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| Francis Carter Preserve with Old Mill Road parking marked |
Have you experienced a full moon rising over the bay on a warm summer night? Visited an impressionist artist's pond side camp? Checked the seaside critters on a sunny morning? Seen the wildest place in Providence? Paddled to a salt pond island? Prowled for owls? Peered through a secret hole in a rock to see...(we're not telling)? Savored clean air, clean water, good food and laughing yoga in a single day? Toured the summer stars?
All this and more is waiting for you during the first Rhode Island Land Trust Days. From August through September land trusts across the state are hosting activities to show you the special places that we are protecting throughout Rhode Island. Several Audubon wildlife refuges are featured!
So I eagerly went to the website to see what activities were included in Charlestown, to add them to our calendar.
I found two events in Charlestown.
- An August 14 walk in the Francis Carter Preserve (owned by The Nature Conservancy)
- A September 1 kayak/canoe paddle on Quonochontaug Pond
These both promise to be excellent events. The Francis Carter Preserve is gorgeous and so is Quonnie Pond.
Since this is promoted as a state-wide Land Trust program I was disappointed to see that no Charlestown Land Trust properties are included. (The Land Trust is a co-host for the walk on the Nature Conservancy property.) I guess that reinforces the idea that the Land Trust properties are placed in amber. Of the eight properties owned by the Land Trust only 2 allow public access outside of scheduled events.
Speaking of such scheduled events, the Land Trust website is promoting their Annual Walk off the Turkey Open Space Walk on November 25. Which of their properties will be used for this event? Well none, actually. It's being held at the South Farm, owned by the town and run by the Conservation Commission. I've walked that property several times and it's an excellent site to walk off the turkey.