Celebrate the summer with a twilight paddle on Hundred Acre Cove on Friday, August 24. Join community members as we paddle around the Cove and up the Runnins River. The paddle will begin at 5:30 pm and end around sunset. We hope to get a peek at the rising moon as well. Bring your [...]
Due to continued inclement weather, Tuesday Trails Team scheduled for August 14th has been cancelled. There will be an updated posting on this website if it is rescheduled. Otherwise the next outing will be on Sept. 11th.
The next Tuesday Trails Team will be August 14th 2018. We will be completing the work begun last month at Johannis Farm, primarilly doing trail maintenance from 10am until noon. Bring hand clippers and/or loppers. There will be additional tools available. As always don't forget tick precautions and bring water and sunblock. We will meet [...]
As we head outdoors to hike in the woods and fields or to work and play in our yards, we need to be aware of the presence of ticks. Ticks like damp, shady, leafy areas, where they can wait for a person or an animal to come into direct contact with them. That contact can [...]
July brings a double header of trails team events. First on Tuesday July 10th we will be working at Johannis Farm doing trail maintenance, litter pick up and invasives removal as needed from 10am until noon. Bring your usual hand clippers and/or loppers. There will be additional tools available. As always don't forget tick precautions [...]
The next Tuesday Trails Team will be on June 12, 2018. We will be working at Andreozzi Nature Preserve doing trail maintenance and invasive (bittersweet and multiflora rose) removal. Bring your usual hand clippers and/or loppers. There will be additional tools available. As always don't forget tick precautions as they are already very active. We [...]
Thanks to many generous donors, BLCT has purchased the Vendituoli Farm, saving this valuable community resource from potential development. The Barrington Farm School will continue to lease the Farm as the site of its agricultural education programs. Stay tuned for news about an event celebrating this exciting acquisition and all of the people who made [...]
The University of Rhode Island has just released an excellent new publication: In the Weeds: A Guide for Maintaining Vegetation in Stormwater Treatment Systems in Rhode Island. It's a downloadable PDF with great descriptions and pictures of all the plants we need to keep an eye out for. You can visit the site here, or download the [...]
Please join the Barrington Public Library and the Barrington Land Conservation Trust for the discussion: Choosing Pollinator Plants for Your Landscape. The event will offer a compassionate approach to our relationship with the landscape. As we manipulate our suburban environment it is within our power to evoke positive change by planting thoughtfully and with purpose [...]