Past Events

Bats are Good Guys

Sunday, September 15th at 4:00 p.m.
Colebrook Town Hall meeting room
Free + Refreshments

Please join Gerri Griswold for a lavishly illustrated talk that touches on the basics of one of the most beneficial and maligned animals on our planet—the bat. How many species of bats are there? Where do they live? Why are they so important to us? What is harming them?
…. and so much more will be addressed.

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The 79th Colebrook Fair

Stop by the Colebrook Land Conservancy Booth
We’ll have lots of information about the Colebrook Land Conservancy, protected land in Colebrook, trail info and trail maps, plus more bluebird houses, bootjacks and CLC caps this year!

DATE: Saturday, August 31, 2024

TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: Colebrook Town Green, Colebrook, CT

- Frog Jumping & Pet Show at 9:00 a.m.
- Car & Motorcycle Show – 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Cardboard Boat Regatta at 3:00 pm

MEET YOUR GREENS will be back Thursday, August 22nd at the Norbrook Farm Brewery.

Date: Thursday, August 22nd

Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Location: Norbrook Farm Brewery, 204 Stillman Hill Road, Colebrook, CT

Food: Light refreshments will be served

Drinks: Attendees buy their own locally brewed beers

All are welcome, no reservations or RSVP necessary!

This month the Colebrook Land Conservancy is excited to be co-hosting with the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy, Aton Forest Inc, Barkhamsted Land Trust, Norfolk Land Trust, and Winchester Land Trust. This casual happy hour gathering of friends and neighbors is open to everyone.

Meet Your Greens is Litchfield County’s Green Drinks happy-hour network, providing opportunities to make connections and exchange news about environmental issues, conservation initiatives, local farming, land use, and more. Based on the popular Green Drinks in CT and nationwide, this informal gathering offers time for a broad group of participants to brainstorm ideas and plant seeds for collaboration.

Come join us for a Guided Walk
on the new Sandy Brook Trail
Sunday, June 2nd at 1 p.m.

Join well-known naturalist and educator Jay Kaplan for a walk on the Colebrook Land Conservancy’s recently opened Sandy Brook Trail.

**Please RSVP**

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Pollinator Pathways: Creating a Backyard Habitat for Pollinators

Sunday, March 17th at 4:30 P.M.
in the Colebrook Town Hall Meeting Room

Presented by John Markelon: President of the Litchfield Land Trust

We invite you to join the Colebrook Land Conservancy for a presentation at the Colebrook Town Hall with guest speaker, John Markelon, on Sunday, March 17th at 4:30 p.m. John will give us tips on how to create backyard habitats and help pollinators.

“Skygazing” at Norbrook Brewery

With special guest Carol B. Ivers, CCSU Planetarium Director
Saturday, October 21st, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. | Norbrook Brewery | Free + Hot Cider

Observing the Night Sky (if clear)

October 21st is International Observe the Moon Night, which has been celebrated annually since 2009 under the sponsorship of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and the Solar System Exploration Division at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Please join the Colebrook Land Conservancy for a lively presentation by special guest Carol B. Ivers, Central Connecticut State University Planetarium Director, which will begin in the tent next to Norbrook Brewery, followed by skygazing outside, weather permitting. If conditions allow, we will review the bright stars and constellations in the early evening sky, followed by telescope observations of a first quarter Moon and the giant planets Saturn and Jupiter. We may also be able to see some ‘shooting stars’ as October 21st is the peak of the Orionids meteor shower.

Invisible Light Astronomy Talk (if cloudy)

Most of us have seen a rainbow – the colors of visible light. But there is a lot going on in the Universe that we can’t see. Both Earth-based and space telescopes are used to reveal the cosmos that is not directly seen by our eyes. Join us as we explore all that is light – both visible and invisible.

The Fabulous Life of Honey Bees

Presented by Catherine Wolko
Sunday, September 17th, at 4:00 p.m. | The Colebrook Town Hall

Join the Colebrook Land Conservancy for a presentation about honey bees with Catherine Wolko, a full-time, second-generation beekeeper and owner of The Humble Bee Honey Company and the Hive @ The Pin in Oakville, CT.

Cathy is a listed speaker for the Federated Garden Clubs in CT, a member of the Back Yard Beekeepers Association, The American Beekeeper Federation, and a proud member of The Connecticut Farm Bureau. She is an advocator for the Farming Community and Beekeeper and volunteers at the community food bank. She has spoken at libraries, churches, schools, Symposiums and Land Trusts throughout the state of Connecticut.

The 78th Annual Colebrook Fair

Stop by the Colebrook Land Conservancy Booth

We’ll have lot’s of information about the CLC, trails and protected land in Colebrook plus more bluebird houses and bootjacks this year and something new, local honey!

