by Susan Bergen | Mar 5, 2024 | Blog Post, Nature Feature
Robins in holly A robin nests in a holly bush. A bumblebee savors meadowsweet pollen. A wild turkey gobbled down the dark blue berries on the maple leaf viburnum. A swallowtail butterfly lays her eggs on a spicebush leaf. A red fox bounds away into the thick...
by Susan Bergen | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog Post, Nature Feature
Blue Jays amidst a scattering of bird seed Birds spend the majority of their waking hours looking for food. Flying requires a lot of energy, which depends on a constant supply of sustenance. When the temperature drops and the leaves fall, many birds head south to...
by Susan Bergen | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog Post, Nature Feature
Much of the natural world appears to sleep in winter. Plants go dormant, nights are long and frigid, and food becomes scarce. It can seem to be an impossibly inhospitable environment at times, but the wild creatures among us have developed many survival strategies....
by Susan Bergen | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Oenoke Lane GreenLink Trail connects a six-acre woodland preserve with a downtown neighborhood. Nature preserves protect our biodiversity by supporting intricate food webs and providing sanctuary for birds, pollinators and all kinds of wildlife. Unfortunately,...
by Beth Sanford | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog Post
Many things about land trusts may surprise you. We’d venture that many of us are unsure exactly what a land trust is. We’re also confident that most do not recognize the current and potential impact of land trusts in Connecticut and across the country. Importantly,...
by Susan Bergen | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog Post, Nature Feature
White and red oak acorns from Browne Preserve collected by Chris Schipper As our deciduous trees shed their leaves each fall, they also drop an abundance of seeds in the form of acorns, nuts, and samarras. This seed crop, referred to as mast, is defined as the dry...
by Elle Smith | Oct 2, 2023 | Blog Post
Eagle Scout candidate Jack Winalski and volunteer beekeeper This year, a ray of hope has emerged in New Canaan in a world bombarded with constant environmental degradation news. What started as a modest proposal to the New Canaan Land Trust has evolved into a...
by Susan Bergen | Oct 1, 2023 | Blog Post, Nature Feature
A venerable old snag at the Browne Preserve A visit to our open space preserves will reveal a number of dead, dying, or fallen trees. Deadwood is a natural phenomenon of forests as they age, or are subjected to disease, lightning strikes, and storm damage. If you...
by Susan Bergen | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog Post, Nature Feature
False Turkey Tails, a type of Polyspore Shelf Mushroom If you are of a certain age, you probably learned in school that all life on Earth is divided into two kingdoms: plant and animal. For years, scientists following Carl Linnaeus’ lead classified fungi (mushrooms,...
by Elle Smith | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog Post, NCHS Internship Program
Pictured from L-R: Hector, Sofia, Jesse, Alex, Luca Hector: I remember going through five main locations on the first day of this internship: the most memorable locations were Livington-Higley, with its beautiful meadow, and Still Pond, which both had such peaceful...
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