Join Cornwall Conservation Trust for a follow-up hike and talk on local insects given by Dr. Rob Clark from Great Hollow Nature Preserve & Ecological Research Center in New Fairfield. Please meet at the Dibble Hill entrance to the Trinity Preserve. He will cover both the good and bad ones, pollinators to invasives. You can [Read More...]
Note that the dates/times for these events have changed as of May 6. Come unscramble the multiple wonders of finding, reporting, and identifying birds using phone apps. What are the differences between BirdsEye, eBird, Merlin, iBirdPro, and Seek/iNaturalist? There are also many other apps useful for bird identification (e.g., Sibley, Peterson, Audubon, & NatGeo guides, [Read More...]
The Cornwall Conservation Trust is proud to announce the opening of a new Nature Trail at Welles Preserve (near 50 Town Street) on May 22 at 1 PM. This project is co-sponsored by the Cornwall Conservation Commission. At this event, we will celebrate the trail and review tree identification (and some shrubs). New tree labels [Read More...]
All our trails are open. See CornwallConservationTrust.org for details.
Welles Preserve has various ecosystems including a vernal pool, woodland, wetland and rocky shelf. Each accommodates different species of trees, plants, and critters. Come hear Deb and Bruce Bennett point out the distinguishing characteristics and try out our new labels and QR Codes.
CCT Bike/Hike with Terry Burke. This is a (relatively) easy 11-mile bicycle ride in Cornwall starting at the Cornwall Library and stopping to hike through three of the Cornwall Conservation Trust Preserves: Ballyhack (9am), Welles (10am) and Cathedral Pines (11 am). Each hike is under a mile. Come to one or all. Times are approximate. [Read More...]
CCT Introduction to the Blue Trail Spur of the Mohawk Trail on the Furnace Brook Preserve led by Bart Jones. Learn how to connect to the section of the Mohawk Trail that goes over the Coltsfoot Mountains while the trail's bridge over Furnace Brook undergoes repair. Meet at Foote Field. Prepare for ticks. No raindate. [Read More...]
CCT Art Show and River Walk for Cornwall Day Walk the Trinity Trail (start at trailhead) from 9-10 led by Barton Jones, Cornwall Conservation Trust President. Trailhead and parking are located past the Retreat Center on Lower River Road. Followed by an Art Show from 10:30, all day of Cornwall Artists at the CCT Offices, [Read More...]
Come to a celebration on Saturday, August 6, at 10 A.M. at the Cooley Preserve for Shelley Harms, CCT Executive Director, who recently was awarded the Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s “Conservation Hero Award”. Shelley helped secure over two million dollars in grant funding to conserve over 450 acres of forest and farmland, enrolling 375 acres in [Read More...]
CCT is honored to have Prof. Peter Del Tredici discuss The Ecology of Disturbance: Tornados, Bugs, and Climate Change, Saturday, August 27 at 11 A.M to noon at Cathedral Pines Preserve How is forest succession altered by disturbances such as tornados, weather and climate change? (The Wooly Adelgid holds a clue.) Let’s hear our beloved ecologist reflect [Read More...]
