Past Events
Trailblazers – Walk at the Young Preserve
Date: Fri April 8, 2016Time: 9:30 am
Place: Philip E. Young Preserve, Gungy Road, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for this moderately easy (a few hills) walk in the woods. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike will explore the YOUNG PRESERVE, led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. The hike is about 2 miles long. We will meet at the entrance to the Young Preserve on Gungy Road. Park by the sign.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Rte 156 N to right on Beaver Brook Road; about 1 mile to left on Gungy Road at 4-way stop; about 0.5 mile to park entrance on the right.
photo by Wendolyn Hill, Young Preserve hike 2015
Coyotes – Friend or Foe?
Date: Sun March 20, 2016Time: 2 PM
Place: Lyme Public Hall 248 Hamburg Road Lyme, CT
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Frank Vincente
Since coyotes first extended their range into Connecticut in the 1950s, they have become an established presence in rural and urban areas. Is this intelligent animal unjustly demonized? Coyotes play an important role in the ecosystem in helping to control the overpopulation of deer and rodents. Frank Vincenti, of the Wild Dog Foundation, will present a talk about the natural history and habits of this fascinating animal, and address common misconceptions. He will discuss common sense ways to co-exist with coyotes and explain reasons to appreciate wildlife, such as the coyote, that can readily adapt to environments that are inhabited by people.
The program includes beautiful images and factual engaging conversation which will interest adults and children. There is no admission fee.
The Lyme Public Hall is in the Hamburg Center of Lyme on Rte 156, 5 miles north of I-95.
Photo from Wild Dog Foundation webpage.
Since coyotes first extended their range into Connecticut in the 1950s, they have become an established presence in rural and urban areas. Is this intelligent animal unjustly demonized? Coyotes play an important role in the ecosystem in helping to control the overpopulation of deer and rodents. Frank Vincenti, of the Wild Dog Foundation, will present a talk about the natural history and habits of this fascinating animal, and address common misconceptions. He will discuss common sense ways to co-exist with coyotes and explain reasons to appreciate wildlife, such as the coyote, that can readily adapt to environments that are inhabited by people.
The program includes beautiful images and factual engaging conversation which will interest adults and children. There is no admission fee.
The Lyme Public Hall is in the Hamburg Center of Lyme on Rte 156, 5 miles north of I-95.
Photo from Wild Dog Foundation webpage.
Tenth Annual Land Trusts Amateur Photo Contest Reception
Date: Fri March 11, 2016Time: 6 to 7:30 pm
Place: Lymes Senior Center, 26 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme, CT
Contact Email: photocontest@LymeLandTrust.org
Please join us for a reception to showcase the photos submitted to the contest, which celebrates the scenic beauty of our towns. The work of all the photographers who entered will be represented in the exhibit. During the reception, the photo contest winners will be announced, and cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded. The reception is free. Light refreshments will be served with support from Big Y and Fromage Fine Foods & Coffee. We hope you will join us for a wonderful evening.
Reservations are not required.
The reception is sponsored by the Land Trusts in the towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, East Haddam, Essex and Salem.
Contest awards are being funded with the generous support of RiverQuest /Connecticut River Expeditions, Lorensen Auto Group, the Oakley Wing Group at Morgan Stanley, Evan Griswold at Coldwell Banker, Ballek’s Garden Center, Essex Savings Bank, Chelsea Groton Bank, and Alison Mitchell in honor of her late husband John G. Mitchell.
Photo by Melinda Hill
For more information about the Photo Contest
Please join us for a reception to showcase the photos submitted to the contest, which celebrates the scenic beauty of our towns. The work of all the photographers who entered will be represented in the exhibit. During the reception, the photo contest winners will be announced, and cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded. The reception is free. Light refreshments will be served with support from Big Y and Fromage Fine Foods & Coffee. We hope you will join us for a wonderful evening.
Reservations are not required.
The reception is sponsored by the Land Trusts in the towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, East Haddam, Essex and Salem.
Contest awards are being funded with the generous support of RiverQuest /Connecticut River Expeditions, Lorensen Auto Group, the Oakley Wing Group at Morgan Stanley, Evan Griswold at Coldwell Banker, Ballek’s Garden Center, Essex Savings Bank, Chelsea Groton Bank, and Alison Mitchell in honor of her late husband John G. Mitchell.
Photo by Melinda Hill
For more information about the Photo Contest
Essex Savings Bank Community Investment Program
Date: Mon February 1, 2016 thru Mon February 29, 2016Time: local bank branches
Place: Essex Savings Bank Branches
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
If you are an Essex Savings Bank customer, please vote for the The Lyme Land Conservation Trust during the Essex Savings Bank Community Investment Program between February 1 to February 29. The funds allocated to us will enhance our ability to conserve the forests and streams of Lyme and provide public access to these beautiful places.
