Here’s an innovative Internet-based marketplace that connects landowners in our region with people who appreciate and benefit from services offered by the land. This new site helps individuals and businesses invest in projects that protect or enhance natural services provided by private forest and farmland in the Upper Connecticut River Watershed.
The Hanover Conservancy has posted two projects for investment at Greensboro Ridge Natural Area.
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.
On Feb. 25, we explored this extensive wild area in the northeast corner of Hanover with naturalist Alcott Smith, and found fresh bobcat tracks and a beaver mansion, among many other discoveries. Take the tour (through the lens of Jim Block’s camera) here!
On February 9, the Hanover Conservancy Board of Directors elected its 2012 officers: Nancy Collier, President; Kristine McDevitt, Vice President; Andrew Samwick, Treasurer; Robert Ballou, Secretary. This year the Conservancy welcomed three new board members: Ballou, Jeffrey Harris, and Jay Rozzi. Meet our hard-working board
“Winter” has not yet brought the most inviting trail conditions. Consider adding traction-enhancers to your winter wardrobe. Micro-spikes, stabilicers, grippers, YaxTrax, mini-crampons, and other such gear stretch over your boots and are available in a wide range of colors at local outfitters. They’re useful on slippery driveways and sidewalks too.
Biologists John Severance and Elise Lawson of Watershed to Wildlife, Inc. shared their discoveries at the Greensboro Ridge Natural Area on Jan. 23 at the Howe Library. We asked them to inventory natural resources on our 113-acre preserve and to tell us what they found. An unusual saxifrage swamp…fisher stalking porcupine…richly productive vernal pools, and more.
