by New Canaan Land Trust Team | Oct 6, 2020 | Nature Feature, Uncategorized
The following photo essay was written and photographed by Susan Bergen. The wildflower meadow at Silvermine-Fowler is bursting with fall color and offering pollen and nectar to late season pollinators. The meadow, planted last fall by volunteers, features a...
by Elle Smith | Aug 27, 2020 | Nature Feature
It’s amazing what one can learn about a tree when it falls in the forest, or in this case, on our preserve! We recently found a beautiful, old oak tree blocking the trail in our Watson-Symington Preserve, a few weeks after Hurricane Isaias. After ensuring the trail...
by NCLT Admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Nature Feature, Uncategorized
This wood duck nesting box was put up last week at the Hupper Preserve pond on the GreenLink Trail between Irwin Park and the New Canaan Nature Center. A second wood duck box was installed at the Smith Preserve overlooking Jelliff Mill Pond. Both were donated by Jim...
by New Canaan Land Trust Team | Jun 26, 2020 | Nature Feature
Written and photographed by Susan Bergen, NCLT Board Member This is National Pollinator Week, and a good time to reflect on why pollinators are important. How we can make our own yards and public spaces more pollinator friendly? NCLT’s wildflower meadow at Still Pond...
by New Canaan Land Trust Team | May 28, 2020 | Nature Feature
Written and photographed by Susan Bergen, NCLT Board Member There is an idiomatic expression that describes an extremely shy woman as a ‘shrinking violet.’ While violets may be miniscule and often passed over for more showy flowers, there is nothing shrinking about...
by Elle Smith | May 7, 2020 | Nature Feature, Stewardship
Designed to blend in with their surroundings, you’ve probably never noticed the trail cameras that NCLT uses across our preserves. Yet these cameras are a critical tool in land management, and one that we’ve been using for years. NCLT maintains a small...
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