Dog park hearing set for May 2

#DogPark #MiddleburyLandTrust By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Folks who have been waiting patiently for a Middlebury Dog Park since 2016 hopefully will be happy to hear it is closer to becoming ... Continue Reading →

Learn about bobcats Wednesday, March 6

#MiddleburyCT #Bobcats The Middlebury Land Trust is sponsoring a program, “Bobcats in Connecticut,” Wednesday, March 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Room 26 at Shepardson Community ... Continue Reading →

Trees adapt to winter

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Winter in Connecticut can be hard on everything that lives outdoors. There are many adaptations for animals (fur, burrow, hibernate), birds (some just go south, ... Continue Reading →

Keep walking this winter

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Winter By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY As winter closes in here in Connecticut, it can be very tempting to just grab a sweater and a cozy blanket and curl ... Continue Reading →

Visitor shares thoughts

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY This summer my husband and I had the wonderful opportunity to have our eldest grandchild, Nico, stay with us for 5 ½ weeks. Her father (our son) and his family ... Continue Reading →

Baby wildlife best left alone

#MiddleburyCT #BabyWildlife By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Many animal mothers leave their young in what they see as a protected spot while they go off to forage. If you find and remove ... Continue Reading →

Botany Walk Saturday, May 27

Botany Walk Saturday, May 27 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Larkin Preserve Meet at the entrance on Long Meadow Road. The start of the trail is flanked by large rocks ... Continue Reading →

Writer celebrates a milestone

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY February 2023 marks a milestone for this column: seven years, and 85 articles. Stories about land trust properties, trails, ... Continue Reading →

Resolve to volunteer in 2023

#MiddleburyCT #MLT #Volunteering By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY A new year is starting, and many people are making resolutions. A Statista study of 1,500 Americans showed the top three resolutions ... Continue Reading →

Snow provides protection

#MiddleburyCT #Snow #MiddleburyLandTrust By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Snow in Connecticut – that inevitable part of winter here – is loved by some and dreaded by others. In the natural ... Continue Reading →