Land trust events

BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE! Join RVC stewards to help care for the forests and trails that RVC protects. We will provide tools appropriate to the project, but as always feel free to bring a tool that you feel comfortable with using.

Please join us for a guided hike under the Flower Moon at Dark Moon Preserve. Led by RVC President Margie Schiller, we will step out into the night to enjoy the nocturnal wonders of the preserve. We invite you to bring your family - both furry and non-furry. Space is limited for this hike. Advance registration is required.

BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE! Join RVC stewards to help care for the forests and trails that RVC protects. We will provide tools appropriate to the project, but as always feel free to bring a tool that you feel comfortable with using.

Please join us for a guided hike under the Flower Moon at Dark Moon Preserve. Led by RVC President Margie Schiller, we will step out into the night to enjoy the nocturnal wonders of the preserve. We invite you to bring your family - both furry and non-furry. Space is limited for this hike. Advance registration is required.

BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE! Join RVC stewards to help care for the forests and trails that RVC protects. We will provide tools appropriate to the project, but as always feel free to bring a tool that you feel comfortable with using.

Are you looking to slow down and decrease your stress levels? Join us for a 45-minute forest bathing session at Blair Creek Preserve and experience nature in a whole new way. We will focus on connecting to nature by exploring our senses and through guided meditation. Forest bathing reduces stress and anxiety and improves the immune system and symptoms of depression, to name a few benefits. Advance registration is required.

Please join us for a guided hike under the Flower Moon at Dark Moon Preserve. Led by RVC President Margie Schiller, we will step out into the night to enjoy the nocturnal wonders of the preserve. We invite you to bring your family - both furry and non-furry. Space is limited for this hike. Advance registration is required.

BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE! Join RVC stewards to help care for the forests and trails that RVC protects. We will provide tools appropriate to the project, but as always feel free to bring a tool that you feel comfortable with using.

Please join us for a guided hike under the Flower Moon at Dark Moon Preserve. Led by RVC President Margie Schiller, we will step out into the night to enjoy the nocturnal wonders of the preserve. We invite you to bring your family - both furry and non-furry. Space is limited for this hike. Advance registration is required.

BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE! Join RVC stewards to help care for the forests and trails that RVC protects. We will provide tools appropriate to the project, but as always feel free to bring a tool that you feel comfortable with using.

Please join us for a guided hike under the Flower Moon at Dark Moon Preserve. Led by RVC President Margie Schiller, we will step out into the night to enjoy the nocturnal wonders of the preserve. We invite you to bring your family - both furry and non-furry. Space is limited for this hike. Advance registration is required.

Get outside, meet like-minded people, and help out on PHLT nature preserves. Invasive plant volunteer days are led by Pocono Heritage Land Trust's Stewardship Manager Matt, and are a great way to learn about the impacts of invasive plants, gain first-hand experience restoring our Pocono forest ecosystems, and discover cool plants, insects and other interesting finds along the way!

Get outside, meet like-minded people, and help take care of PHLT nature preserves! Led by a core group of dedicated Pocono Heritage Land Trust volunteers, the trail crew gets together once a month to spruce up a preserve. Sign up for one of these volunteer days to clear new and existing trails, pick up litter, hang signs, and keep PHLT nature preserves easily accessible and looking their finest!

Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Heather Houskeeper, The Botanical Hiker, for a gentle walk on the Reserve. Participants will experience forest bathing and its benefits while connecting to several of the native plants of our region.

Walk the trails with Delaware Highlands Conservancy education staff and volunteers to learn more about the lands, waters, and wildlife at the Van Scott Nature Reserve.

Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Bright Kids Yoga instructors from The Cooperage Project for a gentle and all-age appropriate outdoor yoga practice designed to heighten our awareness of our thoughts and surroundings. A short walk and nature-themed craft will accompany the experience.

This year’s summer picnic will be held at the Pensinger Farm on Sunday, August 14. Bring along an appetizer, salad, side dish, or dessert to share. Please bring your own plates, flatware, and napkins, as well. We’ll provide plenty of fried chicken, iced tea, lemonade, and water for everyone! No charge to attend, but please let us know you’re coming—and how many friends and family members you’re bringing along!

Join us for the biggest day of volunteer stewardship in the French Creek watershed! Every year on the first Saturday after Labor Day, hundreds of volunteers join together for the annual French Creek Clean up to make the French Creek watershed an even better place to live, work and play!

