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  • September 2023

  • Thu 7

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge

    September 7, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 […]

  • April 2024

  • Thu 4

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Snake Den State Park CANCELLED BASED ON WEATHER FORECAST

    April 4, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Johnson, RI

    yellow birch, photo PCahallan THIS WALK IS CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.  Our first walk of the season, from 10 am to noon on 4 April 2024, will be led […]

  • May 2024

  • Thu 2

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

    May 2, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 […]

  • July 2024

  • Thu 11

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

    July 11, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 […]

  • Thu 18

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

    July 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 […]

  • August 2024

  • Thu 1

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Herb Hadfield Conservation Area

    August 1, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Westport, MA

    Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flowerphoto GGardner On August 1, 2024 we welcome you to join Nate McCullin, Land Stewardship and Outreach Manager and Aaron Teixeira, Community Connections Coordinator of the Westport […]

  • September 2024

  • Thu 5

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Sprague Farm Town Forest

    September 5, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Chepachet, RI

    Acer pensylvanicum (goosefoot maple, striped maple), photo DMcGrady Note: Details of this walk have been updated as of August 6 to reflect a change from the original planned route of […]

  • October 2024

  • Thu 10

    First ( well…. Second )Thursday Botanizing Walk – Succotash Marsh State Management Area

    October 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    South Kingstown, RI

    Join Beth Dickson from 10am to noon on Thursday, 10 October 2024 for a leisurely walk within the Succotash Marsh State Management Area in South Kingstown, RI. The 182-acre management […]

  • Tue 15

    Following the Seasons at Haile Preserve – Fall Walk

    October 15, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 […]

  • April 2025

  • Thu 3

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Snake Den Park

    April 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 […]

  • May 2025

  • Thu 1

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Grills Wildlife Sanctuary

    May 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Bradford, RI

    Early blooms. Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum (American trout-lily), Grills, Westerly, RI Join biologist Denise Poyer on May 1 from 10 am to noon to discover early spring flowers at the […]

  • Fri 16

    Spring in Arcadia: Ben Utter Trail

    May 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Exeter, RI

    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 […]

  • June 2025

  • Thu 5

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Simmons Mill Pond

    June 5, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Little Compton, RI

    Join Roger Greene on June 5, 2025 from 10 am to noon to explore Simmons Mill Pond Management Area in Little Compton, RI. We’ll take a walk along the historic […]

  • July 2025

  • Thu 10

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Great Swamp Management Area

    July 10, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    West Kingston

    On July 10, 2025 ,from 10 to noon, join Brian Maynard, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Sciences & Entomology at the University of Rhode Island, in an exploration of […]

  • August 2025

  • Thu 7

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge (Exeter, RI)

    August 7, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Exeter, RI

    Join Ethan Paiva & Nathan Archer from the Audubon Society of RI for a walk at Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge in Exeter, RI. on August 7, 2025, from 10 am […]

  • September 2025

  • Thu 4

    CANCELLED -First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Avondale Farm Preserve

    September 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Westerly, RI

    Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch, photo DMcGrady This walk is cancelled due to illness. On September 4, 2025  from 10am to noon, join Marc Doherty, Westerly Land Trust's […]

  • October 2025

  • Thu 2

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Neutaconkanut Hill Park

    October 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    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 property and enjoy spectacular views of Providence. Rising nearly 300 feet above Narragansett Bay, the park is situated in the heart of the most densely […]

  • April 2026

  • Thu 2

    First Thursday Botanizing Walk: Snake Den Farm (Johnston)

    April 2 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Johnston, RI

    Our first First Thursday walk of the season is April 2, 2026, from 10 am to noon. We will explore the Snake Den Farm parcel of Snake Den State Park with Chris Modisette, a retired forester with more than 40 years of service with the National Resources Conservation Service. Managed by the Northern Rhode Island […]

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