Help WLT Get YOUR Trails Ready for Hiking Season!


Our May workday is at Keith Preserve: Saturday, May 17, 9am

Meet at the parking area in Lindstrom Park on Brick School Road @ 9:00am

- Approximately 1.5 hours

-Dress appropriately for tick avoidance!

-Bring work gloves, water and equipment such as loppers, handsaws

Directions: Brick School Road from Route 45, Lindstrom Park is located approximately 0.6 miles on the left. Brick School Road from Route 341, Lindstrom Park is approximately 2.2 miles on the right.

Let us know you’ll be there: info@warrenlandtrust.org

THANK YOU for your help!

Help WLT Get YOUR Trails Ready for Hiking Season!

We have two trail-clearing sessions coming up this Spring and we’d love to have you join us! 

This month at Cunningham Preserve. RESCHEDULED TO 4/27, 9am due to forecasted rain. Located at the end of Cunningham Road - follow dirt road to the right at the end of Cunningham Road to the parking area.

Dress for working in the woods and for the weather. Sessions will last approximately 1.5 - 2 hours. You bring your loppers, hand saws, and water. We’ll supply the snacks!

Let us know you’ll be there: info@warrenlandtrust.org

It’s that time of year again: Spring cleaning for Warren’s roadsides! Let’s get out there and get rid of a winter’s worth of litter - our roadsides should be sprinkled with wildflowers, grass, trees - not nip bottles and coffee cups!

Stop by the sign-up table in front of the Warren General Store, select your route and pick up trash bags and gloves. A dumpster will be available at the Town Garage for refuse drop-off.

The activitiy is sponsored by the Warren Land Trust and Warren Parks and Rec, who, along with the Warren General Store, will reward every trash pick-up party with a $5 voucher for the Warren General Store - our way of saying thank you for cleaning Warren's roadsides in commemoration of Earth Day.

Special Nip Bottle Contest challenge from Town Wine & Spirits! Collect all the nip bottles from your route and drop them off at Town Center Wines & Spirits. Win the Gift Basket if you've collected the most!

Can't make it on April 19th? No problem! Choose your route and do a DIY roadside clean-up on your schedule! Just tell us your plans by emailing us at info@warrenlandtrust.org and we'll make a note of it and THANK YOU!

Sorry we have to cancel this event—Maybe we’ll have more cooperative winter weather next year!

If there's snow, there will be snowshoeing! Mark your calendar for March 8!

Snowshoeing with selectman and WLT board member Dave Schneiderbeck on WLT’s Cunningham Nature Preserve, for approx one hour.

Please bring your own equipment. Approximately one mile of flat terrain. Children are welcome (parents should use their judgement as to appropriate age and ability). Dogs on leashes are welcome.

Park at the cul de sac at the end of the paved portion of Cunningham Road. Walk to Finney Monument and back.

Please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org for questions, information or to sign up. Registration is not required but appreciated. It will help us prepare for the event.

CANCELED due to ICY conditions!

If there's snow, there will be snowshoeing! Mark your calendar for Feb. 22 and March 8!

Snowshoeing with selectman and WLT board member Dave Schneiderbeck on WLT’s Cunningham Nature Preserve, for approx one hour.

Please bring your own equipment. Approximately one mile of flat terrain. Children are welcome (parents should use their judgement as to appropriate age and ability). Dogs on leashes are welcome.

Park at the cul de sac at the end of the paved portion of Cunningham Road. Walk to Finney Monument and back.

