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Love Steep Rock Association’s trails? Help us keep them in tip-top shape by becoming a Trail Manager.

Everyone within this special group of volunteers helps steward a designated trail over a one-year period, regularly scouting the trail for environmental concerns and safety hazards as well as performing light trail maintenance duties. This training will be in hybrid – with the option of in-person training at Steep Rock House or via Zoom, link to be provided after registration.

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Judea Garden, The Giving Garden, grows and distributes organically grown produce to our neighbors in need. Help us get our 15th season off to a good start by getting the Garden ready for the upcoming season and maybe even getting some seeds in the ground.

If you are a new volunteer with us, please fill out our Volunteer Registration Form here.

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Put your hands (and not just your boots) on the trails this hiking season by joining Steep Rock Association’s monthly trail work party. The work party meets at 10:00 a.m. the third Saturday of every month from April through November.

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Judea Garden, The Giving Garden, grows and distributes organically grown produce to our neighbors in need. Help us plant those cool weather plants and get a jump start on the season and harvesting.

If you are a new volunteer with us, please fill out our Volunteer Registration Form here.

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Come explore the thawed trails in Hidden Valley Preserve with SRA Naturalists Peary and BK Stafford and discover the magnificently rich community of spring ephemerals adorning the forest floor.

Participants should wear hiking boots or other appropriate shoes, and we highly recommend bringing water and binoculars. We will meet in the main parking lot at 198 Bee Brook Rd., Washington Depot. Please note, this program is limited to 12 participants.

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Judea Garden, The Giving Garden, grows and distributes organically grown produce to our neighbors in need. Start the miracle of a season of growing and giving. Help us sow the garden with seeds and plants.

If you are a new volunteer with us, please fill out our Volunteer Registration Form here.

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Join Executive Director Brian Hagenbuch on a casual walk around Johnson Farm. The 52-acre Johnson Farm Preserve showcases several active agricultural fields, as well as a mix of sunny meadows and shady, open forests, with 1.25 miles of hiking trails crisscrossing the landscape, offering breathtaking hillside views. Bring your binoculars and we’ll look for signs of spring.

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A Community Science Opportunity

Steep Rock Association (SRA) seeks community scientists to participate as member of its “Ode Corps” – a group dedicated to collecting dragonflies and damselflies inhabiting SRA’s nature preserves as part of a multiyear, comprehensive inventory effort.

Join us for a May training session led by Connecticut Odonata Expert Valinn Ranelli and SRA’s Conservation Science Manager Rory Larson. Project protocol, sampling techniques, equipment use, species behavior, and data collection will be covered in the habitats of Macricostas Preserve. Following the training, individuals will be supplied with equipment and asked to conduct surveys on an ongoing basis throughout the field season (May-October).

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Judea Garden, The Giving Garden, grows and distributes organically grown produce to our neighbors in need. Help us get those warmer weather plants in the ground on planting day.

If you are a new volunteer with us, please fill out our Volunteer Registration Form here.

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Sunday, May 28th from 9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Bird Safari at Macricostas Preserve! A family-friendly adventure with expert ornithologist Olaf Soltau. Newcomers are encouraged.

Washington is a bird-lover’s paradise, and the diversity of species that can be found at Macricostas Preserve is truly unique in our area. We will look for Eastern Bluebirds, Baltimore Orioles, Bobolinks, Indigo Buntings, and many other fine feathered creatures.

Olaf’s passion for birds began right here in Connecticut after he bought a weekend home and decided to learn the names of all the birds in his new yard. The new hobby eventually morphed into a healthy obsession that has led him around the world on the quest for some of the rarest bird species. Still, Olaf is always happy to return to Macricostas, his “patch” in birder speak. He is a proud member of The Explorers Club, although he respectfully questions their decision to let him in.

Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

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Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

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Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

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Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

Register here

Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

Register here

Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

Register here

Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

Register here

Weed & Wine Wednesdays are back at Judea Garden! Stop by Wednesdays, June 7 through August 23, 5:30-7:00 PM and weed the vegetable beds at Judea Garden alongside fellow gardeners, then enjoy a glass of wine on us! Please bring your own glass. No registration required, please email us with any questions.

Register here