Explore the scenery, glimpse the history, and discover the lure of the Brandywine! Now in its fifth year, the Brandywine Conservancy's Bike the Brandywine will feature three scenic loops that take in the beautiful Brandywine Creek Greenway and surrounding countryside. Routes with distances of 25, 45, and 62 (Metric Century) miles will be offered, each with a unique and thrilling experience for both the recreational and more avid seasoned cyclist. Proceeds from the ride benefit the Conservancy’s land and water conservation work.

Jam out, drink up, and give back some love to Binky Lee. Don’t miss Natural Lands’ annual Beats & Brews bash, which includes live music, craft brews, fantastic food options, and sunset socializing. Bands and vendors to be announced soon! Ticket sales are limited so purchase in advance! Online sales will close Friday, September 30. Walk-in tickets may be available for an additional $10 if the event is not sold out.

Do you ever feel like you are caught between a rock and a hard place? Maybe you misplaced your eye glasses but to look for them you need your glasses, or you can’t get a job without experience but you can’t get experience without a job. All of these literary ramblings introduce our 2022 Road Rally Theme: Catch 22, Puzzles and Conundrums! Road Rally teams will be delighted and confused as they meander through Adams County on roads less traveled. Teams will be challenged with paradoxical situations with no apparent way out.

Trek our trails at six popular preserves before Dec. 31, 2022 to complete the #trekourtrails2022 challenge and receive a gift pack! Visit Burnett Woods, Fred and Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Laura Hare Preserve at Blossom Hollow, Meltzer Woods, Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve and Oliver's Woods.

Join the CLTLC staff for a gentle hike exploring native summer wildflowers!

An organized bicycle ride open to the general public. Funds raised from this event are used to help with trail maintenance and safe operations.

You're invited to Heritage Valley, a 1,200-acre nature area near Decorah, for a summer prairie seed harvest! Together, we'll hand-harvest native seed from Heritage Valley's hillside prairies. Seed collected will be used to diversify and expand the prairie. We'll kick the day off with conversation and a bit of background about Heritage Valley before heading out into the prairie. 

Take a guided tour of the serene and scenic Shiawassee Basin Preserve/Davis Lake Overlook, a prairie fen wetland that is home to the last remaining population of Poweshiek Skipperling butterfly. $8 for non-members.

On this walk we will learn about insects on the move- look for praying mantids and their egg cases (ootheca), bees, butterflies, dragonflies, and more.

Get an exclusive glimpse at this private preserve! Take a guided tour of the Sashabaw Creek Preserve, which involves a winding and adventurous trail passing by active vernal pools, creeks, grass plains, and shaded woods. $8 for non-members.

At the fourth and final nature walk of the year, take a guided tour of the colorful Susanne Knorr Preserve. This gem is home to an array of native wildflowers, which will be blooming in late summer. Learn how to differentiate native and non-native species. $8 for non-members.

Want to get involved in conservation at the ground level? Have an interest in learning more about lands, waters, wildlife or just about anything else related to keeping Central Colorado beautiful? Volunteer with us! Our Hands for Lands program is centered around volunteering to support local ranchers and restoring riparian areas.

Hit the bike trail with Palmer Land Conservancy for our annual Bike the Bessemer event. This fun-filled and educational ride showcases Pueblo County’s premier agricultural lands and important water resources. After your 11-mile ride, grab a beer and enjoy a delicious farm-to-table lunch.

Summit Land Conservancy is hosting summer camps filled with outdoor adventure! Campers will experience structured outdoor recreation activities and nature play while learning about biology, wildlife identification, local history, and more, on the open spaces that make Park City special.

Be a part of the Climate Change Observatory Network. Community members, volunteers, land stewards and people just like you, help monitor and document environmental changes over time. Local data collected at each CCO site helps communities make more informed decisions to better prepare for and response to disturbances related to climate.

Join Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust for our Stewardship Tour Series! This series seeks to introduce the community to land conservation, stewardship, and history by offering guided walks with the Land Trust’s incredible Stewardship Team across 10 walks throughout the summer and fall.

Join Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and Sundara Yoga for FREE yoga on the Brunswick Town Mall this Summer! These classes will be led by Sundara Yoga’s skilled and qualified instructors every Wednesday (weather permitting) on the Brunswick Town Mall lawn in front of the gazebo. Just show up ready to move and breathe, this moderately paced vinyasa class will link movement with breath and gives you time to move mindfully from one posture to the next, leaving you feeling grounded and at peace.

Join us for our annual Monarch Festival — a celebration of one of Maine’s favorite garden visitors and learn how to better support these threatened pollinators. It is a free, family friendly, community-wide event featuring monarch tagging, garden tours & talks, children's story time, a wildlife presentation, and more.

Join us to learn about tick biology, bite prevention, and how to stay safe outdoors this summer. Blake Dinius, an entomologist from the Plymouth County Extension Office education program, will be presenting and answering your questions.