Please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org for questions, information or to sign up. Registration is not required but appreciated. It will help us prepare for the event.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
Please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org

You probably know the sense of calm and other-worldly experience upon entering a beautiful forest trail. What if you paused and took the time to tune into all of our sensory experiences there? This practice, formalized in Japan and known as shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is a form of mindfulness practice that can foster a sense of calm and well-being, improve health, and enhance the feeling of curiosity and connection to nature.
On February 15, 2025, the Warren Land Trust is teaming up with the Warren Public Library to bring a forest bathing and art experience to kids, ages 6-9. Jane Manley, elementary school art teacher and Chair of the Warren Public Library will lead a short walk on the WLT’s Dorothy Maier trail. Kids will be invited to tune into all of their sensory experiences and will have small notebooks to draw, make marks, or write notes about them. The group will then return to the library to create a work of art based upon the forest experience. Snacks will be served. Kids must be accompanied by a caregiver.
Space is limited and registration is required. For questions and to register, please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org

For more information on Forest Bathing for kids and adults: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/parents/forest-bathing-destresses kids/#:~:text=“Forest%20bathing%20activities%20pull%20us,react%20to%20emotions%20as%20well.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-forest-therapy-can-be-good-for-your-body-and-mind

Thanks for coming—we had a great time tracking!

Winter hike on Jan. 25 at 10 am with Selectman and WLT board member Dave Schneiderbeck on WLT’s Cunningham Nature Preserve.

The snow is beautiful but not deep enough for snowshoeing, so let’s take a winter hike on Warren Land Trust’s Cunningham Preserve! Bring poles and yak trax or other sturdy footwear with good treads instead of snow shoes. Approximately one hour, one mile of flat terrain. Children are welcome, parents, use your judgement as to appropriate age and ability. Dogs on leash are welcome.

Park at the cul-de-sac at the end of the paved portion of Cunningham Road. Walk to Finney Monument and back.

Mark your calendar for Feb. 22 and March 8 for snowshoeing or a winter hike.

Please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org for questions, information or to sign up. Registration is not required but appreciated. It will help us prepare for the event.

Thanks for stopping by—we had a wonderful time!

Come to the WLT Table!

Join the Holiday on the Hill celebration and step up to the WLT table ! Enjoy sweet and savory treats and beverages for the whole family, to go with other food and libations offered.

Need inspiration what to give? A selection of attractive WLT merchandise will be there for your holiday gift giving convenience - also on sale at the WLT pop-up store at the Warren General Store.

Come see what we’ve been up to this past year, and what we have planned for the future!

Business meeting with program and hike on our Coords Preserve to follow. Light refreshments provided.

More info to come.

Come out to Warren Woods and enjoy Family Fun, paired with the 5K Cider Run!

Whether you or your kids plan to run or just hang out, bring the whole family! Cider and donuts, and other activities are offered for all to enjoy. Dogs on leashes and little ones in strollers are welcome.
Jointly sponsored by the Warren Land Trust, Warren Parks and Rec and Friends of the Warren School. 

To sign up to help with the event, assisting with tasks such as water station, traffic control, course spotters, registration/check in, food prep, and always, clean up help—click below to send an email to admin@warrenlandtrust.org.

Thank you for your help with this family friendly fun fall event!

We hope to see you there!

Sunday, October 20 from 1pm to 4pm drop by the Warren Land Trust table at the Oktoberfest Fundraising Event for the Warren Volunteer Fire Company at Warren Woods. 

Check out our maps, merchandise, grab a newsletter or trail cookie, or just come by to say hello.

Enjoy beverage tastings, food and entertainment with music and theatre. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by using the QR code on the flyer.

We hope to see you there!

This Thursday is the Hunter's Moon! The next full moon after the autumn Harvest Moon, the Old Farmer’s Almanac reports that the name comes from the Algonquin tribe - a reminder that traditionally in many cultures this is the time to hunt and store up meat for the long winter.

Join us as we celebrate the changing of the seasons this Thursday 10/17 with a walk under the Hunter’s Moon on the Willis Tanner Farm Preserve. Meet at the Willis Tanner Preserve field on Above All Road at 6:30.  The field is approximately a mile up Above All Road on the right-hand side. Park along the road in front of the preserve.

Bring a flashlight; well-behaved dogs on leashes always welcome. Come dressed for the weather, and sturdy footwear recommended -  it’s a post-harvest farm field! Refreshments will be provided.

Please let us know you’ll be there! Register at info@warrenlandtrust.org.

Discover Secrets of Warren's HISTORIC Cemetery Residents on saturday, September 21!  

