Beautiful Properties. Community Benefits.
The Westerly Land Trust conserves open space, revitalizes culturally significant properties, and provides environmental programs for the enduring benefit of our community.
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The Westerly Land Trust stewards conservation lands, areas for public enjoyment, and urban spaces throughout Westerly.
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Our bloom peepers are peeping! 🌸
We’ve enlisted the help of a few dedicated volunteers, who are now keeping their eyes trained on rhododendron and mountain laurel buds at various WLT properties, anticipating their pop!🌱
Stay tuned! When our bloom peepers say “Go”, we’ll send out an email notification inviting you to a pop-up Awesome Blossom hike. We don’t know when or where just yet, but that’s part of the fun in working with Mother Nature! 🥾🌍
🐝This event will be free and open to everyone, so if you know someone who might like to get to know WLT better, please bring them along!
#flowers #bloom #hike #blossom #mountainlaurel #rhododendron #buds #nature #spring #summer #pollination #bees
At first we thought this was a bright blue beetle- but it turned out to be a moth, freshly emerged from its cocoon and just beginning to unfurl its wings! 🦋
#nature #spring #moth #summer #butterfly #cocoon #emerge #outside #insects #entomology #pollinators
Thanks to Mario’s North End Pizzaria for supporting the Westerly Land Trust’s conservation efforts with a Dine-To-Donate during Earth Week! 🍕🌳
#landtrust #community #dinetodonate #pizza #westerlyri #mariospizza
Homeschool students helped us harvest honey during our Pollinators & Planting class today!! 🍯🐝
#honey #bees #beekeepers #honeyharvest #honeybees #pollination #flowers #planting #conservation #nature #landtrust #westerlyri #rhodeisland
This past weekend current Girl Scouts visited Wahaneeta Preserve to learn about the history of the property. Did you know that Wahaneeta Preserve was previously an active Girl Scout camp?! 🏕️
We hiked trails that former Girl Scouts pioneered, waded in the pond in search of critters, and discovered what it was like to be a Girl Scout when the camp was open and operational. The Scouts got to meet Ellen and Sandra who camped at Wahaneeta in the 1940’s! Things are much different now—but thanks to our land trust community this land will be stewarded long into the future. 🥾🌲
Another fun fact: We didn’t even know the cabin was there when we acquired the property, because it was so overgrown. What a nice surprise it was to uncover it!
#landtrust #conservation #history #girlscouts #rhodeisland #forest #woods #camp #westerlyri #girlscoutsofamerica
After a long winter slumber, nature has awoken! What a beautiful time in Westerly—bird songs fill the air and trees display their finest spring green.
Does this time of year inspire you to get involved or take action in your community? If the longer days are motivating you to connect with nature and neighbors, read on to see what we have in store for May:
🌱5/7 at 5:30 pm- Historic Cemetery Hike at Grills Preserve
🌱5/10 at 7 am- Migratory Bird Day: Guided Bird Count at Barlow
🌱5/11 at 10 am- Volunteer Stewardship Day at Grills Preserve
🌱5/15 at 10 am- Thursday Hike at our new Champlin Farm Preseeve
🌱5/18 at 10 am- Outdoor Bootcamp with @barre_coast at Winnapaug Farm Preserve. WLT members, email [email protected] to receive a reduced registration price of $10.
🌱 5/22 at 10 am- Thursday Hike at Riverwood Preserve
🌱 5/31 at 10 am- Beehive Check- Caring for Your Colony at Barlow Nature Preserve
For more information and to register for each event follow the link in our bio to our Calendar of Events! We hope to see you there😊🌸
#landtrust #may #summer #spring #sunshine #garden #beekeeping #flowers #cutflowers #conserve #nature #hike #outside #cemetery
We hope you’ve been enjoying this beautiful weather! 🌞🌱
#spring #nature #wildlife #getoutside #landtrust #westerlyri #rhodeisland #conservation #explore
As a part of our Earth Week Celebration, WLT Board member Jeff Walker led the Thursday Hiking Group on a hike through Wahaneeta Preserve and the neighboring Woody Hill Management Area. Prior to hitting the trails, Jeff invited the crew to explore the Wahaneeta cabin and shared the history of the Girl Scouts’ relationship with this land prior to its transition to WLT’s stewardship in 2012. In the first of these two photos (both taken by Jana Walker), the group is gathered in front of the Wahaneeta pond, recently dredged to improve it’s quality and benefit the surrounding land and wildlife. The second photo is set at the Charles Saunders (1819-1904) homestead foundation in Woody Hill.
The Thursday Hiking Group meets every Thursday to explore trails in Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut. Soon, for the summer months, they’ll transition to paddles on varies local bodies of water. For a complete schedule, please visit the “Connect and Enjoy” tab of the Westerly Land Trust website: www.westerlylandtrust.org.
