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Aurora Borealis over Avondale Farm Preserve🌌✨
Thanks to recent solar activity causing strong geomagnetic storms, the northern lights were pushed further south, allowing us to see them here in Westerly, RI!
#auroraborealis #northernlights #nightsky #stars #astronomy #rhodeisland #southcountyri #westerlyri #avondale #landtrust
When @westerlylandtrust and @wildrootsplay.ri come together, learning turns into a magical adventure!✨
At our Prints, Paths, and Play program students discovered animal tracks and signs🐾, then hiked over to @wildrootsplay.ri for a cozy afternoon of play and tea. So grateful for a partnership that keeps curiosity and community thriving! 💚🌳
#westerlyri #rhodeislandlife #nature #conservation #hike #outside #childdevelopment #childledlearning #explore
In the spirit of the season, the Westerly Land Trust elves are readying the workshop to make winter wreaths out of locally sourced and foraged greenery. Reserve yours today to dress your door for the holidays while supporting WLT’s land conservation work and environmental programming.
🎄Please order your wreath by Tuesday, November 25.
Wreaths will be available for pick up at the Westerly Land Trust offices at Barlow Nature Preserve (449 Westerly-Bradford Road) from Tuesday, December 2 through Friday, December 5.
🏞️The Westerly Land Trust Notecards are now available for pre-order! Each set of 12 showcases the six winning images from the 2025 Photo Contest. Perfect for sending notes year-round and sharing the spirit of Westerly with friends and family. Orders will be available for pickup at the WLT offices at Barlow Nature Preserve in late November (we’ll notify you when they arrive). Thank you to all the photographers who highlighted the beauty of our preserves this year.
Follow the link in our bio to order your wreath and notecards today!
‼️Save the Date: WLT’s Annual Meeting‼️
Thursday, December 4, 5:30-7:30pm
Barlow Nature Preserve
The Westerly Land Trust Annual Meeting is open to all members. Join us as we recap 2025 and share plans for 2026. To RSVP, call 401-315-2610 or email Erika at elebling@westerlylandtrust.org.
#westerlyri #holidayseason #holiday #celebrate #wreath #naturephotography #rhodeisland #nature #conservation #environment #landtrust
November brings shorter, colder days, but also more time to pause and reflect on the year coming to a close. Soon, we’ll all be in full holiday mode, moving a mile a minute. But until then, allow yourself space to sit and contemplate. How have you progressed toward your personal goals in 2025? What remains on your to-do list before the year ends? 🍂
🌳At the Westerly Land Trust, we find that these internal conversations are best had outdoors, surrounded by nature. Big things feel more achievable when you take notice of the everyday miracles around you.
💚In October, the world lost a conservation giant, Dr. Jane Goodall. As we slide headfirst into the holiday hustle, may Dr. Goodall’s words and outlook stay with you:
“People say to me so often, ‘Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,’ and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.”
Witch way to the trail? 🧙♀️🕷️🎃
#halloween #witch #trail #hike #westerlyri #landtrust #nature #outside #october #fall
“All the trees are losing their leaves, and not a single one of them is worried.” - Donald Miller
Take a lesson from the trees: slow down, release what no longer serves you, and trust that growth will come again. 🍂
#nature #mindfulness #outdoors #naturelovers #seasonsofchange #fallleaves #fall #leaves #growth
Who knew stone walls could be so busy? Trail cameras at Wahaneeta Preserve have captured bobcats, raccoons, and even a curious house cat traveling these wildlife highways! 🐾🦝
#wildlife #nature #naturelovers #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #animals #discoverwildlife #discover #conservation
In 2024, the Westerly Land Trust partnered with the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS) to establish a foundation plot at the Barlow Nature Preserve through RIWPS’s ReSeeding RI initiative. After a prolific summer bloom of heal-all (Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata), volunteers spent countless hours this fall deadheading the flowers and collecting the tiny seeds. 🌸
🌾CCC volunteer Ian Sykes took a break from trail stewardship to harvest seeds, and WLT Board member Deirdre O’Connor separated the seeds from a grocery bag full of flowers—when finished, she had filled a pint jar.
Some of these seeds will be replanted at Barlow, while others will be distributed by RIWPS across the state to help conserve native ecotypic plants and preserve local genetic diversity. Though the task of extracting the tiny seeds was slow and painstaking, it plays a vital role in supporting resilient native plant communities throughout Rhode Island. 🌿🌳
#native #plantnative #plant #seed #volunteer #nature #getputside #flower