You are invited to the 2024 Housatonic Heritage Walk by the Warren Historical Society and the Warren Land Trust to learn about Warren’s rich history. 
 
Meet on 9/21 at 10am at the Warren Historical Society, Warren Community Center, 7 Sackett Hill Road(it’s the first building on the left going up on Sackett Hill Rd, opposite the church). 
 
We will walk 1/4 mile to the Old Warren Center Cemetery, where WHS Curator Heather Forstmann will share the histories and secrets of some of the cemetery’s residents! 
 
Please email Heather Forstmann at warrenhistorian@outlook.com to register!

“Climate Change—Old Forests, Big Trees!”
with Scholar and Expert Forester Bob Leverett

Registration requested: Click Here for Eventbrite or email info@warrenlandtrust.org

A Powerful Tool Against Climate Change…that's right here in our backyard!

Find out from from expert forester and naturalist Bob Leverett how his discovery of regional old growth forests - thought by most to be extinct in New England - can be a powerful tool to protect the environment.

Wine and cheese reception to follow talk.

Hike the Preserves of the Waramaug Watershed!

REGISTER HERE!

The Kent Land Trust (KLT), the Warren Land Trust (WLT) and the Lake Waramaug Association (LWA) invite you to join us on Sat. June 1st at 10:00am for Trails Day 2024! This year we are showcasing new trails on adjoining KLT and WLT preserves located in the Lake Waramaug watershed. These trails feature scenic old walls, rock outcroppings of every size and shape, lovely streams, meadows and marshy areas, a walk alongside Beaman Pond and a glimpse of Lake Waramaug along with the chimney and foundation walls of an historic farm building.

The hike which we estimate will take approximately 2 hours starts at WLT’s Cunningham Nature Preserve and winds through both that preserve and KLT’s East Kent Hamlet Nature Preserve before looping back through Cunningham once more. The trail is approximately 3.5 miles long, has an elevational change of about 580 feet and should be considered MODERATELY DIFFICULT. As always, STURDY HIKING SHOES are the best footwear; mud, though not widespread, should always be considered a possibility in our New England climate, and bringing BUG SPRAY & WATER is never a bad decision. We will have board members and staff from our respective organizations to guide you, and snacks for that appetite you’re sure to work up!

We look forward to welcoming you to Kent Land Trust, Warren Land Trust and the Lake Waramaug Association’s 2024 Trails Day hike! It’s going to be a great one.

Please REGISTER for this hike by clicking below:

Meeting Location Details

00 Cunningham Road, Warren, CT

google map coordinates:
41°43’50.7″N 73°23’03.1″W
41.730745, -73.384186

We will begin the hike at Warren Land Trust’s Cunningham Nature Preserve which is located at the very end of Cunningham Road in Warren. From Route 341 via Reed Road, you will reach the end of the paved portion of Cunningham Road in approximately 1.8 miles. Continue on the dirt road for approximately 0.5 miles to the parking area. We will have representatives at the end of the paved road to guide hikers to parking and carpooling will be available from there. Please check our website and/or Ct Forest and Parks (trailsday.org) for any last-minute updates.

It’s that time of year again: Spring Cleaning for Warren’s roadsides! Earth Day Town Clean-Up 2023 was one for the books – can we top it this year to get rid of a winter’s worth of litter??

Stop by the Warren Land Trust table in front of the Warren General Store to select your route, and pick up trash bags and gloves. A dumpster will be available at the Town Garage for refuse drop-off.

And again this year, WLT, Warren Parks & Rec, and the Warren General Store are collaborating to offer every trash pick-up party a $5 voucher for the general store – it’s our way to say thank you for cleaning Warren’s roadsides in commemoration of Earth Day.

Can’t make it on the 20th? No problem! Choose your route and do a DIY roadside cleanup on your schedule! Just tell us your plans by emailing us at info@warrenlandtrust.org and we’ll make note of it - and thank you!

CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF SNOW!
Offered by Selectman and Warren Land Trust Board Member Dave Schneiderbeck on WLT’s Cunningham Nature Preserve. Please bring your own equipment.

