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 […]
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flowerphoto GGardner This walk has been cancelled due to the forecast for high heat. Opened in September 2021, the Nature Conservancy’s Moshassuck River Preserve offers three miles of blazed trails in a landscape of New England hardwood forest, river banks and glacial boulders. Witch-hazel, spicebush, ironweed and cardinal flower all flourish in […]
Welcome to our first walk of the 2022 First Thursday Botanizing series. Forester and long-time RIWPS volunteer Paul Dolan will guide us through an area in Lincoln Woods State Park in Lincoln, RI. Named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Woods was part of the Quinsnicket parcel, developed as a woodlot by industrialist and inventor […]
red columbine, Aquilegia canadensis: photo SJacobi Join Cheryl Wiitala, preserves manager for The Nature Conservancy, at the Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock in Lincoln. The Preserve is laced with trails through a variety of distinctive New England habitats including woodlands, forested swamps, streams, a small reservoir and calcareous ledges. These ledges of dolomitic marble […]