Essex Land Trust members are invited to participate in the Connecticut River Conservancy's 30th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup. We will help clean up our waterfront shorelines including our Great Meadow and Turtle Creek Preserves. Please register on the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) Source to Sea Cleanup Website (https://sourcetoseacleanup.org/) choosing “Join a Cleanup” and selecting […]
Help us in our continuing efforts to remove invasive plants in our preserves and help to reestablish native habitat. This will be a continuation of our barberry removal efforts and will be at Canfield Meadow Woods on the Orange Trail just over the bridge from the Blue Canfield Trail. Bring gloves, loppers, pruners, mattocks and […]
Join us for a Thursday morning guided hike exploring the Bushy Hill and Platt Preserves which we are pleased to be co-sponsoring with the Valley Shore YMCA. Our Bushy Hill and Platt Preserves are a local gem. The preserve is fully wooded and hugs the Falls River in the southern part of the Platt Property. […]
Supported by the Essex Land Trust, this race benefits the Ivoryton Library and its programs. A portion of the run goes through our Falls River Preserve. Registration is online and check-in is at the Ivoryton Village green starting at 7:30 am. Race starts at 8:30 am for children and at 9:00 for adults.