2010 Events: Celebrating Ten Years of Protecting Your Backyard

Can you believe it? Opacum is turning ten in 2010!  We're planning a number of programs to celebrate this milestone with you.  After all, we wouldn't have made it this far without you!

For more information, or to register for one of our events, call 508-347-9144 or e-mail info@opacumlt.org

Annual Meeting
Saturday, March 20 2010
10:00am - Noon

To be held at:
The Apple Barn Cafe
Brimfield's Friendly, Family owned Breakfast & Lunch Spot Located at 52 Palmer Road (Route 20). Congratulations to the Collins Family on the Apple Barn's Fifth Anniversary! For more information about this delicious destination, click here.AppleBarn

Please Let Us Know You Are Coming So The Collins' Can Bake Enough Yummy Treats For All Of Us!  E-mail info@opacumlt.org or Call 508-347-9144

Featuring:
Loop Year: 365 Days on the Trail
A presentation by Connecticut author John Sheirer

What do you do if you're an amateur adventurer and environmentalist who dreams of hiking the Appalachian Trail or saving the rainforest, but you can't quit your day job or abandon personal commitments? John Sheirer created his own project: From May 17, 2005 to May 16, 2006, he hiked the same trail in Somers, Connecticut once a day, every day. He chronicled the year in Loop Year: 365 Days on the Trail, a book composed of 365-word accounts of his hiking project. Along the way, Sheirer discovered that an obsession with hiking and caring for the same New England trail every day can be surprisingly adventurous--ranging from blistering heat, flooding rain, whiteout snowstorms, early mornings, dark nights, and everything in between. (Plus there's an unexpected love story and a really cute dog.)

John Sheirer is a professor of English and Communications at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, CT. "Loop Year" received the Connecticut Green Circle Award for environmental activism. Sheirer's memoir "Growing Up Mostly Normal in the Middle of Nowhere" was a finalist for the Sante Fe Writers Project Literary Award. Loop Year will be available for sale, as well as several other titles by the author. Please see his website, www.johnsheirer.com , for more information about his books.

 

 

Opacum's Annual Plant Sale will be on  Sunday, May 16 from, 8:00am till Noon at the Southbridge Town Common

 

 

Weeding Our Wetland!
Date: TBA

Meet at the motel at the Corner of New Boston Road & Route 20

Want to help us weed our wetland? Phragmites australis or Giant Reed is a non-native invasive species has taken root in a small area at Opacum Woods. The discovery of a rare plant at this site last year has prompted us to do all we can to protect and encourage this plant and its habitat. We are seeking volunteers to assist in removal. You must be willing to get wet and dirty! Please bring your boots or waders, gloves and hand clippers. This project is being overseen by Ted Elliman of the New England Wildflower Society.