Past Events
Volunteer Work Party- Change of venue to Brockway Hawthorne
Date: Thu June 29, 2017Time: 9:30am - 11:30 pm
Place: Park on Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us on Thursday, June 29 from 9:30-12:30 to help prepare the Brockway Hawthorne Preserve for public access. Volunteers from Dominion Power will be building bridges. WE will need help carrying lumber in for the bridges and there are still trails to blaze and clear. Bring along your heavy-duty gloves and light-weight pruners and/or loppers.
Rain cancels.
Park on Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
50th Anniversary Celebration
Time: 5pm - 8pm
Place: Grassy Hill Road Preserve
Contact Email: rsvp@lymelandtrust.org
Come celebrate 50 years with us at the beautiful Grassy Hill Preserve!
We will serve a Four Mile River Farm BBQ buffet with beer from Thirty Mile Brewery, wine, and other refreshments.
Plywood Cowboy will entertain us with americana music, plus giveaways and a free raffle!
Free for members. Nonmembers can make a donation of $25 (per family) and attend for free.
Rain or Shine. Severe weather cancels.
Please RSVP. rsvp@lymelandtrust.org
Trailblazer Walk- Young Preserve and Walbridge Woodlands
Date: Tue June 20, 2017Time: 9:30- 11:30 am
Place: Meet at Parking Lot for Young Preserve.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Trailblazer Walk- Slawson Preserve-The Bunny Habitat Restoration Project
Date: Tue June 13, 2017Time: 9:30-11:30am
Place: 435 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for a walk at the Lyme Land Trust’s Slawson nature preserve and neighboring properties to view the bunny habitat restoration project. We are repeating the June 3rd CT Trails Day hike route in case you missed the walk or if you want to see it again. Mark LaCasse, Master Wildlife Conservationist and professional land manager of one of the abutting private lands will join us to explain the ongoing cooperative project of the Land Trust and neighboring properties. They are in the process of improving the land in stages for the benefit of the threatened New England cottontail rabbit and more than 50 species of greatest conservation need. The habitat that has been created so far has attracted an incredible diversity of wildlife and plants. Bring your binoculars.
Rain cancels
Parking is available at 435 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT. Follow the dirt driveway to the parking area. We have permission to park at the end of this long private driveway for this special event only. No dogs please.
Work Party at new Brockway Hawthorne Preserve
Date: Mon June 5, 2017 thru Tue June 6, 2017Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am
Place: Park on Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us on Monday, June 5 and Tuesday, June 6 from 9:30-11:30 to help blaze trails and mark the boundaries to prepare the Brockway Hawthorne Preserve for public access. Bring along a hammer and your heavy-duty gloves and light-weight pruners and/or loppers.
Rain cancels.
Park on Brush Hill Road about 1/4 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Store.
CT Trails Day Walk
Time: 10am -12pm
Place: Slawson Preserve Parking at 435 Hamburg Road, (Rte 156). Lyme CT.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for a walk at the Lyme Land Trust’s Slawson nature preserve with Lisa Wahle, the Bunny Lady, a biologist who works on young forest habitat restoration, and Mark LaCasse, Master Wildlife Conservationist and professional land manager of one of the abutting private lands, and Emery Gluck, who manages habitat restoration at Nehantic State Forest as part of CT DEEP Division of Forestry. We will see the on-going process to improve the land for the benefit of the threatened New England cottontail rabbit and more than 50 species of greatest conservation need including prairie warbler, ruffed grouse, indigo bunting, American woodcock, wood turtle, and blue spotted salamander. Interested residents can find more information about bunnies here.
Parking is available at 435 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT. Follow the dirt driveway to the parking area. We have permission to park at the end of this long private driveway for this special event only. No dogs please.
Reservations Appreciated: openspace@townlyme.org
Volunteer Work Party to Clear Path at Slawson Preserve.
Date: Tue May 30, 2017Time: 9:30-11:30am
Place: 435 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Please join us at the Land Trust’s Slawson Preserve to clear the path for the CT Trails Day Walk. The paths at Slawson are not maintained. We will clear them for this special event. We may have fallen trees to cut so a chain saw will be welcome. Bring along your heavy-duty gloves and light-weight tools: rakes, leaf blowers, power tools, weeders, pruners, and/or loppers.
Rain cancels.
Park at 435 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT (private driveway). Follow the dirt driveway to the parking area by the barn.
Lyme Land Trust’s 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Road (Rte 156) Hamburg, CT
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
Happy 50th anniversary!Â
Exactly fifty years ago on May 26, 1967, a group of Lyme residents with the vision to preserve the beautiful open space and rural quality of Lyme met in the former Fire Department building for the first annual meeting of the Lyme Land Conservation Trust! That building that is now the Lyme Public Hall and the 2017 event will be held in the same meeting room.
Everyone â members, volunteers and especially those who have previously served on the Board â is welcome. Because of the celebratory nature of the meeting, the business portion will be brief and the emphasis will be on socializing. Join us for community cheer, light fare, and libations.
Tour de Lyme 2017
Time: 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 fifth annual Tour de Lyme cycling event with beautifully scenic routes for all ages and levels. We’re looking forward seeing you!
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. Learn more about the Tour de Lyme.
Trailblazers- Walk at Ravine Trail-CANCELLED
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Selden preserve Parking Lot, Joshuatown Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Trailblazer walks are on hold until the snow goes away.
Come walk the new trails at The Ravine Trail. The entrance has been moved to a more pedestrian-safe location on Joshuatown Road, across the street from the parking lot. The new section of the red trail combined with the new yellow trail creates a moderately easy loop. A new blue trail off the yellow trail offers a trip to a breathtaking overlook.
The hike will be led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. The new section is about 1 mile long. We will have an option to walk longer.
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.
