Note. This walks starts at 9:30 a half hour earlier than our normal First Thursday Walks. Solidago sempervirens (seaside-goldenrod) and Junonia-coenia (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 […]
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod), GGardner Simmons Mill Pond in Little Compton offers a variety of habitats within a short distance. Guided by Dennis Webster, RIWPS member and board member of the Taylor Point Restoration Association, we will walk through coastal oak-holly forest that once was farmland and woodlots, and then cross the dam to explore […]
Our first walk in the 2023 First Thursday series takes place in Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick, one of Rhode Island’s most popular metropolitan parks. With its spacious lawns, fields and forested areas, Goddard Park offers a variety of trees from all over the world, including 62 deciduous and 19 evergreen species. On April […]
On June 1, 2023 from 10 am to noon, join Jeanne Cooper, preserves manager for The Nature Conservancy, at the Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock in Lincoln. wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) photo, SJacobi The Preserve is laced with trails through a variety of distinctive New England habitats including woodlands, forested swamps, streams, a small […]
Due to the holiday we have moved this First Thursday Walk to the second Thursday in July! On July 13, 2023 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, join Brian Maynard at The Francis C. Carter Memorial Preserve, a Rhode Island Nature Conservancy property. We will explore a power line right of way and forest and […]
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 […]
On Thursday October 5, 2023, from 10 am to noon, come explore some of the Taylor Point Nature Preserve. It has a variety of natural communities within its 20 acres, […]
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 […]
red columbine On Thursday June 6, 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 […]