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SUMMARY:Guided Walk at Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge - Saturday Nov. 4\, 9 am
DESCRIPTION:Experience autumn at the Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge on a free guided walk. The Refuge is located on Nockum Hill on a peninsula extending into the Barrington River and Hundred Acre Cove estuary. Owned by the Town of Barrington\, the Refuge’s public hiking trails traverse more than 70 acres of field\, forest and shoreline. \nREGISTER FOR THE WALK. \nThe walk will be led Peter McCalmont\, Chairman of the Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge Management Committee\, and Charlie Brown\, retired DEM wildlife biologist and a board member of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. The walk is scheduled for Saturday\, Nov. 4\, at 9 am (rain date\, Sunday\, Nov. 5\, 9 am). \nNockum Hill has figured prominently in Barrington’s history. Once home to the Pokanoket people\, it is the site of the first Baptist meetinghouse in the New World. Legend has it that the first shots of King Philip’s War were fired nearby. \nThe terrain is mostly gentle but may be wet in places\, with moderate inclines. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes or boots. The walk will last about an hour and a half. All ages are welcome. \nThe town acquired the land in the 1960s and designated it as a wildlife refuge in 1994. The Barrington Land Conservation Trust was granted a conservation easement on the property in 2005 to ensure the property remains protected in perpetuity. This sensitive land is managed by the Doug Rayner Management Committee in collaboration with the Land Trust. \nIn 2000\, the Refuge was named after ardent naturalist Doug Rayner\, a member of the Barrington Conservation Commission and a board member of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. \nDoug was instrumental in protecting the marshes and upland buffers of the Palmer and Barrington Rivers\, Nockum Hill and Hundred Acre Cove\, and was active in protecting endangered species and their habitats. \nThe Barrington Land Conservation Trust has preserved nearly 300 acres of open space in perpetuity for the benefit of the public.
URL:https://www.blct.org/event/doug-rayner-walk/
LOCATION:Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge\, 111 George St.\, Barrington\, RI\, 02806\, United States
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SUMMARY:Learning Series: Elizabeth Rush Book Tour: "The Quickening"
DESCRIPTION:2023 Land Trust Learning Series\nRegister to Attend the Presentation IN PERSON \nRegister to LIVESTREAM the Presentation \nElizabeth Rush joins us to celebrate the release of her new book\, The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth. Books will be available for sale beginning at 6 pm. \nPulitzer-prize nominated author Elizabeth Rush tackles three daunting topics in her new book: Antarctica\, climate change and motherhood. \nAuthor Robin Wall Kimmerer describes The Quickening as “an immersive journey through both exterior and interior landscapes\, deftly crossing the boundaries between the frigid Antarctic and the warm heart.” \nIn 2019\, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: Thwaites Glacier. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place\, never before visited by humans\, and believed to be both rapidly deteriorating and capable of making a catastrophic impact on global sea-level rise. \nIn The Quickening\, Elizabeth Rush documents their voyage\, offering the sublime—seeing an iceberg for the first time; the staggering waves of the Drake Passage; the torqued\, unfamiliar contours of Thwaites—alongside the workaday moments of this groundbreaking expedition. A ping-pong tournament at sea. Long hours in the lab. All the effort that goes into caring for and protecting human life in a place that is inhospitable to it. Along the way\, she takes readers on a personal journey around a more intimate question: What does it mean to bring a child into the world at this time of radical change? \nWhat emerges is a new kind of Antarctica story\, one preoccupied not with flag planting but with the collective and challenging work of imagining a better future. With understanding the language of a continent where humans have only been present for two centuries. With the contributions and concerns of women\, who were largely excluded from voyages until the last few decades\, and of crew members of color\, whose labor has often gone unrecognized. The Quickening teems with their voices—with the colorful stories and personalities of Rush’s shipmates—in a thrilling chorus. \nAbout Elizabeth Rush \nElizabeth Rush is the author of The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth and Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore\, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Rush’s work has appeared in a wide range of publications from the New York Times to Orion and Guernica.  \nShe is the recipient of fellowships from the National Science Foundation\, National Geographic\, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation\, the Howard Foundation\, the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Metcalf Institute. She lives with her husband and son in Providence\, Rhode Island\, where she teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University. \n2023 Learning Series Presenting Sponsor\n \n\nElizabeth Rush Sponsor\nFriends of the Barrington Public Library\n  \nLeadership Sponsors\n \n \nThe Cicione Family and Brickyard Wine \n \nPartner Sponsor\n \nCommunity Sponsors\nEast Bay Oyster Bar\nJaffe Orthodontics\nSteve Primiano’s Custom Window Treatments\nCharles E. Millard\, Inc. General Contractors\n\nWe are grateful to the Barrington Pubic Library for hosting this event
URL:https://www.blct.org/event/learning-series-elizabeth-rush-book-tour-the-quickening/
LOCATION:Barrington Public Library\, 281 County Rd\,\, Barrington\, RI\, 02806\, United States
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SUMMARY:Day After Thanksgiving Walk at Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
DESCRIPTION:On the day after Thanksgiving\, walk at your own pace and discover one of Barrington’s rarely seen wilderness areas with the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. \nOn Friday Nov. 24\, between 11 am and 1 pm\, Land Trust volunteers will be stationed at waypoints to guide visitors through the Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve\, a 32-acre expanse of field\, forest and wetland between Sowams Road and the Palmer River. \nREGISTER FOR THE EVENT. \nDogs are not allowed because of the birds and animals that make this wildlife preserve their home. You may arrive anytime between 11 am and 1 pm. Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve is located on Sowams Road\, 0.7 miles north of Sowams Elementary School. The walk takes approximately one hour over wet and moderate terrain. Wear boots! Severe weather cancels the event. Parking is available on site. \nBe aware that the primary bridge which connected the two sides of the property was washed out during a king high tide storm last winter. You will be able to walk both sides of the property\, but you won’t be able to walk it as a loop trail. A new bridge is in the planning phase. \nJohannis Farm Wildlife Preserve was acquired by the Land Trust in 1991 through a combination of Rhode Island and Barrington Open Space bonds and charitable donations to the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. Due to the sensitive native plants and animals on the property\, it is not generally open to the public. The Land Trust hosts several guided walks each year to enable the public to experience the property\, which has been preserved as a wilderness reserve in perpetuity.
URL:https://www.blct.org/event/day-after-thanksgiving-walk-at-johannis-farm-wildlife-preserve/
LOCATION:Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
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