• First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge

    Coventry, RI

    Seaside goldenrod with common buckeye butterfly In late summer the flora begins to change as asters and goldenrods bloom and seeds and fruits mature. Animals rely on many plants for food and shelter while many plants rely on animals for pollination and dispersal. At times the interactions get quite defensive. If you would like to […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Ben Utter Trail, Acadia Management Area

    Exeter, RI

    Trillium cernuum, nodding trilium. DMcGrady On May 2, 2024 from 10 am to noon, join us at the Ben Utter Trail, Arcadia Management Area in Exeter, RI. On this walk with biologist Denise Poyer, we will discover early spring flowers deep in the Arcadia Management Area. We will first walk south on Sand Trail to […]

  • First (well…. Second) Thursday Botanizing Walk – Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge

    Exeter, RI

    Due to the holiday we have moved this First Thursday Walk to the second Thursday in July! On Thursday, July 11, 2024 join Audubon's Director of Properties, Laura Carberry from 10 am to 12 pm for a morning walk at Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge, Exeter, RI. Come explore several different habitats including forest, fields and […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk -Grills Preserve (rescheduled from June 6 due to heavy rain)

    Bradford, RI

    red columbine On Thursday July 18, 2024, from 10 am to noon,  join Marc Doherty, Westerly Land Trust's Land Stewardship manager, for a walk at WLT's Grills Preserve. Located along the Pawcatuck River in Bradford, Grills has a wide variety of habitats and soil types, including a diversity of wetlands, rocky outcrops, pitch pine uplands […]

  • Following the Seasons at Haile Preserve – Fall Walk

    Warren, RI

    Anne Raver’s series of three walks along the trails of the Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, focuses on how the landscape changes with the seasons.  We invite those who participated […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Snake Den Park

    Johnston, RI

    Join Christopher Modisette, State Resource Conservationist for the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Warwick, RI, from 10 to noon on April 3, 2025 for our first walk of the season. We […]

  • Spring in Arcadia: Ben Utter Trail

    doll's eye, white baneberry (Actea pachypoda), photo KAsher Join biologist Denise Poyer on May 16 from 10am to noon on the Ben Utter Trail in Exeter RI. We will discover […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Neutaconkanut Hill Park

    Providence, RI

    On October 2, 2025  from 10 am to noon, join Joe Jamroz, environmental enthusiast and advisory board member for the Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy. We will  explore parts of this conserved […]