Please join us for this hike with Tammy Olszewski, along with TRLC volunteer Dave Mogul, for her annual frog pilgrimage at McLean Game Refuge. The planned hike is a loop of 4 to 5 miles using multiple trails, and it’s expected to take 4 – 5 hours, depending on our group’s pace.
This is a moderately difficult hike, which includes a relatively steep but short climb to the summit of East Barndoor Hill. The key feature of this hike is an amazing visit to a vernal pool with thousands of chirping wood frogs.
We’ll depart at 10:00 a.m. from the eastern parking lot of McLean Game Refuge, located at 109 Salmon Brook St.
Alternate date of April 16 if we need to reschedule. Contact Dave Mogul at hikes@trlandconservancy.org with any questions.
You are invited to join master naturalist and TRLC member, Brad Robinson, for a hike at Wilcox Park in honor of Earth Day.
We will ascend to the ridgeline where we join the Metacomet Trail and hike in a loop back to the parking lot. There are nice views along a lesser-traveled area of the Metacomet ridge. The hike should take about two hours and will involve some hilly terrain.
The park is on Hoskins Road one mile south of Tariffville Road and a half mile north of Adams Road. Meet at the Wilcox Park parking lot at 10 a.m.
Rain date is Sunday April 19 at 2 p.m.
Featuring a Presentation on Automated Mapping of Beaver Activity and Its Environmental Impacts in CT
Members and guests are invited to our Annual Meeting featuring a presentation by Evan Zocco, a Ph.D. student at the University of Connecticut’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Evan will talk about the ways in which beavers change the landscape, and his development of advanced computer methods for environmental monitoring using drone imagery. The results of his research have valuable implications for wetland mapping, ecosystem monitoring, and decision-making in land and water resource management.
After the presentation, we invite you to stay to learn more about the work of protecting the environment, preserving local farms and connecting people with nature. You will also be able to meet the board of directors who will report on activities and finances and answer your questions. Current TRLC members will elect directors to the board for the next term.
In honor of Earth Day, we will be helping Environmental Science Professor Dr. Kristen Martin by removing invasive trees from the field and weeding the pollinator garden at the University of St. Joseph.
Bring loppers and hand saws, and dress for poison ivy and ticks.
Park in the lot near the Asylum Ave entrance gate at 1678 Asylum Ave.
RSVP to conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
In honor of Arbor Day, we will be clearing brush and small trees from around the nine special and notable trees along the Notable Tree Trail at Hawk Hill Farm.
Bring water and loppers, hand saws, (and chain saws if you have them), and dress for the woods with long pants, long sleeves, boots, work gloves.
RSVP to conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Please join us for this hike through Ethel Walker Woods, led by Traprock Ridge member, Susan Klotz, along with TRLC volunteer Dave Mogul. The planned hike is a loop of about 2½ miles, and it’s expected to take 1.5–2 hours, depending on our group’s pace.
We will hike along mostly easy bridle paths with some hills and more moderate ups and downs. Some trails can be quite wet so wear appropriate footwear. There are many options if you want a shorter hike. Please bring snacks and water. Dogs on leashes are welcome.
We’ll depart at 10:00 a.m. from the parking lot in Town Forest Park.
Alternate date of May 20 if we need to reschedule. Contact Dave Mogul at hikes@trlandconservancy.org with any questions.
POSTPONED – STAY TUNED FOR NEW DATE
By Zellene Sandler, DEEP Master Wildlife Conservationist
May is the month when many birds arrive back to their nesting territories, some flying thousands of miles. We will learn about what causes birds to migrate in spring and fall, how latest technology is used to track them, and dangers to migrating birds. We will discuss the Bobolinks of Bloomfield and the issues they face here and will view a video on warblers, the little gems of the bird world.
Zellene, a past president of the Hartford Audubon Society, leads hikes and naturalist walks for the Appalachian Mountain Club. She is a dedicated birder and occasional wild plant and mushroom forager who writes occasional articles for local papers and environmental groups, and book reviews for the Horticultural Society and the Audubon.
Co-sponsored by: Bloomfield Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services