The Essex Savings Bank annually commits 10% of its after tax net income to qualifying organizations within the immediate market area consisting of Chester, Deep River, Essex, Lyme, Madison, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook. This program provides financial support to over 200 non-profit organizations. The ballots are available to all Essex Savings Bank customers. The voters determine 30% of the fund allocations by voting directly for three of their favorite causes, charities or organizations who have submitted applications to participate. Ballots will be available at all Essex Savings Bank Offices. For more information.
10th Annual Land Trusts Amateur Photo Contest Deadline
Date: Sun January 31, 2016Time: 5:00 pm
Place:
Contact Email: photocontest@LymeLandTrust.org
Presenter: Land Trusts of Lyme, Old Lyme, Essex, Salem and East Haddam.
The deadline for submissions to the Photo Contest is January 31, 2016
To request an ENTRY FORM, email: photocontest@lymelandtrust.org
For more information go to Photo Contest NewsÂ
Amateur photographers of all ages are invited to share their love of the natural world. Participants, no matter their town of residence, may submit photos that focus on the celebrated and scenic countryside of Lyme, Old Lyme, Essex, Salem, and East Haddam. Itâs easy. Submit matted 8×10 prints of your favorite photos with the completed official Entry Form taped to the back. More details about submission can be found in the Contest Rules 2016. When you drop them off, protect your prints by wrapping them in paper or putting them in a large envelope.
Visit the Land Trust’s Photo Contest website to see last year’s winners at https://landtrustsphotos.shutterfly.com/
photo credit: Nicholas Avalos, winner Photo Contest Plants 2015
The deadline for submissions to the Photo Contest is January 31, 2016
To request an ENTRY FORM, email: photocontest@lymelandtrust.org
For more information go to Photo Contest NewsÂ
Amateur photographers of all ages are invited to share their love of the natural world. Participants, no matter their town of residence, may submit photos that focus on the celebrated and scenic countryside of Lyme, Old Lyme, Essex, Salem, and East Haddam. Itâs easy. Submit matted 8×10 prints of your favorite photos with the completed official Entry Form taped to the back. More details about submission can be found in the Contest Rules 2016. When you drop them off, protect your prints by wrapping them in paper or putting them in a large envelope.
Visit the Land Trust’s Photo Contest website to see last year’s winners at https://landtrustsphotos.shutterfly.com/
photo credit: Nicholas Avalos, winner Photo Contest Plants 2015
Maple Sap Collecting at Mt. Archer Woods – Talk and Walk
Date: Sat January 30, 2016Time: 1:30 pm
Place: Meet at Mt Archer Woods parking lot on Mt Archer Road
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us on a historical and modern-day tour of maple sap collection in Mt. Archer Woods. Bill & Liz Farrell of Fat Stone Farm, Lyme will lead us on a guided walk to see some of the oldest trees in Mt. Archer, the sugar maples lining the abandoned road, and discuss why and how they are using these and some of the younger offspring to make maple syrup.
Learn how Fat Stone Farm has applied modern sap collection technology to reduce both the energy intensity and environmental impact of harvesting sap from maple trees. Mt. Archer Woods is one of only a small number of properties world-wide where this new state-of-the-art yet extremely simple equipment has been installed.
Beyond discussing harvesting technology, tree physiology and ecology, the walk will touch on broader questions about agriculture in Lyme.
Registration is appreciated: openspace@townlyme.org
The walk is moderately easy, family friendly and will take about 2 hours.
Rain date: Sunday, January 31 at 1:30 pm
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go one mile on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The parking lot is down a long driveway on the left, the 4th long driveway after you start up the hill. Look for the stone post marker that has âMt Archer Woods Town of Lymeâ written on it. It faces the road, so you canât read it until you are on top of it. (If you get to 100 Mt. Archer Road, you have gone too far).
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Join us on a historical and modern-day tour of maple sap collection in Mt. Archer Woods. Bill & Liz Farrell of Fat Stone Farm, Lyme will lead us on a guided walk to see some of the oldest trees in Mt. Archer, the sugar maples lining the abandoned road, and discuss why and how they are using these and some of the younger offspring to make maple syrup.
Learn how Fat Stone Farm has applied modern sap collection technology to reduce both the energy intensity and environmental impact of harvesting sap from maple trees. Mt. Archer Woods is one of only a small number of properties world-wide where this new state-of-the-art yet extremely simple equipment has been installed.
Beyond discussing harvesting technology, tree physiology and ecology, the walk will touch on broader questions about agriculture in Lyme.
Registration is appreciated: openspace@townlyme.org
The walk is moderately easy, family friendly and will take about 2 hours.
Rain date: Sunday, January 31 at 1:30 pm
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go one mile on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The parking lot is down a long driveway on the left, the 4th long driveway after you start up the hill. Look for the stone post marker that has âMt Archer Woods Town of Lymeâ written on it. It faces the road, so you canât read it until you are on top of it. (If you get to 100 Mt. Archer Road, you have gone too far).
