The Greater Hartford Group meets the second Thursday of every month with the exceptions of July and August.
They meet at Westmoor Park, 119 Flagg Road West Hartford, CT 06117
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Greater Hartford Sierra Club monthly program meeting Thursday December 14, 2017
Westmoor Park, 119 Flagg Rd, W. Hartford, CT
6:00pm Potluck Dinner (bring dish to share serving 8 and your own place setting)
7:00pm Activist letters available
7:30pm Program: Organic vegetable, flower and herb gardening
Refreshments provided.
($4 donation requested to defray hall rental)
Questions: Email Renee HERE.
Gordon Kenneson holds degrees in horticulture, history and political science. Now retired after 30 years in retail horticulture, he continues to lecture, recently focusing on English Colonials herbs and medicine and collaborating with author and herbalist Beth Caruso on a three hour woodland plant and historical lecture at Northwest Park in Windsor.
He’s offered hundreds of lectures and demonstrations at garden clubs, historical societies, schools, churches, Master Gardener courses, nature centers, TV, radio and more. He had his own TV show and written for many publications.
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Greater Hartford Sierra Club monthly program meeting April 12, 2018
Westmoor Park, 119 Flagg Rd, W. Hartford, CT
7:00pm Activist letters available
7:30pm Program: Coyotes in Connecticut
Refreshments provided
(Donation of $4 requested to defray hall rental)
Questions: Email Renee HERE.
This presentation focuses on the history of coyotes in Connecticut and an overview of coyote habitat, diet, behavior, and reproduction. It also provides practical recommendations for optimum coexistence with our coyote population. Coyote artifacts are shared with the audience. The presentation is appropriate for teenagers and older.
Presenter Paul Colburn is a graduate of the Master Wildlife Conservationist Program (MWCP) at the Connecticut DEEP and is a certified Master Wildlife Conservationist (MWC). MWCP is an adult education program that trains participants in the fields of wildlife management, natural history and interpretation. Paul is an active volunteer in many capacities statewide. His interests include the outdoors, nature, hiking, biking, politics, and travel. Paul graduated from Wesleyan University.
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Greater Hartford Sierra Club monthly program meeting Thursday May 10, 2018
Westmoor Park, 119 Flagg Rd, W. Hartford, CT
7:00pm Activist letters available
7:30pm Program: Farmington River Watershed Association work and volunteer opportunities
Refreshments provided.
($4 donation requested to defray hall rental)
Questions: Email Renee HERE.
Alisa Phillips-Griggs, is the Water Quality & Projects Coordinator at the Farmington River Watershed Association (FRWA).
She will discuss FRWA’s work including the annual clean up and volunteer water quality monitoring projects in CT which our attendees may join along with other FRWA projects.
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lisa holds an M.S. in Geology from Southern Methodist University and a B.S. in Geology from Michigan State University. She grew up in Collinsville. Since March 2006, she has expanded FRWA’s water quality monitoring program to include comprehensive macroinvertebrate research and an in-house bacteria testing laboratory, and has also initiated numerous programs designed to improve water quality including the State’s first unwanted medication collection and several buffer enhancement projects. When she is not working to preserve and protect rivers, Alisa is an alpine and Nordic ski patroller; Farmington River sculler, and plays Celtic fiddle.
Founded in 1953, FRWA is a citizen-based, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization working on restoration and conservation issues such as water quality, water allocation, recreational usage, open space, and wetland and floodplain protection. They work with federal, state and local governments, business and industry, and the people of the watershed’s 33 communities to protect the river and the region’s natural resources.
FRWA volunteers clean up riverbanks, restore habitat, collect water samples, organize fundraisers, get the word out about pollution prevention and water conservation, work with town officials, take pictures and videos and design publications.
Volunteer River Steward Program: The FRWA is pairing with the Lower Farmington River & Salmon Brook Wild & Scenic Study Committee to start a volunteer river steward program. Frequent river users pick a section of river that they would be willing to frequently patrol. This would entail recording recreational activity that is taking place, reporting or cleaning trash, and noting any changes in the river.