Do you work in the environmental sector or are you simply interested in environmental issues? If so, join Great Hollow staff and our friends from the Weantinoge Land Trust, Naromi Land Trust, Brawley Consulting, and New Milford Forest and Farmland Preservation Committee for Green Drinks on Thursday, April 26th at the Alpenhaus bar and restaurant
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Kids, come down to Great Hollow to create your own mini-ecosystem in a jar and watch the water cycle in action! We’ll fill quart-sized mason jars with everything needed for your little kingdom, including soil, pebbles, real plants, and mini dinosaurs, dragons, unicorns, or fairy figurines to keep the plants company. These enclosed, self-sustaining ecosystems
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Join us for our third annual celebration of National Trails Day and take a naturalist-guided tour through Great Hollow Nature Preserve and the neighboring Michael Ciaiola Conservation Area. Learn about the history of "the Hollow” and why it has become one of the most ecologically significant areas in both Fairfield County, CT and Putnam County,
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This final event in our Kids' Nature Night series (until the fall) is all about beavers - the species that has altered the planet more than any other, aside from humans. We’ll start our evening with s'mores and a campfire chat about this remarkable animal, and then take a hike up our creek to an
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The cheetah is well-known to all for its incredible speed and beauty. Like many of the world's species of "big cats", it is under significant threat of extinction. With fewer than 7,500 remaining in the wild, some estimates predict that cheetahs may be extinct within only a few decades. Come to Great Hollow on June
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