Events
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Winter Tree Identification Walk #2
Grills Preserve 198 Bowling Lane, Westerly, RI, United StatesStewardshipExplore how to identify Rhode Island's winter trees on a guided walk using bark, buds, and habitat clues. To build on our Winter Tree Identification Lecture, let's hit the trail and see, touch, and even smell the trees at Grills Preserve. WLT's Land Stewardship Manager, Marc Doherty, will lead a 1.5-mile walk through a variety [...]
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Forest Bathing
Riverwood Preserve 5 Boy Scout Drive, Westerly, RI, United StatesWellness in the WoodsSlow down, awaken your senses, and connect with Nature as you luxuriate in a Forest Bath!Celebrate the start of WLT's Earth Week by joining Deirdre O’Connor for a slow and relaxing walk in Riverwood Preserve.Forest Bathing is the pleasant practice of spending time in nature to enhance health and happiness. Evidence-based research confirms that time [...]
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Volunteer Stewardship Day – Champlin Farm Preserve
Champlin Farm Preserve 64 boombridge Road, Westerly, RI, United StatesHelp WLT provide homes for the birds at Champlin Farm Preserve!The sun shines strong on the south-facing fields at Champlin Farm Preserve and the nearby wetlands and open woodlands make for prime bluebird breeding habitat.Over the winter, our CCC volunteers assembled some birdhouses and we need you to help us put them up!Volunteers will help [...]
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Wednesday Wonder Walk – Habitat Hunters
Champlin Farm Preserve 64 boombridge Road, Westerly, RI, United StatesEducationApril's theme is Habitat Hunters. Come walk, wonder, and grow with us for this years Earth Day celebration!We are teaming up with our friends from WildRoots once a month for Wednesday Wonder Walks, a guided family hiking series curated to spark curiosity and nurture a lifelong love of nature. Our partnership blends playful discovery with [...]
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Is a River Alive Book Club
Riverwood Preserve 5 Boy Scout Drive, Westerly, RI, United StatesWLT Partner EventsIn partnership with Westerly Library & Wilcox Park and in celebration of Earth Day, please join us to discuss the book "Is a River Alive?". In partnership with Westerly Library & Wilcox Park, and in celebration of Earth Day, join us for a discussion of Robert Macfarlane's book Is A River Alive? The Library has [...]
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Thursday Hike – Champlin Farm Preserve
Champlin Farm Preserve 64 boombridge Road, Westerly, RI, United StatesThursday HikesJoin us for part of our Earth Week celebration! All week (April 18 - 26), WLT will be offering events to celebrate, take care of, and connect with our Earth. Check out our Calendar of Events to see what else is happening during Earth Week. This walk is at Champlin Preserve at 64 Boombridge Road [...]
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For the Love of Trees: An Arbor Day Celebration with Westerly Library and Wilcox Park
Westerly Library and Wilcox Park, Auditorium 44 Broad Street, Westerly, RI, United StatesWLT Partner EventsWesterly Library and Wilcox Park joined by The Westerly Friends Meeting and The Westerly Land Trust that present an Arbor Day celebration featuring music and entertainment with Frank Pendola and John Roarke. Deirdre O’Connor of the Westerly Land Trust will describe the programs and events families can participate in. She will also speak about how [...]
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Clean-Up Crews & Brews 2026
14 Canal St 14 Canal Street, Westerly, RI, United StatesEvent HikesHelp us clean-up our community and then celebrate with a tasty pint at Grey Sail Brewing Company of RI.This year, The Westerly Land Trust and The Greater North End Community Development Corporation are teaming up to expand our Earth Day–inspired community trash pick-up.Volunteers will help clean up areas in and around Westerly Land Trust properties, [...]
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Guided Bird Walk on World Migratory Bird Day
Barlow Nature Preserve 449 Westerly Bradford Road, Westerly, RI, United StatesEducationJoin us in welcoming back the neotropical migrants such as warblers, orioles and tanagers, as they return to their breeding territories. World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. It has a global outreach and is an effective tool to help [...]