy-duty gloves and loppers. Don’t forget bug spray and ear protection.
A great big thank you to everyone who has helped so far.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Park on Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
Trailblazer Walk – Preview of new Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Time: 9:30-11:30am
Place: Meet at the Selden Creek Preserve parking area, Joshuatown Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for a walk on the new trails and bridges that have been completed so far at the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve in Lyme. This is an opportunity to see the work in progress. There is still work to be done before the preserve will be ready for an official opening. The walk will be led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. The hike is a moderately easy 2.5 miles or so.
Meet at the Selden Creek Preserve parking area, Joshuatown Road, Lyme CT
Rain cancels.
Directions: Rte 156 North to left on Joshuatown Road (about 5 miles from I-95); travel about 4 miles to parking lot on the left.
Volunteer Work Party at Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve-Change of Location: Meet on Brush Hill Road.
Date: Thu July 20, 2017Time: 9:30-11:30am
Place: Park on side of Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of Hadlyme Country Market
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us to continue developing trails at the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve. We will need some chainsaws and power tools. We will also need people to clear away branches and prune saplings and brush. Bring along heavy-duty gloves and loppers. Don’t forget bug spray and ear protection.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Park on Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
Banningwood Preserve -Temporary Closure of Parking Lot for Repairs
Date: Tue July 11, 2017 thru Wed July 12, 2017Time: all day
Place: Banningwood Preserve Parking Lot, Town Street, Lyme
Contact Email: stewardship@lymelandtrust.org
The Parking Lot for Banningwood Preserve will be closed Monday, July 11 to Wednesday, July 13 for repairs to the parking lot. The Preserve will remain open. Limited parking will be available.
Trailblazer walk/Trail Trimming at Jewett Preserve
Date: Tue July 11, 2017Time: 9:30-11:30am
Place: Jewett Preserve Cemetery Entrance
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for this moderate walk in the woods at the Jewett Preserve in Lyme. We will hike the white trail and orange trail at the Jewett Preserve, led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. We will trim stems and saplings that are encroaching on the path as we walk. Bring along heavy-duty gloves and loppers. The hike is a about 2.5 miles.
Rain cancels.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Mt. Archer Road. Travel about 1.25 miles. The Jewett Cemetery Entrance is on the right.
