Rides through our Valley: Route #4 – Prouty 20-Mile Route 2013
June 24, 2013 Sara Cavin, UVLT Project Manager This year, riders in the Prouty have an option for a 20-mile ride with nice wide paved shoulders the whole way from the start in Hanover, out to Lyme...
View ArticleVolunteer Monitoring 101 Lesson Eight: The Personal Goal “Exam”
July 3, 2013 Anna Slack Programs Coordinator, Volunteer Monitor Happy summer everyone! Despite the recent string of wet weather the monitoring of our 450+ protected properties continues with...
View ArticleUpper Valley Land Trust Elects Trustees, Board Officers
Chris Nesbitt has been elected to serve as Chair of the Upper Valley Land Trust Board of Trustees effective July 1. Nesbitt is a founding partner at Focus Acquisition Partners where he works with a...
View ArticleNature Preserve Established in Thetford
What’s so cool about the Taylor Floodplain Preserve? This ecologically important 37-acre property was permanently protected last night with a conservation easement held by UVLT. The Preserve, which...
View ArticlePopular Trail Protected in Lyme
Nearly a quarter mile of hiking trail has been permanently protected for public use! Today Peter and Janice Treadwell of Lyme, NH granted a Trail Easement to UVLT protecting a popular trail that...
View ArticleTrail Transformations: Volunteers Get to Know Zebedee and Beyond
September 6, 2013 Anna Slack, Programs Coordinator This time of year makes me think about transitions. Birds migrate toward wintering grounds, leaves begin to change, daylight shortens and nights come...
View ArticleInterpreting Nature for Others: Techniques to Educate and Inspire
Upper Valley Land Trust and the Converse Free Library present: Interpreting Nature for Others: Techniques to Educate and Inspire Saturday, October 12th 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Whether you are a seasoned...
View ArticleExperience the First Weekend of Fall on the Sally Drew Trail
September 26, 2013 Anna Slack, Programs Coordinator This weekend will be the first full weekend of fall and you can certainly see, hear, and feel it around the Upper Valley. Canada geese and other...
View ArticleGetting to know “Helen’s Haven”
September 30, 2013 Sara Cavin, Project Manager and Anna Slack, Programs Coordinator The Upper Valley Land Trust joined friends for a “Forest Walk & Talk” hosted by the Bradford Conservation...
View ArticleRides through our Valley: Route #5 – West Windsor Hills
October 4, 2013 Sara Cavin, Project Manager Did you feel like this summer was a bit of a roller coaster ride? Maybe not, but I must say I’m rather happy to welcome fall and have a little more...
View ArticleThree New Board Members Elected
We are excited to announce that on Wednesday June 27th three new members were elected to UVLT’s Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2018. Justin Gullotta originally joined the board last fall when he...
View ArticleNew School Year Continues Dartmouth College Partnership
Last week UVLT staff met with Dartmouth’s Ashley Doolittle to discuss our experiences and make plans for another year of co-joining academic curricula and land conservation. Doolittle is Associate...
View ArticleUVLT to Build Pollinator Garden at Lyme Hill
Thanks to a grant from the Lyme Foundation, UVLT will begin work on a pollinator garden at Lyme Hill this summer. The initiative is an outgrowth of UVLT’s work as a member of the Upper Valley...
View ArticleCrows Give Gift of Land in Hanover
Along the edge of Pressey Brook, in eastern Hanover, there’s thin ice on these cold mornings. The stream winds through a huge, shrubby wetland, where beavers are preparing for winter. The summer...
View ArticleBelonging to Nature
UVLT has dedicated and renamed its property at Rix Ledges for Nicole Sage Cormen, a passionate naturalist and civic leader in Lebanon for more than 20 years until her death August 19, 2015 from...
View ArticleNew Program Engages Area Businesses as Volunteers
UVLT has launched its new Corporate Service Program! Building on the foundation of years of group volunteer projects with Hypertherm and other area businesses through employer sponsored volunteer...
View ArticleSilent Auction a Success!
“We had a complete blast.” That’s what Programs Director Alison Marchione had to say about her first experience planning a Silent Auction for UVLT. “I had never planned one of these before – most of...
View ArticleMeadow Management at Lyme Hill Conservation Area
Lyme Hill Conservation Area is 238 acres of mostly forested, hilly landscape on Route 10 right outside of the village of Lyme. The conservation area is owned by the Upper Valley Land Trust and has been...
View ArticleOpening Day at the Brookmead Trails!
This Saturday, May 18th, UVLT is hosting a fundraising event for the stewardship of our Brookmead Conservation Area located on Turnpike Road in Norwich. The day includes a fun run 5k through the woods...
View ArticleConservation Impact: Local and Global
A lifelong love of nature often begins in backyard observation, whether the backyard is a city block, a subdivision cul de sac, or a farm or forest. The Upper Valley Land Trust’s June 12th celebration...
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