Cavendish Community
Conservation Association
and
Nature Walks
The following events in 2025 are Free, registration is suggested but usually not required unless otherwise stated.
Email cavendishcommunityconservation@gmail.com
to sign up. Contact Robin 802-417-5324
Tree Identification Walk with Windsor County Forester Hannah Dallas
Saturday, August 23rd from 9:00-11:00 AM
On the Hardy Hill Trail at Susannah Johnson and East Road in Cavendish. Bio: Hannah Dallas is the County Forester serving primarily Southern Windsor County with the Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation within the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Hannah is passionate about connecting with the public to help them understand the complexity of forest ecology and successful forest management for more resilient and healthy forests. Hannah lives with her husband and 2 children in Reading, VT. Description: Join County Forester, Hannah Dallas, for a casual walk in the woods to discuss all things trees and forestry. Bring your questions about tree and plant ID, forest management, forest ecology, land use history and more. Please dress appropriately for a 2 hr walk in the woods with many stops to talk about what we are observing along the way. For more information contact Bonnie at bdayaemig@gmail.com or Robin Timko 802-417-5324
Wildlife around a pond.
August 30 from 9 to 10:30 am
Explore the great variety of wildlife that inhabits a pond and it's vicinity. Cavendish resident Tim O"Donoghue will take us on a guided walk. Location meet up to be posted. It’s helpful if you register for an event so that we can contact you directly if there is a change of date or location.
Are you intrigued by wild mushroom foraging?
Join Ari Rockland-Miller of The Mushroom Forager, LLC https://www.themushroomforager.com on a guided
tour of late summer's wild mushrooms. The workshop will feature a guided foray with an eye towards late summer gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.
During the foray, attendees will be introduced to foraging safety, strategy, sustainability and ethics. All attendees will receive a ForageCast TM handout highlighting distinctive and gourmet seasonal wild mushrooms.
Participants should dress for hiking in the woods, bring sturdy footwear and be prepared to walk through the forest in a mindful way using the forager's eyes. Please note that this program is fully outdoors and will be held rain or shine unless the weather presents a safety hazard such as t-storms. All participants are required to sign a liability release form.
*About the instructor:*
*Ari Rockland-Miller* is a writer, instructor and lecturer on wild and cultivated mushrooms and edible plants. He is co-founder of the *Mushroom Forager, LLC* https://www.themushroomforager.com and an ardent mycophile who enjoys nothing more than the exhilarating feeling of the mushroom hunt.
The Mushroom Forager's work has been featured on CNN's Great Big Story, New England Public Radio, Vermont Public Radio, Seven Days and *Vermont Life* magazine.
Audubon Bird Walk will be rescheduled, date TBD
Wildlife around a pond. Explore the great variety of wildlife that inhabits a pond and it's vicinity. Cavendish resident Tim O"Donoghue will take us on a guided walk. Location meet up to be posted. It’s helpful if you register for an event so that we can contact you directly if there is a change of date or location.