March 2 snowshoeing is cancelled due to lack of snow! See you next year!

Approximately one mile of flat terrain. (Wood road option might add some more rolling terrain.) Children are welcome (parents should use their judgement as to appropriate age and ability). Dogs on leashes are welcome.

Park at the cul de sac at the end of the paved portion of Cunningham Road. Walk to Finney Monument and back.

Please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org for questions, information or to sign up. Registration is not required but appreciated. It will help us prepare for the event.

Oh, what fun we Had!

Hope to see you there next time!

Offered by Selectman and Warren Land Trust Board Member Dave Schneiderbeck on WLT’s Cunningham Nature Preserve. Please bring your own equipment.

If there is snow, there will be snowshoeing! Mark your calendar for Jan. 21, Feb. 17 and March 2!

Approximately one mile of flat terrain. (Wood road option might add some more rolling terrain.) Children are welcome (parents should use their judgement as to appropriate age and ability). Dogs on leashes are welcome.

Park at the cul de sac at the end of the paved portion of Cunningham Road. Walk to Finney Monument and back.

Please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org for questions, information or to sign up. Registration is not required but appreciated. It will help us prepare for the event.

Check our instagram page for the most up to date info!

cancelled!

Not enough snow, and too COLD!

Offered by Selectman and Warren Land Trust Board Member Dave Schneiderbeck on WLT’s Cunningham Nature Preserve. Please bring your own equipment.

If there is snow, there will be snowshoeing!

For Jan. 21 there is not enough snow and it’s too cold! Mark your calendar for Feb. 17 and March 2!

Approximately one mile of flat terrain. (Wood road option might add some more rolling terrain.) Children are welcome (parents should use their judgement as to appropriate age and ability). Dogs on leashes are welcome.

Park at the cul de sac at the end of the paved portion of Cunningham Road. Walk to Finney Monument and back.

Please email: info@warrenlandtrust.org for questions, information or to sign up. Registration is not required but appreciated. It will help us prepare for the event.

Come to the WLT Table!

Join the Holiday on the Hill celebration and step up to the WLT table at the Warren Community Center! Enjoy sweet and savory treats and beverages for the whole family, to go with other food and libations offered. Get in the holiday spirit and see the Warren Land Trust's decorating magic. With sparkling garlands and live poinsettias, the WLT will transform the center into a festive space for the evening's celebration. 

Need inspiration what to give? A selection of attractive WLT merchandise will be there for your holiday gift giving convenience - also on sale at the WLT pop-up store at the Warren General Store.

THE WARREN LAND TRUST 2023 ANNUAL MEETING PROMISES A SURPRISE!

Come celebrate your local land trust's accomplishments in 2023 and learn what’s up for next year!

Cider, coffee and seasonal refreshments will be available.

The meeting will be followed by a brief presentation about Warren artifacts and a walk on the nearby Dorothy Maier Preserve to see…something pretty cool! We’d tell you what it is, but we don’t want to spoil the surprise :) Suffice it to say, it may be even cooler than the saw buried in the tree on that preserve…and that’s saying something! 

The walk is approximately 1.5 miles with some easy-to-moderate up- and down-hill. Appropriate footwear recommended. 

For more information, contact us at info@warrenlandtrust.org. 

We hope to see you Saturday, November 18, 10am at the Warren Town Hall Lower Level Conference Room!

The Warren Land Trust Board of Directors

Check back for more details on this pop up event!

We hope to host a Full Moon Hike at our Wilis Tanner Farmland Preserve.

Book Talk with Leila Philip, Author of “Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America”

The award-winning author will present an illuminating journey into the world of beavers, the original ecosystem engineers, Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Kent School Auditorium.
CLICK HERE FOR $5 TICKETS, AVAILABLE AT EVENTBRITE

A New York Times Editors’ Choice and NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection, Leila Philip’s BEAVER LAND offers a “fascinating portal for readers to enter into the mysteries of that world themselves” (The Washington Post) in a book that’s “as full of charm and wonder as its beguiling protagonist” (The Wall Street Journal).

