Hike 1.5-miles through Sandy Neck’s Great Marsh and sand dunes to explore barrier beach flora and fauna with Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ and Sandy Neck Park Staff. You’ll learn about ongoing efforts to protect and restore these and other sensitive natural communities. Wear sturdy hiking boots to walk over sand and uneven terrain. For more information call the Gatehouse: 508-362-8300. This hike is free.

NOTE: All Sandy Neck hikes are considered strenuous in difficulty because this includes walking on loose sand. This hike is free and is part of Hike Barnstable https://blt.org/hikebarnstable which is partially supported by Cape Cod Healthcare https://www.capecodhealth.org/ .

Register HERE https://blt.org/events/summer-sandy-neck-beach-flora-fauna-walk-1 .

This collaborative program between The 300 Committee Land Trust and Highfield Hall & Gardens begins with a gathering on the porch of the Beebe family’s summer mansion to learn about the Beebes and their special relationship with the woods that bear their names. The 30 minute lecture is followed by a one-hour walk on the wide, flat old carriage trails through the abutting woodland.

The event is free, but registration is required https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event/beebe-woods-walk-talk/ .

Parking: 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth

New and renewed members are invited to join us on Tuesday, July 15, from 4 to 6 pm for our Annual Meeting at Cape Cod Community College’s new Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center. We will share exciting updates and accomplishments, conduct a brief business meeting, and celebrate our Founders Award and President’s Award winners. Light appetizers will also be available. A short building tour will be offered at 3:30 pm. All donors of $25 and above are considered Members of Barnstable Land Trust for a year after the date of their gift which enables them to vote at the Annual Meeting, take advantage of special program discounts, and receive invitations to special events.

Please RSVP by July 10 if you’d like to attend either in-person or via Zoom.

Register HERE.

Join us on Wednesday, July 16th, for a walk through The Red Brook Trail Network led by Wareham Land Trust’s Board of Advisor’s Lisa Lindman. Enjoy the outdoors and discover the trails at the Red Brook Trail network.

Parking is available at the Lyman Reserve Parking Lot on Head of the Bay and Red Brook Road on the Wareham/Plymouth Border. The group will gather there and then head out on to the trails. The trail has some steep terrain so feel free to bring a walking stick. Approximately 2 miles. This event is FREE but space is limited!

Please bring water, bug spray, and sun screen and wear layers appropriate for the weather.

Where: Lyman Reserve Parking Lot on Head of the Bay and Red Brook Road on the Wareham/Plymouth Border

When: Wednesday July 16th, 2025 at 10:00 am – 11:30pm

Please click here to register https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/J-uN7tncTURrEMIieI-3pQ

Barnstable Clean Water Coalition https://bcleanwater.org/ and Cape Cod Beer https://capecodbeer.com/ have teamed up to bring you a series of free educational lectures held at the brewery. Join us as we dive deep into topics that affect not only our water on Cape Cod but also globally! #CleanWaterMatters

This month’s topic is Wildlife in our Backyard

Speaker:

* Amy Croteau, Senior Natural Resource Officer, Town of Barnstable

What we’ll discuss:

Coyotes, osprey, turkeys and otters – oh my!

Join us at Cape Cod Beer on Wednesday, July 16th at 6:30 PM for an educational evening with Amy Croteau, Senior Natural Resource Officer, Town of Barnstable and discover the diverse array of wildlife found in our backyards, up in the sky and in our local waterways.

Learn fun facts about Cape Cod’s local, transient, and migratory wildlife. Check out the town of Barnstable’s extensive taxidermy collection and enjoy a few beverages while Amy talks about her own experience handling wildlife in distress over her 18 years with the town..

These events are free to attend, but we ask that you please RSVP!

Cape Cod Beer will have beer, hard seltzers, seltzer cocktails & NA options available to purchase. There is no food truck on site, so please feel free to bring your own snacks.

Date and Time: Thursday, July 17th, 2025 at 8:00am

Co-sponsored by the Friends of Monomoy

Your guide: Phil Kyle

Meet at: Fred’s Shed Information Booth, Monomoy Refuge parking lot on Wikis Way, Chatham

Length: 1 – 2 miles

Phil Kyle is a Cape Cod naturalist who has served as president of the Cape Cod Bird Club, as a bird columnist for the Cape Cod Times, Head Naturalist for the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, and Interpretive Park Ranger for the Cape Cod National Seashore. He has been the Chatham Bars Inn Staff Naturalist and is currently a Volunteer Field Naturalist for Wellfleet Bay Audubon.Phil has presented to schools, libraries, museums and garden clubs for over 20 years. He has also appeared on WGBH Channel 2’s Staying Overnight in a Lighthouse, Channel 5’s Chronicle, Winter Birding and WCAI radio’s Science Minutes. He has been birding for over 40 years and taught at Barnstable High School and graduated from Cornell University.

RAIN DATE: Thursday, July 31st at 8:00am

Special notes:

Bring your binoculars or scope! Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear for a 1-2 mile walk across shoreline and uneven ground. And come equipped with bug spray!

Special notes:

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Our volunteer Coffee Clean-ups are a blast! Come join us and get some fresh air and exercise while helping your community. Volunteers will meet at 9:15 AM tp help with trail maintenance at the handicapped-accessible Two Ponds Conservation Area. After the 90-minute work sessions volunteers socialize over a free cup of coffee and donut holes. Bring your own coffee mug and work gloves.

If you have any questions, or wish to register (registration is appreciated but not required), email our Director of Land Stewardship Will Poirier at [email protected] mailto:[email protected] or call him at 508-540-0876

Parking: Two Ponds Conservation Area is accessed by turning into the Atria Woodbriar senior living facility at 389 Gifford Street in Falmouth and proceeding left down towards the trailhead parking.

OCT Volunteer Workdays are held the first and third Thursday of each month. Click here https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/36122266012/ to view details of scheduled workdays and to sign up.

Learn more about Orleans Conservation Trust. https://orleansconservationtrust.org/

Join Orleans Conservation Trust and Youth Librarian Kim Auclair for her well-known Thursday morning story time (10:30-11:30am). Our children and grandchildren will learn about pollinators: those amazing birds, butterflies, and bees who are so important to our gardens and our food supply. Following the story, children will create a companion craft designed by Kim.

Participants will also get to know the flowers our pollinators love and experience the new native plant garden at the library, contributed and planted by OCT. OCT will also have a Trustee at every story hour to answer questions from both caregivers and children.

Registration is not required for these free programs.

Looking for a fun, educational activity to do with your kids, grandkids or young visitors this summer? Join BCWC on Thursdays at Dowses Beach in Osterville for our East Bay Discovery Program. Note that Dowses is a Barnstable resident-only beach and you will need a beach sticker for parking.

Josh LaPine will curate this oasis of carefully crafted gardens with mounds of gorgeous hydrangea, dappled willows, hosta, shasta and other garden stars. Bonus: secret solace garden! Healings in Hand natural skin care products will be on-site as well.

This private home garden tour at 6 Carleton Drive West, East Sandwich is part of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival with proceeds going directly to support SCT.

$5.00 cash donation/person