The first in a planned educational series about ash trees, this event will participants to identify Black and White ash by their leaves and fruit and showcase the approach of forester/land manager Neil Lamson to retain and recruit ash trees at UVLT's Old Town Farm in Pomfret.
Join us in our Food Pantry Gardens for Monthly Weekend Workdays If you are someone who enjoys getting their hands in the dirt and being a part of a community that gives back, join UVLT at our Brookmead and/or Up on the Hill Food Pantry Gardens during the growing season! Shifts are available June through […]
Celebrate the river that unites our communities by join paddling from the Newbury Boat Launch to Bugbee Landing in Bradford. Music, BBQ and camaraderie on the water, Bring your canoe or kayak and join us!
Take a hike to Smith Pond with UVLT and the Enfield Shaker Museum! Smith Pond Shaker Forest consists of 995 acres of forest and wetlands in Enfield located between two State Wildlife Management Areas. The three properties combine to provide thousands of acres of significant wildlife habitat. UVLT’s property boasts two waterfalls, numerous articles from […]
If you were unable to join the history hike on October 18, this "armchair tour" is the next best thing! Enfield Shaker Museum staff will discuss cultural history of the property and Upper Valley Land Trust staff share information about natural history. We'll have photos from the trail. Please join us as we showcase a […]
Join the Upper Valley Land Trust and the Orford Conservation Commission to take advantage of a special opportunity to visit this prominent peak in the Connecticut River Valley. We’ll learn the origin of this place name, and take in the amazing views looking southerly down the river towards the iconic Fairlee/Orford Bridge and beyond. We’ll […]
We are looking for volunteers of all ages to help us at our Cream Street Conservation area to help us collect acorns for planting, paint stencils on owl and bird nest boxes to be installed at our Cream Street Conservation Area, and carve pumpkins to illuminate the evening's nature walk at Zebedee Wetland
Join naturalist Holly Henderson for a spooky forest and wildlife walk along our Zebedee Wetland trail in Thetford, VT. We will light up our Zebedee trail with wildlife-themed jack-o-lanterns and lead a wildlife nature walk to see if we can find nocturnal animals like barred owls and bats. Bring a flashlight and sturdy shoes! *We […]
It's sparrow season! Join Holly Henderson of the Upper Valley Land Trust and Fen Levy-O'Malley of Audubon Vermont for a wetland and forest-focused bird walk at Lyme Hill Conservation Area, in Lyme, NH on November 8 at 8 a.m.
Join the Upper Valley Land Trust for a winter hike to the top of Lyme Pinnacle. We'll watch the sun set on the shortest day of the year, gather around a fire to celebrate the Winter Solstice—the official start of the season—and enjoy shared company, conversation, and hot chocolate.
Winter is here! Join us for an easy, guided hike to learn how plants and animals adapt to survive the coldest months of the year. During the walk, we will explore topics such as the subnivean (under snow) zone, tree bark and bud identification, moss ecology, wildlife “hibernation,” and winter wildlife tracking.
Grab your snowshoes or crampons and join UVLT for a winter tree identification walk at Lyme Hill Conservation Area! We'll meet at the parking area on Route 10 before heading out together. Register here. During the walk we will explore how to identify many trees of the northern hardwood forest by bark and bud. This […]
