Jeff Dickey-Chasins If you’ve ever spent an hour in the Connecticut woods, you’ve probably heard the knocking of a woodpecker’s beak against a tree trunk. There are seven species of woodpeckers that frequent our forests, parks,…
By Catie ResorBoard Member, Middlesex Land Trust Webs on a fall morning (swamp) You’ve probably had the experience of walking along a trail in the fall and finding a little wooly bear caterpillar trundling along underfoot.…
By Ralph UrbanPresident, Middlesex Land Trust The 2024 Annual Report of the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality, issued last April, describes a mixture of successes and inadequacies in summing up the state of the environment in…
Join hike leader John for a 2-mile hike over moderate terrain. Enjoy the beautiful vistas, autumn woods, and scenic features of Mica Ledges Preserve. Meet at the end of Cream Pot Rd. in Durham. Google Map…
You are invited to the Middlesex Land Trust's Annual Meeting Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 9:30 AMdeKoven House27 Washington StreetMiddletown, CT 06457 Doors open at 9:30 AM for arrival and meet and greet. The meeting will…
By: Jeff Dickey-ChasinsI recently enjoyed yet another hike in the Middlesex Land Trust 2025 Hike Series – this one to Collins and Temkin Preserves in Portland. Upon entering the Roy Huse Collins preserve – a haven of…
Meet the Volunteers Who Steward Our Preserves Hands on the Land is our series spotlighting the dedicated volunteers who give their time and energy to caring for our natural spaces. Throughout the series, we’ll introduce you…
Together with our friends from the Rockfall Foundation and Swamp Yankee Earthcare, we invite you to Rockfall Forest in Middlefield, CT, for an Invasive Plants Workshop on Saturday, September 13 at 10:00 am. Learn how to…
By: Catie Resor A few years back, I spotted not one, but three eastern box turtles along a short stretch of the Airline Trail where it connects to the Land Trust’s Palmer Taylor Preserve. Even if…
Meet the Volunteers Who Steward Our Preserves Hands on the Land is our series spotlighting the dedicated volunteers who give their time and energy to caring for our natural spaces. Throughout the series, we’ll introduce you…