Barrington Land Trust

Introduction to Family Hiking and Young Naturalist Backpack Program
2018-09-16 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Jeanine Silversmith, author of the Rhode Island Family Hiking Guide & Journal, will lead a discussion on how hiking is a fun and healthy activity that engages your family in outdoor exploration and learning. Jeanine also will help kick off our Young Naturalist Backpack program, which will make available to Barrington Public Library patrons backpacks filled with items to engage kids during a hike. Bring your kiddos so they can explore our tiny treasures table after the talk.

Twilight Paddle on Hundred Acre Cove
2018-08-24 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Hundred Acre Cove, Walker Farm Boat Ramp off Route 114, Barrington, RI, United States
Celebrate the summer with a twilight paddle on Hundred Acre Cove on Friday, August 24. Join community members as we paddle around the Cove and up the Runnins River.

The paddle will begin at 5:30 pm and end around sunset. We hope to get a peek at the rising moon as well.

Bring your own kayak or canoe. A PFD is required for participation. To plan for the weather, we recommend wearing clothes/shoes you won’t mind getting wet and bringing bug spray and a water bottle. Severe weather cancels the event. Rentals are available from Walker Farm Kayaks, please call 401-369-4832 for reservations.

Meet at the Walker Farm Boat Ramp off Route 114, just north of the White Church Bridge. Ample parking is available.

Sponsored by Barrington Land Conservation Trust. This event is part of RI Land Trust Days, a statewide celebration of the wonderful green and open space lands across Rhode Island, that land trusts serve to protect.

For more information or to register for this event, click here for the library website page.

Tick Talk: Preventing Tick Bites and Tick-borne Diseases
2018-07-17 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
As we head outdoors to hike in the woods and fields or to work and play in our yards, we need to be aware of the presence of ticks. Ticks like damp, shady, leafy areas, where they can wait for a person or an animal to come into direct contact with them. That contact can lead to a tick bite and tick bites can lead to a number of serious diseases, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Powassan, and Lyme. Infectious disease specialist, Dr. Penelope Dennehy will share what symptoms should prompt a visit to your health care professional and what you can do to protect yourself while enjoying the outdoors.

Penelope Dennehy, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She provides consultations for children with a variety of infections and runs a clinic which cares for children with Lyme Disease and other tick-borne infections.
Dr. Dennehy received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Rhode Island Hospital. She then pursued a combined pediatric-medical infectious diseases fellowship at Children’s Hospital Medical Center-Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. She joined the faculty at Brown and Rhode Island Hospital in 1982. Dr. Dennehy is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. She is the past president of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, served as secretary for the Infectious Disease Society of America, and is the current secretary of the World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Dennehy has served on many policy making groups including the Rhode Island Department of Health Advisory Committee on Vaccines and the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Free and open to all.

BLCT Annual Meeting
2018-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
The Barrington Land Conservation Trust Annual Meeting is Wednesday, June 20 at the Barrington Public Library Auditorium at 7 p.m. Following a brief business meeting, our featured speaker Mark Richardson will present “Rethink Your Lawn – And Opt for More Biodiversity.”
The multimedia presentation will explain how lawns are resource-heavy, requiring irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive in our climate and most of us would be better off reducing or eliminating them altogether. Learn how to replace your lawn with native plant alternatives that functional, beautiful, and environmentally friendly.
Mark Richardson oversees the New England Wildflower Society’s botanic garden, Garden in the Woods, and its native plant nursery in Whately, Mass. He studied ornamental horticulture at University of Rhode Island and helped run a mid-sized ornamental plant nursery before finding his passion in public horticulture. Mark is the author of a new book “Native Plants for New England Gardens.”

Tuesday Trails Team
2018-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve combined trailed maintenance. For more information e-mail Victor Lerish at volunteers@blct.org or fill out the Volunteer Interest Form.

June Communications Committee Meeting
2018-06-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | RI
Bimonthly meeting of the communications committee.

BLCT board meeting
2018-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
The semi-monthly meeting of the board of directors. Public welcome. Upstairs at the library.

Tuesday Trails Team
2018-05-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Heritage Woods
Our next Tuesday Trails Team will be on May 8, 2018. We will be working at “Heritage Woods” doing trail maintenance and removal of invasive species. Bring your usual hand clippers and/or loppers. There will be additional tools available. We will meet at 10am, weather permitting on Ferrier Ave. which is between Tall Pines Dr. and Heritage Rd. in Hampden Meadows.
As always don’t forget about tick precautions!

Farm School Cleanup
2018-05-05 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Venditouli Farm, Corner of Federal and Middle Highway, Barrington
This coming Saturday, May 5th from 10 am until noon we will be working at “The Farm” (formerly Vendituoli Farm) on Federal Rd. It is currently being acquired by the land trust and will continue to be operated as a farm by the Barrington Farm School. We will be doing a “clean up” involving litter and brush removal. Parking is available adjacent to the farm stand on Federal Rd. near the intersection with Middle Highway. This is our first Saturday event of the year so we hope to see some new faces! Tools, if needed, will be provided, but bring work gloves and hand shears if you have them.

Family Scavenger Hunt
2018-04-20 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
Please join us on April 20 at 10:00 am for a family scavenger hunt at Sowams Woods. Led by a guide from the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, participants will be provided with a list of items and observations to search for during the approximately 1 mile walk at Sowams Woods, a Barrington Land Conservation Trust property located off Washington Rd. This scavenger hunt is co-sponsored with our great friends at the Barrington Public Library, and you can read more about it and register at the Library website here:
https://www.barringtonlibrary.org/…/family-scavenger-hunt-sowams-woods

Stewardship Committee Meeting
2018-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Semi-monthly meeting of the BLCT stewardship committee. Upstairs at the library. Public welcome.

Tuesday Trails Team
2018-04-10 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
Sowams Woods/Pic-Wil combined trailed maintenance. For more information e-mail Victor Lerish at volunteers@blct.org or fill out the Volunteer Interest Form.

Mitzvah Day
2018-04-08 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Osamequin Nature Preserve, 1580 Rte. 114 North, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
Cleanup and trail maintenance at Osamequin Nature Trails and Bird Sanctuary. For more information e-mail Victor Lerish at volunteers@blct.org or fill out the Volunteer Interest Form.

Education Committee Meeting
2018-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Semi-monthly meeting of the BLCT education committee.
