Current Hanover Conservancy members are receiving a colorful card with details on our autumn outdoor offerings. Among them is a members-only tour of the Trescott Water Company holdings, led by the foresters charged with managing these sensitive lands. For this trip, registration will be required, first come/first served. DETAILS ON FALL TRIPS
Back in Time on Tunis Brook: Sunday June 10
Join us for our last spring trip – a journey back in time to the one-room Tunis Schoolhouse that once held 26 children in then-busy northeast Hanover. Then we’ll hike in to the protected site of an historic 18th century sawmill on tiny Tunis Brook. Co-sponsored with the Hanover Historical Society. Download details and directions here
Kite Day Coming Up!
Saturday, May 19, 2-4pm – Bring your kites and kids to join us for a joyous and colorful afternoon of kite-flying in the breezes of Balch Hill. More, including a slide show of the 2010 event, here.
Woodcock Walk & Talk
Woodcock are singing as part of their mysteriously elaborate aerial displays. Find out more about them and how to manage land for ideal woodcock habitat on April 13. More
Trails Softening ~ Bears Out Soon!
This week’s unusually warm temperatures mean muddy trails. It’s best to stay off the trails until they dry out and harden up. An exception is the Quinn Trail at Mink Brook Nature Preserve.
Time to bring in your bird feeders! State biologists expect the bears weren’t fooled by this mild winter any more than we were, and ask that you bring in your bird feeders now, and don’t wait until April 1.
Moonlight Hike at Slade Brook – March 3
Our annual moonlight hike is slated for 5-8pm, to prowl the Slade Brook watershed by the light of the waxing, gibbous moon and then gather around a bonfire. Headlamps and snowshoes are advised; extra snowshoes available. A great trip for families with children 7 and up. Meet at 11 Old Lyme Road. We hope the weather will clear out in time – for questions, call leader Hugh Mellert at 646-3903 (office) or 643-7778.
