Outings

SEPT. 28   Strawberry Fields.  Leader: Nancy Slack.  Strawberry Fields is a wonderful preserve with fringed gentians, lobelias, and a large variety of asters and goldenrods as well as ponds for water birds.  Directions: From Scotia [...]

Saturday, October 2 at 10 am         Lake Bonita Leader TBA Lake Bonita is a 50 acre reservoir with extensive marshes and mature forest. Wilton Mt. Road, Wilton                          Preregistration is required.  Limited to 10 people [...]

OCT. 5   Nature Center Trails at Thacher Park.  Leader: Nancy Engel.  Enjoy fall foliage and late blooming wildflowers on trails through fields and forest. We’ll also visit the native plant gardens at the Nature Center [...]

  Saturday, October 9 at 10 am                                     Hennig Preserve with Andy Kulmatiski Preserve contains eskers and lush hemlocks with views of beaver meadows, creeks, and ponds. Centerline Road, Town of Providence Preregistration is [...]

OCT. 12   Mohawk State Park.  Leader: Ed Kautz.  A beautiful hardwood and hemlock forest where the trails are hilly; we’ll follow the edge of a steep ravine formed by a stream that drains from Blatnick [...]

Saturday, October 16 at 10 am         Moreau State Park  Leader TBA The park contains a lake amid hardwood forests, pine stands, and rocky ridges. Be aware this walk has almost 900 feet of elevation gain. [...]

Saturday, October 23 at 10 am Wolf Creek Falls Preserve with Darwin Roosa The preserve contains streams and waterfalls, a wetland, and numerous old stone walls. Between 774 and 816 on the north side of [...]