The 2025 Land Trust Learning Series will examine the issue of climate change from many perspectives. All events are free and open to the public. We offer these events in partnership with the Barrington Public Library and our generous sponsors at the Library's Salem Family Auditorium. Check out our lineup and register or save the [...]
On September 10, 2024, while many of their parents were voting in the primary election, 14 members of the Student Stewardship Team of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust planted 275 native pollinator plants to create a new teaching garden at the Barrington Middle School. The idea was the brainchild of BMS teacher Julia Texeira, who [...]
The Barrington Land Conservation Trust is always looking for volunteers to help to preserve the natural resources of Barrington, Rhode Island and adjacent areas including water resources, streams, ponds, marshlands, woodlands, and scenic and natural sites, as well as the plant and animal life. Here are some ways you can get involved. REGISTER FOR THE [...]
Any dog lover will tell you, dogs love to run free in meadows and woods. Unclip the leash, and your dog will bound across the grassy meadow, ears flapping, tail wagging, happy as can be. But you may be putting your dog and your family at risk if you let the dog off leash in [...]
Registration is now open for the Student Stewardship Team of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. Students aged 14-18 earn community service hours for their time and take an active role in preserving Barrington’s natural environment. The Student Stewardship Team contributes hundreds of hours of volunteer time in each year. Projects have included: Maintaining and improving [...]
Mike and Gary D'Ambra stand at the edge of the property just donated by their company, D'Ambra Realty. There’s a corner of Barrington along Wampanoag Trail where you can look across the highway to Osamequin Nature Preserve, but you can’t find a wilderness trail on your side of the road. That’s about to [...]
The Dziedzic Family Preserve was donated to the Barrington Land Conservation Trust in September 2023. The property is not yet open to the public as trails are now being mapped and constructed. We expect to open the trails to the public by the summer of 2024. The following story appeared first in the Barrington Times. [...]
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As the days get shorter and the temperature drops, it’s tempting to curl up inside by a fire or exercise indoors. Research shows, however, that outdoor exercise can boost your physical and mental wellness during the winter. To encourage healthy time in the outdoors this winter, the Barrington Land Conservation Trust is offering a series [...]
2023 Land Trust Learning Series Register to Attend the Presentation IN PERSON Register to LIVESTREAM the Presentation Elizabeth Rush joins us to celebrate the release of her new book, The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth. Books will be available for sale beginning at 6 pm. Pulitzer-prize nominated author Elizabeth Rush tackles [...]