Wrap up your day at the fair with a few laughs at the Cardboard Boat Regatta at the Colebrook Town Pond.

https://colebrookfair.weebly.com

Animal Adaptations!

Presented by Jay Kaplan, Director of the Roaring Brook Nature Center
Sunday, July 16th, at 4:00 p.m. | The Colebrook Town Hall

We invite you to join the Colebrook Land Conservancy for Jay’s presentation about animal adaptations and how they help animals survive in their environments.

Special guests will include: Jafar, the Honduran Milk Snake; Juliet the Eastern Box Turtle;and Zeke the Blue-tongued Skink.

Jay Kaplan has been the Director of Roaring Brook Nature Center since 1975, and became Director of the Wildlife Sanctuary at The New Children’s Museum in 2012. A graduate of Cornell University (BS 1971) and The Pennsylvania State University (MS 1974), Kaplan is a past president of the Hartford Audubon Society and the Connecticut Ornithological Association and remains active with both groups serving as Chair of the COA’s Avian Records of Connecticut Committee (ARCC).

“In to Africa” presentation by Christopher Little

November 11th, 2022, 6:30 P.M. | The Seymour Inn, Colebrook Center

The Colebrook Historical Society and the Colebrook Land Conservancy are jointly sponsoring a social gathering on Friday, November 11th, featuring a presentation by renowned photographer, Christopher Little. This past summer, Mr. Little took his family on a month-long trip to Africa, visiting Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. He naturally documented the story of their travels in photographs. His presentation, “In To Africa.” will tell that story and show those photos. His subjects along the way included an abundance of wild animals, exotic birds, Botswanan Bushmen, stunning scenery, and, of course, his family. It’s a light-hearted travelogue filled with the incredible sights they saw and the humor they shared.

Christopher Little has spent his long and varied career photographing a myriad of famous people and fascinating places. Among his subjects were President Joe Biden, Queen Elizabeth, John Lennon, and Johnny Cash to name but a few. For three years he was the official photographer of His Highness the Aga Khan and traveled nearly a quarter million miles while on the job. His work has been published in almost every major magazine and displayed in exhibitions across this country. In recent years Mr. Little has turned his talents to writing, publishing a murder mystery thriller, “Ever So Silent.” He’s currently working on another book

The evening will begin with a reception at the Seymour Inn, home of the Colebrook Historical Society, at 6:30 P.M. Refreshments will be served. The Inn is located at the intersection of Route 183 and 182A in Colebrook Center. Mr. Little’s presentation will follow at the Town Hall Meeting Room next door. All are most welcome.

For further information contact Carol Lord at carol.950S@yahoo.com or 860-738-8244.

Meet Your Greens Happy Hour!

Meet Your Greens will be back Thursday, September 22nd at the Norbrook Farm Brewery.

Date: Thursday, September 22nd

Time: 5 PM – 7 PM

Location: Norbrook Farm Brewery, 204 Stillman Hill Road, Colebrook, CT

Food: Light refreshments will be served

Drinks: Attendees buy their own locally brewed beers

All are welcome, no reservations or RSVP necessary.

This month the Colebrook Land Conservancy is excited to be co-hosting with the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy, the Norfolk Land Trust and the Winchester Land Trust. This casual happy hour gathering of friends and neighbors is open to everyone.

Meet Your Greens is Litchfield County’s Green Drinks happy-hour network, providing opportunities to make connections and exchange news about environmental issues, conservation initiatives, local farming, land use, and more. Based on the popular Green Drinks in CT and nationwide, this informal gathering offers time for a broad group of participants to brainstorm ideas and plant seeds for collaboration.

Visit the CLC booth at the Colebrook Fair | September 3rd, 2022

The 77th Annual Colebrook Fair

Stop by the Colebrook Land Conservancy booth at the Colebrook Fair, Saturday, September 3rd, 2022.

We’ll have lots of information about the CLC, trails and protected land in Colebrook plus more bluebird houses this year!

Visit: https://colebrookfair.weebly.com

Wrap up your day at the fair with a few laughs at the Cardboard Boat Regatta:

Owls in Colebrook & How to Find Them

Presented by Jay Kaplan: Director of the Roaring Brook Nature Center
April 24th, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. at the Colebrook Town Hall (and by Zoom)

We invite you to join the Colebrook Land Conservancy for an in-person event at the Colebrook Town Hall (or remotely by Zoom) with guest speaker, Jay Kaplan, on Sunday, April 24th at 4:00 p.m. Jay is the director of the Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton and the Wildlife Sanctuary at The Children’s Museum in West Hartford. He will discuss owls that live in our area, or visit here, and how to find them.

