LLCT staff and our summer intern, Mac, headed out to the People for Pollinators meadow this week to prepare a new bed for plugs of Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Also in bloom are the Baptisia, Golden Alexanders, Penstemon, and the Red Buckeye tree. We are very excited to see these plants established and flourishing! Come … Read more
2018 is the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The American Hiking Society has declared the first Saturday in June each year to be National Trails Day. Today, June 2, 2018, we celebrate our own network of over 80 miles of beautiful trails nestled into just 15 … Read more
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More than 75 trustees, members and friends gathered at the beautiful Flint Hall at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields for a lovely spring evening affair. Rand Wentworth gave an inspirational and hopeful talk about about our country’s practices of land preservation and environmental action from past to present. Wentworth was introduced by trustee, Andy Falender, and both … Read more
Bird List from Ricci Farm-May 13, 2018 7:30-9:30 AM Thank you to Norm Levey for leading this walk. Where a bird was only heard, its name is followed by (h). Possibly one or two of these were only heard or seen by a leader. Many more birds were heard and identified by Norm, but were … Read more
From mid-may to early July, turtles are on the roads and we currently have a population that is moving across Rt. 126 near Old Concord Road and Joey’s Auto Garage. Kindly slow down, and if you can safely do so, please avoid hitting the turtles. The large wetland on one side and the ponds on the … Read more
LLCT has published a third video on how to extract and dispose of garlic mustard. We are joined in this video by Stacy, Tim, and Jen of Lincoln’s Conservation Department. They have been pulling the invasive plant around town and we join them at the Muster Field on May 10th to remove garlic mustard from … Read more
On Saturday, May 5 a group of volunteers from Grace Chapel and the wider community joined Buzz Constable, LLCT board president, for an annual garlic mustard pull in Flint Fields. The group worked its way methodically around the perimeter of the field pulling and bagging plants. The progress of past efforts was apparent and encouraging, … Read more
Bird List from Baker Bridge Fields 18-05-06 (37 sp) Thank you to Nancy Soulette and Nancy Hammond for leading this walk. Nancy S. has written some of the bird sounds below, particularly the ones we talked about a lot, first hearing them then trying to find them, so these sounds are in parentheses. Where a … Read more
