Meetings & Programs — 2025
Meetings, unless otherwise noted, are held, in-person, at the Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road (Rt. 202), Litchfield, CT. Additionally, for those that are not able to attend the monthly meeting at the Litchfield Community Center, the presentation will be available via Zoom. To register for the Zoom presentation, click on the link provided in the announcement write-up.
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Meetings:
Everything You Wanted to Know About Black Bears in CT
September 8, 2025
Monday, 6:45 p.m.
Location: Litchfield Community Center
Join Master Wildlife Conservationist Ginny Apple as she talks about black bears, focusing on their natural history in Connecticut, an overview of their habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, and current research efforts. She also provides practical recommendations for optimum co-existence with our black bear population. She will also bring black bear artifacts to share with the audience. Ginny, newly appointed board member of LHAS, is familiar to us from many wonderful presentations on the wildlife of Connecticut. Living in a house surrounded by People’s State Forest, she has supplied a wealth of field notes and photographs to the DEEP on bears and other wildlife. Ginny is chair of the Barkhamsted Conservation Commission and on the boards of several like-minded organizations, including Friends of American Legion and Peoples State Forests (FALPS) and Friends of Connecticut State Parks.
The meeting and program will be available via Zoom for those unable to attend the in-person meeting at the Litchfield Community Center. Click on the following link to register. <Bears>
Birding by Tree
October 6, 2025
Monday, 6:45 p.m.
Location: Litchfield Community Center
Ken Elkins will talk about learning to identify some of the trees and shrubs of our area with an interesting connection to birding. Some birds and trees have unique relationships that you may not learn about in a field guide, but these patterns will help you find some of our most sought-after birds if you’ve taken a moment to “read the leaves.” Ken is director of the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Coastal Center at Milford Point. He is a former president of the Connecticut Ornithological Association and was also education program manager at the Bent of the River Audubon Center in Southbury. He created a nationally recognized therapeutic program called “Bird Tales,” which uses birds to engage people with dementia. (Ken will also lead a Birding by Tree walk on October 11, Click here for Details)