Local birder Chris Woerner leads these popular walks along the Stony Creek Trolley Trail and into the BLT’s Vedder property. You'll learn to identify birds by sight and by song. Mostly flat terrain with one steep, rocky hill. Choose either day or come to both! Families and children welcome, but no dogs, please. Meet in […]
We will prepare the field on the Stony Creek Limited Partnership Preserve for its annual mowing. Meet at 9:00 am. Park on Long Point Rd or Wallace Rd (the far intersection of Wallace Rd with Thimble Island Rd, opposite Long Point Rd). We will walk in along the private road that goes off to the […]
Branford Land Trust Board meetings are open to the public.
Join botanist Lauren Brown on an afternoon walk through Red Hill Woods in search of spring flora and fauna on Saturday, May 25 at 3:00 p.m. The event, hosted by the Branford Land Trust, is free and open to the public. Wander along the Red Hill Woods trail and across the amazing 1200-foot bog walk […]
On Connecticut Trails Day, come out with the Branford Land Trust to explore the Supply Ponds & Pisgah Brook Watershed — and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Branford Supply Ponds — on Saturday, June 1 at 8:45 a.m. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the main Supply Ponds parking lot at the ends of Short Rocks […]
Join naturalist Martha Rice for an evening with horseshoe crabs, this Thursday, June 6 from 7:30 – 9:00pm. Learn about Sacred Heart University’s research and why this fascinating creature is vital to our existence. Get a hands-on look at these ancient wonders. Children love this program! Click here for details.
Join us at the BLT booth to chat with your friends and neighbors about how BLT helps make Branford a special community!
Leading Climate Change Scientist Mark C. Urban to Speak at Branford Land Trust Annual Meeting on June 19 The Branford Land Trust’s 2019 Annual Meeting will feature guest speaker Mark C. Urban, an award-winning scientist, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut, founder and director of the Center of Biological Risk, […]
We will be working at Red Hill Woods, removing Japanese barberry and other invasive plants from the stream floodplain and the area of dumped rock and fill east of the stream near the highway. Meet at 9:00. AM Park on the unpaved end of Red Hill Road. If you're running late and we've already headed […]
August 4 Native Americans Summer at the Shore Sunday, 10:00am - Noon Native Americans spent summers on Killam’s Point. Food was readily available, caves protected them from the elements, travel by water simplified moving and a spring supplied drinking water. Kids of all ages will enjoy this fascinating talk by Town Historian Jane Bouley.