Since 2014, lawn and landscape professional Paul Wagner of Greener Pastures Organics has provided free lawn care advice weekly to homeowners and professional landscapers at Bridge Gardens. In 2022, our Lawn Care Advice day is on Tuesdays from May 17 to October 4. And you can always email us with questions, and photos, to [email protected]

Run through the National Historic Landmark District of Geneseo and head into the Genesee Valley past 300 year old oak savannahs, sheep pastures, and horse farms. Join us to help save land in the Genesee Valley by running this scenic small-town half marathon that includes the amenities you would expect at a big city race. With live music on the course, historic aircraft flyovers, and hand-made finisher medals, the Oak Tree is a unique half marathon that showcases the beauty of the Genesee Valley.

The Pfalz Point Trail Challenge is a 10-mile benefit run  to support Mohonk Preserve. The course offers a rare chance to race on some of the most extraordinary running trails in the U.S., with ten miles of broad open meadows with spectacular views, steep and rocky footpaths, and gently rolling carriage roads.

The Wallkill Valley Land Trust joined an international movement of pollinator pathways in 2020 by forming the Wallkill Valley Pollinator Pathway to raise awareness of the severe threats facing native pollinators. Nearly 50 individuals have taken the pledge to use native pollinator-friendly plants; identify and remove invasive plants and to avoid using pesticides/insecticides on their land. The WVPP now covers over 485 acres and is continuing to grow.

Discover Rhode Island’s protected open spaces where you can get outdoors and enjoy nature. Go on a full moon walk, explore beautiful forests, enjoy kite flying on the beach, and attend an open trail day. These events will introduce you to some of Rhode Island’s most spectacular/breathtaking protected places. Land Trust Days has something for everyone!

Baby Salmon Live Here brings awareness to where baby salmon live and encourages the conservation of land essential to both salmon and people. Our main initiative of the program is to install educational signs where baby salmon live—along tiny inland streams throughout the Kenai Peninsula

Help us protect the land that we love! Volunteers on the Poopdeck Platt Community Park Trail help monitor and maintain the trail. Duties include brush clearing, boardwalk repair, sign cleaning, trash pickup, reporting vandalism, reporting dangerous wildlife situations, constructing infrastructure (i.e. kiosks, benches, = boardwalks),manage invasive species and monitoring.

Help us protect the land that we love! Volunteers on the Effler Trail help monitor and maintain the trail. Duties include brush clearing, boardwalk repair, sign cleaning, trash pickup, reporting vandalism, reporting dangerous wildlife situations, constructing infrastructure (i.e. kiosks, benches, = boardwalks),manage invasive species and monitoring.

Join Trail Crew every second Saturday of the month in partnership with Solano County Parks to work on trails and projects at Lynch Canyon Open Space!

Get the Rush is a series of fun, free activities for the whole family, offered on the third Saturday of every month at Rush Ranch. Guests can visit the blacksmith shop, Solano Land Trust Pop-Up Shop, exhibit tables, and meet the horses of Access Adventure. Visitors can join guided Marsh Walk or use Explorer Quest, a self-guided Geocache scavenger hunt, presented in partnership with Solano County Office of Education.

This hike will take visitors westward along Middle Valley Trail leading to Prairie Ridge. Expect about a five-mile hike at a moderate, but even pace over uneven ground. Muddy spots will have cattle prints. There are steep climbs over several hills with the longest at Prairie Ridge. It’s worth it to see the view of the northern San Francisco Bay.

Come explore the sweeping hills near Cordelia on one of the land trust’s vastest and most rugged properties. Solano Land Trust docents will guide you through this area, known as the King-Swett Ranches. Docents will share insights about the birds, plants, butterflies, and other wildlife that call this area home, and give you a great workout!

Please join us for an approximately 5 to 7-mile mountain bike ride with nearly 1,500 feet of climbing. This ride covers the trails at the property and includes scenic views and several interpretive stops.

Explore the hills between Suisun Valley and Green Valley and see sweeping views of Solano County and beyond. Scenic stands of blue and live oaks and the fascinating geology of the park make this a truly unique hike. Moderately strenuous, 4-6 miles.

Sonoma Land Trust's On the Land program connects people with nature through a variety of outdoor activities on protected lands. We offer bilingual (Spanish/English) family outings, adventure outings for college students, community group outings, and general public outings, both in-person and online.

We now offer opportunities to get out on the land with monthly workdays and/or hikes on one of our properties. We meet in San Juan Bautista, then caravan to the project site. We finish around noon and participants are welcome to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy before leaving.