Take an Earth Day walk through the Johnston Preserve in Lyme on Saturday. Photo by Wendy Hill.

This morning, Saturday, April 23, Lyme Land Trust offers an Earth Day Walk  of the Johnston Preserve led by forest ecologist Anthony Irving. The walk will begin at 9:30 a.m. and last until around 11:30 a.m.

The Town of Lyme’s 250-acre Johnston Preserve was designated a future Old Growth Forest by the Old Growth Forest Network (OGFN) in 2021

This walk is co-sponsored by the Town of Lyme. Meet at the Johnston Preserve on Rte. 82 in Lyme.

There is no charge and all are welcome, but registration is required at openspace@townlyme.org

Also this afternoon, the Old Lyme Land Trust is hosting a “Earth Day Milkweed Planting” at Watch Rock Preserve at 2 p.m. Milkweed plants are the chief source of food for monarch butterflies, famed for their extraordinary migration to Mexico. If you are interested in helping, email ollandtrust@gmail.com for all the details.