Doug Tallamy, renowned naturalist and author of Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, and Nature's Best Hop, Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, will speak at Guilford High School Performing Arts Center Sept. 12, 7:00 p.m. Learn more and register here.
The meeting will be a Zoom meeting hosted by John Goldin. The link to join is below. Meeting minutes and agenda are attached. If you have any problems connecting, Paul can be reached at 203.687.7756. The URL is: https://yale.zoom.us/j/96823783599
Reports of fallen trees and new graffiti inspired this first work party of the 2022-3 trail year. This will be a mix of chainsaw work and the artful application of camouflage paint to painted rocks, so extra help and advice is very welcomed. For our sawyers, heavy gloves and a set of loppers will come in handy for those without […]
Our first ‘walk ’n work party’, and another nice walk with a little light maintenance to help keep up our beautiful properties. On this outing we’ll be putting up our new (and quite beautiful) pink plastic blazes over the worn paint on ‘The Good Sister’s’ Trail. It’s a great opportunity for young kids to help us find all these ancient […]
Please join GLCT board members Claudia Bartlett (203-415-4195) and AMC hike leader Janet Ainsworth for a morning hike in Westwoods. We will take the White Circle Trail leading to the beautiful Lost Lake Vista and will return on the Orange and White Circle Trails. There are some rocky areas both up and down. No dogs please. Meet at Sam Hill […]
Last spring our Little West Pond property stewards discovered hundreds of feet of black pvc tubing had been dumped in the woods of our Little West Pond property. Although not an environmental hazard, dumping of anything on GLCT property is not allowed, and we plan to pull this out and transport it to the town transfer station. It’s light work, […]
Have you been wanting to get your child out in the woods? Join GLCT board member Robin Campot (203-721-0679) and her 4yr-old daughter for a walk through the Kampmeyer preserve to admire the leaves with their changing colors in the afternoon sunlight. GLCT board member Melissa Robinson will co-lead. Meet at the end of Laurel Hollow Rd. off of West […]
Our plank walk maintenance last spring identified a significant infestation of invasive multiflora rose along the walk, but we didn’t have the time to completely remove these plants. On this work party we plan to continue that effort, hoping to push the infestation further north and away from the heart of Westwoods. If you’d like to help, please wear thick […]
Join GLCT board member and AMC hike leader Janet Ainsworth (203-530-7826) with co-leader Mary Anne Hardy, on a 3-plus mile moderate hike through Guilford’s Northwoods and a bit of Madison. Meet at the Braemore trailhead, 500 Durham Rd. Please meet 10 minutes ahead of hike start times. Leashed dogs may attend hikes, unless otherwise stated in descriptions above. Heavy rain […]
The Bimblers Bluff 50k will take place on October 24th, 2021, details regarding registration will be published soon. The Bimblers Bluff 50k is an off road foot race that starts at Guilford Lakes School, 40 Maupas Rd, Guilford and passes through several inter-connected woodland preserves in southern Connecticut. Consisting entirely of rolling forest roads or single track that can be […]
With Eversource abandoning their distribution lines through Westwoods, several plants ‘of special concern’ and now established in the former right-of-way, are threatened as the trees and woody plants take back the clearing. This work party is part of continuing effort to prune these back as the power company formerly did, and work to maintain the threatened plants as a part […]
John Goldin will be leading this work party installing our new plastic blazes on the Orange Circle trail. John will have both blazes and nails. You can bring a good hammer and a set of work gloves. A small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blazes is also recommended. Please meet us at the […]