Meet at the Pawling Nature Preserve 's Sprague Road entrance before the 9:00 a.m. hike start. Hike will last 3 - 4 hours. Dress for the weather and wear good hiking shoes/boots as the trails could be muddy from the Spring thaw. Bring your own drinks and snacks. No dogs allowed. Practice good tick-bite prevention (repellents, light colored clothing, long sleeves, pant legs tucked into socks). Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 9am. Rain date: April 17 (Easter)
Highlights: Second-growth oak woodland dominate, accompanied by swamps, red maple forests, fields and hemlock forests. Along the gorge sides, you will see unusual plants such as walking fern, maidenhair spleenwort and hobblebush. Other rare plant species include devil’s bit, soapwort gentian, yellow wild flax, scarlet Indian-paintbrush and Bicknell’s sedge. Twelve species of amphibians, including 6 species of salamanders and 5 species of frogs, breed here. At least 77 bird species use the area for nesting or foraging, including hermit thrushes, black-throated green warblers, winter wrens, blue-gray gnatcatchers and Acadian flycatcher
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Suggested donation: $5/person
Directions: Orange Trail entrance is at the intersection of Furlong and Sprague Roads in Wingdale.
Website: https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eastern-pawling-nature-reserve/
Trail map: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Ftnc%2Fnature%2Fen%2Fdocuments%2Fpawling.pdf&clen=1040805&chunk=true