Source for the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Watershed

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CALENDAR & EVENTS

Event Information

Wild & Scenic Events

 

Ridge to River Trail Hike: Lyme

Name of Sponsoring Organization/Individual: Lyme Land Conservation Trust
Sponsoring Organization's Website: http://www.lymelandtrust.org/
    Event/Trail: River-to-Ridge Trail System on Mt. Archer

Town Where Event Begins:
Lyme
Event Type: Educational Walk
Event Date/Time: Saturday, June 5, 1:30pm

Estimated Length/Duration: 3hours

Event Description:
Part Two of Double Header for Conn Trails Day 2010 sponsored by the Lyme Land Conservation Trust. Invasive species specialist Mark LaCasse will lead educational walk on the "River-to-Ridge" trail system on Lyme's Mt. Archer Woods explaining the challenges, dangers and control strategies of invasive species. Hike will include two barberry eradication control test plots. Meet at 1:15 PM at Lyme Town Hall, 480 Hamburg Road, Lyme. For Log/Lat on Google Maps, copy & paste: 41.413353,-72.336563. For Part One morning program & lunch see Lyme Land Conservation Trust Roaring Brook educational trail hike on geological history & formations of Whale Bone Creek.

Difficulty: Moderate (Gently rising terrain with the likeliness to encounter occasional obstacles)
Distance: 4-6miles

Leashed Dogs Permitted: Yes
     Rain Date/Time: Sunday June 6, 1:30 PM
 Event Pre-registration: Pre-registration is NOT NECESSARY


Land Trusts

Hikes, woodcock walks, town cleanups and fish ladder viewing are just some of the events sponsored by the local land trusts:

Lyme Land Conservation Trust Upcoming Events

see above trail hike

Salem Land Trust Home Page (events listed at the bottom)

East Haddam Land Trust Events Calendar

Towns

East Haddam web site

Salem "Our Town" newsletter

Lyme and Old Lyme LymeLine