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POSTPONED-Maple Sap Collecting at Mt. Archer Woods – Talk and Walk
Date: Sat January 23, 2016Time: 1:30 pm
Place: Meet at Mt Archer Woods parking lot on Mt Archer Road
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Due to the weather forecast, this walk has been postponed to Saturday, January 30 at 1:30.
Join us on a historical and modern-day tour of maple sap collection in Mt. Archer Woods. Bill & Liz Farrell of Fat Stone Farm, Lyme will lead us on a guided walk to see some of the oldest trees in Mt. Archer, the sugar maples lining the abandoned road, and discuss why and how they are using these and some of the younger offspring to make maple syrup.
Learn how Fat Stone Farm has applied modern sap collection technology to reduce both the energy intensity and environmental impact of harvesting sap from maple trees. Mt. Archer Woods is one of only a small number of properties world-wide where this new state-of-the-art yet extremely simple equipment has been installed.
Beyond discussing harvesting technology, tree physiology and ecology, the walk will touch on broader questions about agriculture in Lyme.
Registration is appreciated: openspace@townlyme.org
The walk is moderately easy, family friendly and will take about 2 hours.
Rain date: Sunday, January 24 at 1:30 pm
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go one mile on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The parking lot is down a long driveway on the left, the 4th long driveway after you start up the hill. Look for the stone post marker that has âMt Archer Woods Town of Lymeâ written on it. It faces the road, so you canât read it until you are on top of it. (If you get to 100 Mt. Archer Road, you have gone too far).
Due to the weather forecast, this walk has been postponed to Saturday, January 30 at 1:30.
Join us on a historical and modern-day tour of maple sap collection in Mt. Archer Woods. Bill & Liz Farrell of Fat Stone Farm, Lyme will lead us on a guided walk to see some of the oldest trees in Mt. Archer, the sugar maples lining the abandoned road, and discuss why and how they are using these and some of the younger offspring to make maple syrup.
Learn how Fat Stone Farm has applied modern sap collection technology to reduce both the energy intensity and environmental impact of harvesting sap from maple trees. Mt. Archer Woods is one of only a small number of properties world-wide where this new state-of-the-art yet extremely simple equipment has been installed.
Beyond discussing harvesting technology, tree physiology and ecology, the walk will touch on broader questions about agriculture in Lyme.
Registration is appreciated: openspace@townlyme.org
The walk is moderately easy, family friendly and will take about 2 hours.
Rain date: Sunday, January 24 at 1:30 pm
Directions: Rt. 156 north to Mt. Archer Road. Left onto Mt Archer Road. Go one mile on Mt Archer Road (bear left up the big hill). The parking lot is down a long driveway on the left, the 4th long driveway after you start up the hill. Look for the stone post marker that has âMt Archer Woods Town of Lymeâ written on it. It faces the road, so you canât read it until you are on top of it. (If you get to 100 Mt. Archer Road, you have gone too far).
Cancelled- Trailblazers walk- Overlook at Pleasant Valley Preserve
Date: Tue December 15, 2015Time: 10 am
Place: Meet at Pleasant Valley Parking Lot, MacIntosh Rd., Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Cancelled-Join us for this moderate walk in the woods. We will be walking up an incline to get to the overlook at Pleasant Valley. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike will explore Pleasant Valley Preserve, led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. The hike is a little more than 2.5 miles. This is the time of year to get a beautiful unobstructed view from the overlook at Pleasant Valley.
Rain or snow cancels.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Macintosh Rd. (across from Beaver Brook Road.) The parking area is about 1/4Â mile on the right.
Public Hearing on Draft of the Lyme Plan of Conservation and Development 2015
Date: Mon December 14, 2015Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Lyme Town Hall, 480 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email:
Presenter: Town of Lyme
At a meeting at the Town Hall, there will be an opportunity for public discussion and input concerning the Draft of the Lyme Plan of Conservation and Development 2015. The plan will be adopted pending public approval. The draft of the plan has been developed based upon the responses to a survey that was made available to residents of Lyme in 2014. To read the draft.
Warren Miller’s Chasing Shadows
Date: Wed December 9, 2015Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Old Lyme High School Auditorium, 69 Lyme ST, Old Lyme CT
Contact Email: briangreenho@gmail.com
Presenter: Old Lyme Education Association
Come celebrate winter and enjoy a screening the newest Warren Miller Movie, Chasing Shadows. This spectacular ski film features todays top ski athletes heli skiing the worlds tallest peaks, shredding the deepest powder and performing aerial tricks that will leave you dizzy.
Come early to visit with the Lyme Land Conservation Trust at their informational table in the lobby.
Tickets are $10 and everyone who attends gets a free lift ticket to Sugarbush and the chance to enter in a raffle for other lift tickets and some cool new ski gear. More details here – http://www.skinet.com/
