The Barrington Land Conservation Trust (BLCT) is hosting Wine on the Harvest Moon on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. on the grounds of St. Andrew’s School in celebration of Barrington’s treasured, natural wonders. The evening will feature a specially prepared wine-tasting presented by Grapes & Grains Fine Wines & Spirits set to live music [...]
The third and final walk in the summer series will be at Nockum Hill on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 6 p.m. It is the only area in Barrington with a significant combination of agricultural, environmental, historical and religious factors. A peninsula at the northeast border with Massachusetts, Nockum Hill contains the town-owned 75-acre Doug Rayner [...]
Hikers hit the Blue Trail after the Land Trust Days cookout at the YMCA/Veterans Park event on August 12. Barrington Land Conservation Trust hosted a successful walk of the new Blue Trail at Veterans Park on August 12. The event was led by Helen Trader, head of the Barrington Trails Team and former [...]
Local Walk Series Continues (sponsored by the Barrington Public Library, BLCT, Barrington Preservation Society & Appalachian Mountain Club) - The second walk of the series is in historic Drownville on Wednesday, August 12 at 6 p.m.. It was originally named after Alfred Drown, who subdivided his farm into house lots after passenger rail service was [...]
Local Walk Series Begins (sponsored by the Barrington Public Library, BLCT, Barrington Preservation Society & Appalachian Mountain Club) - Join us for a walk at PIC-WIL Nature Preserve on Thursday, July 9th at 6:00PM. The 25 acre tract of conservation land is owned by the BLCT. Donated by Catherine Picerelli, it is one of the [...]
Our first event of the summer is the Purple Martin tour at the Pic-Wil Nature Preserve this Saturday, June 27th, at 1:00. Barrington has the largest population of purple martins in the region and they are just arriving from their annual migration to their summer homes here. They require those special gourd-style bird houses to [...]
Wednesday, May 13, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Trail Mapping and Trail Paint Sowams Woods Meet up the trail sign on South Lake Drive. Parking on South Lake Drive is not allowed and off street parking is limited to a few spaces. Street parking is available at Lantern Lane, Spinnaker Lane and Tallwood Drive off [...]
Spring Stewardship Projects Thank you for participating on the Town Trail Team 2015. This is a quick reminder of this coming week's projects at Ossamequin and some additional details on those projects at Veterans Memorial Park and Sowams Woods coming up over the next couple of weeks. Also, we are looking for a volunteer to [...]
Welcome to Trail Team 2015 - Bet you are ready for spring! I know that I am tired of re-scheduling stewardship projects. Although all the projects were included with the last newsletter, I wanted to send a quick reminder of this week's project which marks the first not to be cancelled or rescheduled project barring any [...]
Tuesday, Nov. 4th (Election Day), 10 a.m. - Noon Osamequin Nature Preserve, '2nd Bird' Trail maintenance, litter pickup and invasive plant control. Park at the '2nd Bird', north parking area of Osamequin. Sunday, Nov. 9, 1 - 4 p.m. Sowams Woods Invasive plant control along Washington Road. Park on Tallwood Drive. Tuesday, Nov. 12 (Veterans Day), [...]