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Earth Day Weekend Walks to Osamequin Nature Preserve
In April, as we celebrate Earth Day, our free monthly walk takes us to Osamequin Nature Preserve, a 42-acre conservation area along the western shore of Hundred Acre Cove in Barrington, RI. The property is owned by the Town and co-managed by the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, the Barrington Garden Club, and the Town of [...]
2023 Land Trust Learning Series: Mark Bertness on Saltmarsh Degradation
The Barrington Land Conservation Trust kicks off its 2023 Land Trust Learning Series on Monday, April 3, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. with a presentation on saltmarsh degradation by Mark Bertness at the Barrington Public Library. Dr. Bertness is the Robert P. Brown Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Emeritus at Brown University. REGISTER FOR THE [...]
Protecting Paper Roads: A Resource for the Public and Wildlife
The Barrington Town Council voted in February 2022 to preserve a "paper road" that provides access to the Town's undeveloped 32-acre property, Tall Cedars. The Barrington Land Conservation Trust spoke in favor of this decision. This strip of land may be an important corridor for wildlife. When open space becomes fragmented, it becomes more difficult [...]
Discover PIC-WIL Nature Preserve in March
This March, our free monthly walk takes us to PIC-WIL Nature Preserve, a 17-acre expanse of forest, field, salt marsh and coastal dunes on the east shore of the Providence River in Barrington, RI. We're holding three walks near the time of low tide: Thursday, March 23, Saturday, March 25, and Sunday, March 26. To [...]
Citizen Science Corner
FrogWatch Training Takes Place Feb. 19 By Norman Dudziak, P.E., I.M. FrogWatch is an opportunity to take part in scientific projects for your own enrichment while contributing to science. You can join a growing community of “citizen scientists” who help to expand our body of scientific knowledge by crowdsourcing data collection. In citizen science, an [...]
May 14th Tuesday Trails Team
The next Tuesday Trails Team will be on May 14th, 2019 from 10 am until noon. We will be clearing invasives at our Mussachuck Grove property located in West Barrington. Parking is along Grove St. between Alfred Drowne Rd. and Appian Way. Bring hand clippers and/or loppers if you have them and work gloves. There [...]
April 9th Tuesday Trails Team
The next Tuesday Trails Team will be Tuesday, April 9th from 10 am until noon continuing the work begun last month on Allin's Cove in West Barrington. We will be working primarily on clearing invasives along Byway and depending on time may move over the the opposite side of the cove near the 3rd St. [...]
Tuesday Trails Team for September 11th rescheduled due to rain in the forecast
Tuesday Tails Team previously scheduled for September 11 has been rescheduled due to predicted rain and thunderstorms to the the following week, September 18th, same time and location.
September 11th Tuesday Trails Team
The next Tuesday Trails Team will be on September 11th. We will be working at Pic-Wil from 10am until noon as we near completion of the forest management plan on the site. We are down to the last push at Pic-Wil and all our efforts to create and maintain a favorable Purple Martin breeding area [...]