This week’s unusually warm temperatures mean muddy trails. It’s best to stay off the trails until they dry out and harden up. An exception is the Quinn Trail at Mink Brook Nature Preserve.
Time to bring in your bird feeders! State biologists expect the bears weren’t fooled by this mild winter any more than we were, and ask that you bring in your bird feeders now, and don’t wait until April 1.
Here’s an innovative Internet-based marketplace that connects landowners in our region with people who appreciate and benefit from services offered by the land. This new site helps individuals and businesses invest in projects that protect or enhance natural services provided by private forest and farmland in the Upper Connecticut River Watershed.
The Hanover Conservancy has posted two projects for investment at Greensboro Ridge Natural Area.
Biologists John Severance and Elise Lawson of Watershed to Wildlife, Inc. shared their discoveries at the Greensboro Ridge Natural Area on Jan. 23 at the Howe Library. We asked them to inventory natural resources on our 113-acre preserve and to tell us what they found. An unusual saxifrage swamp…fisher stalking porcupine…richly productive vernal pools, and more.
Rain in January is never a great thing for trails. Please watch your step and hope for some proper snow. We’ve provided shovels at our crossings at Mink Brook, but they can’t help with ice. Happy New Year to all.
Conservancy volunteers fanned out across town the morning after Irene left the area, to check on trail, bridge, and forest conditions. Here’s the latest information, for your safety. [Read more…]
