News - Topics and Special Events of Interest
- September 17, 2011- Pardon Gray Day
- The Tiverton Land Trust's Pardon Gray Day was held on Saturday, September 17th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pardon Gray Preserve on Main Road in Tiverton. The popular community event included music, hayrides, children's actvities, food, drinks, and lots more.
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- September 3, 2011 - Great Walnut Hunt
- On Saturday morning, 24 young kids participated in the 'Great Walnut Hunt' at Pardon Gray Preserve. Hurricane Irene had come through and stripped the trees of walnuts. They are large and very hard. Stepping on them does not crush them but more often causes them to roll.
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- May 28, 2011 - Nature up Close and Personal
- The Tiverton Land Trust hosted a family event on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at the Pardon Gray Preserve for an up close view of life along the fields and trails.
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- May 7, 2011 Go Fly a Kite
- About 10 families showed up at Pardon Gray Preserve on Saturday morning (May 7th) to take advantage of the beautiful weather & great breezes to try their luck at kite flying. Everyone had a great time with only one kite ending up in a tree.
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- Knapweed Study
- On Friday, April 8, 2011, University of Rhode Island (URI) Entomologist, Lisa Tewksbury and Carl Sawyer from the department of Plant Sciences at URI came to Pardon Gray Preserve to meet Garry Plunkett and Wayne Browning to collect seed heads from Black Knapweed, an invasive plant which is flourishing at the Preserve.
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- Egg Hunt
- It was a bit nippy, but the chill did not stop over 50 kids from enjoying their egg hunt at Pardon Gray Preserve.
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- Community Forum Held
- On Tuesday, April 5th, Robert M. Thorson returned to the Tiverton Land Trust as a guest speaker for its Spring Community Forum.
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- Guided Nature Walks
- The TLT has initiated a series of guided nature walks, beginning this past fall. The first, a Full Moon Walk took place in November, 2010.
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- If You Build It…
- One of the many children's activities during September's Country Day at Pardon Gray was making bluebird boxes. Fifteen boxes were donated to the TLT and set up around the Preserve.
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- Annual Letter from the TLT President
- In 2010 the TLT was part of a consortium of public and private organizations that helped purchase the development rights for 140 acres of Ferolbink Farm.
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