Writer celebrates a milestone

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY February 2023 marks a milestone for this column: seven years, and 85 articles. Stories about land trust properties, trails, ... Continue Reading →

Resolve to volunteer in 2023

#MiddleburyCT #MLT #Volunteering By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY A new year is starting, and many people are making resolutions. A Statista study of 1,500 Americans showed the top three resolutions ... Continue Reading →

Snow provides protection

#MiddleburyCT #Snow #MiddleburyLandTrust By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Snow in Connecticut – that inevitable part of winter here – is loved by some and dreaded by others. In the natural ... Continue Reading →

Enjoy a November hike

#MiddleburyCT #MLT #Hike By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY November is a great time to go for a walk or a hike. A walk is often defined as being on an even, paved surface. That means forays ... Continue Reading →

Enjoy land trust walks, talks

#Middlebury #MiddleburyLandTrust By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY The Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) will present a bird walk and a bear talk in September and follow them with guided hikes at ... Continue Reading →

Land trusts save green space

#Middlebury #LandTrust   By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Why preserve an old barn, or a field or farm right in the middle of town? Why have trails that not everyone can use? Who cares ... Continue Reading →

Woodchucks, beavers confusable cousins

#Middlebury #Woodchucks #Beavers By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY   The woodchuck, also known as a groundhog, is the largest member of the squirrel family. It also is related to the beaver. ... Continue Reading →

MLT going to the dogs

#Middlebury #DogPark By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Middlebury is a community with many dog people. While the Greenway and Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) properties are great places to walk ... Continue Reading →

Three owl species are common here

#Middlebury #Owls #MLT By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Owls have long been creatures of myth and fable. Some myths portray owls as omens of death while others say their hoots ward off evil. ... Continue Reading →

Digitized maps enhance hiking

#Middlebury #MLT #DigitizedMaps By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY How people follow a trail has evolved over time, from the earliest discerning of faint marks along a woodland floor through ... Continue Reading →