This lively presentation will introduce the audience to an animal that features prominently in both American economic and natural history. The 18th and 19th-century fur trade decimated beaver populations, initiating a period of environmental devastation so extreme that geologists now call it the “great dying.”  “In the early 20th century, beavers were brought back to Connecticut and began to show us the extent to which they could repair extremely damaged river systems,” Philips reports.: “They’ve played an outsized role in America’s past and can play a crucial role in its future.”

Date: Saturday, October 28
Time: Doors Open at 3:00 pm, Talk begins at 3:30 pm
Location: Kent School Auditorium, 1 Macedonia Road, Kent, CT
CLICK HERE FOR $5 TICKETS, AVAILABLE AT EVENTBRITE
Note: Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing

This event is brought to you by the Warren Land Trust, the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy in partnership with Bent of the River Audubon Center, Bridgewater Land Trust, Follow the Forest, Harwinton Land Trust, Housatonic Valley Association, House of Books, Kent Memorial Library, Kent Land Trust, Litchfield Land Trust, Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative, New Hartford Land Trust, Newtown Forest Association, Norfolk Land Trust, Roxbury Land Trust, Sharon Audubon, Sharon Land Trust, Steep Rock Association, and White Memorial Conservation Center.

Saturday come out to Warren Woods and enjoy Family Fun, paired with the 5K Cider Run!

Whether you or your kids plan to run or just hang out, bring the whole family! Hot dogs courtesy of the Warren Land Trust, cider and donuts, Bouncy House and other activities are offered for all to enjoy. Dogs on leashes and little ones in strollers are welcome. Jointly sponsored by the Warren Land Trust, Warren Parks and Rec and Friends of the Warren School. 

To register to run, click here:

To sign up to help with the event, assisting with tasks such as water station, traffic control, course spotters, registration/check in, food prep, and always, clean up help—click below to send an email to admin@warrenlandtrust.org.

Thank you for your help with this family friendly fun fall event!

We hope to see you there!

THanks for coming out! WE Had a great time!

To register, email info@warrenlandtrust.org

—-PLEASE NOTE–FOR ALL HIKES/OUTDOOR WALKS, PLEASE WEAR HIKING BOOTS/STURDY FOOTWEAR, SUGGEST BRINGING DRINK & SNACK, BUG REPELLENT AND BE PREPARED FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER —-

Come hike the Mattatuck Trail and WLT’s Graham Brush and Coords Preserves on CT Trails Day with the Warren Land Trust and the Lake Waramaug Association!

If you hiked this moderately challenging trail in the past, we promise new perspectives. And if you haven’t, come see what you’ve been missing! This bucolic 5-mile woodland loop takes you through beautiful and unspoiled forest, past lovely streams and a beaver pond lush with water lilies. There are also old stone walls, rock outcroppings and carpets of ferns and trees.
The hike encompasses portions of the Wyantenock State Forest with the blue-blazed Mattatuck Trail and two WLT Preserves, Graham Brush and Coords.
Some steep climbs and rocky terrain and streams to cross. Appropriate footwear suggested. Have repellant ready and don’t forget your water. Dogs who can go for 5 miles are welcome. Probably not ideal for young children.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Hikers meet on Saturday, June 3rd at 10am at the Mattatuck State Forest entrance in Warren at the end of Valley Road, off of Rte. 341, near the intersection with Rte. 202. There is no formal parking lot. Plenty of parking along the side of the road and by the chain link fence.

GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/yc4xT1aauWF3zpCZ7

Learn about the Follow the Forest Initiative with Julia Rogers of HVA

Come hear Julia Rogers, from the Housatonic Valley Association, talk about where wildlife are migrating through Warren, the barriers that hurt safe passage & how we can help them.

Co Sponsored by the Warren Public Library, the Warren Land Trust and the Warren Historical Society.

Registration is required!

Box dinners will be available for $20.00 from the Warren General Store. Orders for dinners can be placed by calling the store at 860-868-3354 by May 26th, 6 pm. Choose from two menus, on the registration form.