Helpful Resources

ASTRONOMY and DARK SKIES
Lyme Land Trust Astronomy and Our Dark Skies Program
NASA
Space.com
Saving Our Dark Skies Webinar -LED Lights
International Dark Skies Association

HABITATS
Riparian Barriers presentation by Juliana Barrett

HIKING THE PRESERVES
Trail Talk: A monthly blog about area preserves by Renee Smith
Heritage Trail, A Walk in Hartman Park Booklet by Marianne Pfieffer 

BIRDS
Cornell BirdID
Cornell eBird App

BUGS

BugGuide.net
CreekCritters App 
Host Plants for Butterflies 

CITIZEN SCIENTISTS
FrogWatchUSA
iNaturalist

FORESTS
The Lost Forests of New England-Eastern Old Growth
USFS Forest Atlas- Learn all about our forests through great graphics

PLANTS
Connecticut Native Perennial, Tree, & Shrub Availability List (UCONN)
GoBotany Native Plant Identification Key
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center Plant Database 
Lyme Pollinator Pathway
Pollinator Information from the CT Agricultural Experiment Station
Pollinator Friendly Native Plant List (Xerces)
USDA Plants Database 
Propagating From Seed–Resources from Jim Sirch
Jim Sirch Podcast

INVASIVE PLANTS
Native Replacements for Invasive Plants
Town of Lyme Invasive Plant Resources  
Guidance Disposal of Terrestrial Invasive Plants
Connecticut Invasive Plant List
Native plants list to help crowd out invasives
Will Hessert- 203-984-3223 – Call or Text to drop off invasive plant cuttings

WILDLIFE
Animal Diversity Web
Help with Distressed Wildlife – CT DEEP Links
2021 Connecticut Rehabilitators Directory
Information about Coyotes

SMALL MAMMAL AND OPOSSUM RESCUE
Roadside Rescue Kit
Create a Refuge Box
Ferncroft Wildlife Rescue 
Debbie Datilio:  Text or Call 714-851-4484–DEEP Wildlife Custodian for Lyme,
                        Old Lyme, East Haddam–bunnies, squirrels or opossums

TICKS
Equip 4 Ticks Resouce Center
hosted by Insect Shield

Astronomy Sept 3 2021-1
The Milky Way rising like steam from the teapot of Sagittarius, Photo by Roger Charbonneau Jr
Nectar-on-CT-River
Nectar on the CT River by Kent Girty