Please register in advance for the Zoom presentation here >>

Jay Kaplan has been director of Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, CT since 1975, and became director of the Wildlife Sanctuary at The Children’s Museum in West Hartford, CT in 2012. Over a forty-year period, he has presided over the wide range of changes in both facilities including exhibit renovations, expansion of the wildlife rehabilitation and wildlife care programs and increases in educational offerings. A graduate of Cornell University (BS 1971) and The Pennsylvania State University (MS 1974), Kaplan is a past president of the Hartford Audubon Society and the Connecticut Ornithological Association and remains active with both groups serving as Chair of the COA’s Avian Records of Connecticut Committee (ARCC). He currently serves as co-president of the Canton Land Conservation trust and is a member of the Town of Canton’s Conservation Commission.

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The 76th Annual Colebrook Fair

Stop by the Colebrook Land Conservancy booth at the Colebrook Fair, Saturday, September 4th, 2021.

We’ll have lots of information about the CLC, trails and protected land in Colebrook plus more bluebird houses this year!

Visit: https://colebrookfair.weebly.com

Wrap up your day at the fair with a few laughs at the Cardboard Boat Regatta:

Ticks | Ticks | Ticks

Presented by: Eliza Little, PhD
April 18th

Dr. Eliza Little, PhD, is a postdoctoral research scientist at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases in New Haven, CT. where she is primarily researching spatiotemporal patterns of ticks and tick-associated diseases. She graduated from McGill with a bachelors of science and Yale with a double masters in public health and environmental science. She completed her PhD in 2017 at Columbia with a dissertation on the influence of climate and socioecological factors on invasive mosquito vectors in the northeastern United States. More information about Ticks >>

The Social Black Bear:
What Bears Have Taught Me About Being Human

presented by Ben Kilham | February 27, 2021 | 4:00-5:00 pm

Presented by the Salisbury Association Land Trust, Colebrook Land Conservancy, Cornwall Conservation Trust, Norfolk Land Trust, Sharon Land Trust and Winchester Land Trust in Collaboration with the Scoville Memorial Library

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Black bears, thought to be solitary, have a different type of social behavior that possibly parallels early human behavior. They show evidence of reciprocal altruism, matrilinear hierarchy, and a mix of intentional and emotional communication. Bears can live for as many as forty years, which allows them long-term benefits from forming relationships with fellow cooperators.

Ben Kilham, Ph.D is a wildlife biologist based in Lyme, New Hampshire. His love of and devotion to black bears has enabled him to study their habits and interact with them for more than two decades. He, his wife Debra and sister Phoebe have accepted orphaned bear cubs into their home and enabled them to successfully return to the wild. Ben has been the focus of several news articles and documentaries, including National Geographic’s A Man Among Bears and Animal Planet’s Papa Bear. He is also author of the books Among the Bears: Raising Orphaned Cubs in the Wild and Out on a Limb: Origins of Intuition and Intelligence.

Colebrook Land Conservancy ‘s Earth Day 2020 Book Donation

In honor of Earth Day 2020, the Colebrook Land Conservancy is pleased to announce its annual book donation to the Colebrook School library. This year’s books includeIn honor of Earth Day 2020, the Colebrook Land Conservancy is pleased to announce its annual book donation to the Colebrook School library. This year’s books include… More >>

Green Drinks at Norbrook Farm Brewery

Green Drinks will be back Friday, November 15 at the Norbrook Farm Brewery.

This month the Colebrook Land Conservancy is excited to be co-hosting with the Norfolk Land Trust and the Winchester Land Trust. We hope to see you for a terrific evening of food, friendship, and warm conversation!

Date: Friday, November 15
Time: 5 PM – 7 PM
Location: Norbrook Brewery
Food: Light refreshments will be served
Drinks: Attendees buy their own locally brewed beers

Weantinoge’s Green Drinks is Litchfield County’s monthly happy-hour for environmentalists, providing opportunities to make connections and exchange news about, conservation initiatives, local farming, land use, and more.

All are welcome, no reservations or RSVP necessary.

The 75th Annual Colebrook Fair

Stop by the Colebrook Land Conservancy booth at the Colebrook Fair. We’ll have lots of information about the CLC, trails and protected land in Colebrook plus more bluebird houses this year!

“Wildlife Adaptations”

for Children & Adults

July 28,2019
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Village Green, Norfolk, CT (if raining, Norfolk Library)

Why is a vulture’s head bald? Why are porcupines slow? Why does an opossum play possum? Answers to these questions, and many other wildlife questions, will be revealed along with some of Geri’s furry friends. She uses natural props, animal mounts, and a couple of surprise guests to illustrate the definitions of both structural and behavioral adaptations, and how adaptations help animals survive in different environments. Participants will be able to guess how certain “mystery props” could be used as adaptations for animals.