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Online
bidding is Now
Open for UVLT's 2011 Annual Meeting Auction!
Please follow this link: https://benefitevents.com/auctions/uvlt/
This year's auction includes more than 80 items donated
by local people and businesses. Search the list
of items online
and peruse the wide variety of products and activities included
there; such as guided hikes, special dinners, local food products,
artwork by area artists, gift certificates to regional businesses and
more!
The online auction is a
new feature this year. We hope it will allow those who can't make it to the
meeting to participate in supporting local land conservation.
And if you do plan to attend, this feature will allow you to preview
both silent and live auction items in advance. If something
catches your eye, don't hesitate to pre-bid. Some of these things may
go fast!
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Upper Valley Land Trust
Celebration
& Annual Meeting
Friday, June 3, 2011
Dartmouth Organic Farm,
Route 10, Hanover, NH
We’ll offer a variety of activities this year preceding
the Annual Meeting program.
You are welcome at any or all.
Mid-Afternoon Outdoor
Activities: Abenaki
Walk, Farm Tour & River Road Bike Ride (weather permitting)
Contact UVLT’s Sara Cavin to sign up for the pre-meeting bike ride, contact Nora to sign up for the Farm Tour led by farm manager, Scott Stokoe and let Amber know if you’re interested in the Walk to Dartmouth’s Brown Ash Swamp led by Donna Roberts Moody and John Moody.
5:30pm Social Time, Drinks – featuring Harpoon Beer, Displays, Silent Auction Benefit
Meet UVLT staff and Trustees, visit
with old friends and new, pick up information about land conservation
and upcoming events, bid on auction items.
7:00pm Annual Meeting Celebration
Learn of the year’s activities and
plans for the future. Conservation Awards, Elections.
Closing with a Live Auction to benefit land conservation
in the Upper Valley.
The Live Auction will feature a dinner with the
Dartmouth Idols & Walt Cunningham, a dinner with Christopher
Wren & his
wife, paintings by Brian Walshand Linda Roesch, a silkscreen by Ikko Tanaka, a UVLT
Trustees’ Special Select Wine Cellar, and a trek into the woods with Ben
Kilham!
We hope you can attend the event on June 3 in person,
but if not we will accept reserve bids for the live auction by phone
at (603) 643-6626.
Image by Jay
Mead. Weather permitting, Jay
will bring mural-sized images from his book "A Little
Farm Story" to
UVLT's 2011 Annual Meeting.
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Garlic Mustard Pulling
Party
Monday, May 23, 4 - 6pm
UVLT office, 19 Buck
Road, Hanover, NH
WHY: Garlic mustard is a terrible invader of roadsides and
forest floors, and the infestation at Buck Road is one of the most
entrenched in Hanover. Garlic mustard displaces all other
native species, kills beneficial fungi in the soil that trees rely on
for effective growth, is distasteful to native herbivores, so it
takes over quickly and completely if not controlled! Come help
with this effort and you will quickly learn how to ID the plant and
find it in other places (this is one of the best ways to stay on top
of the threat and prevent small start-up colonies from ever getting
established)! This particular invasive plant is still in
fairly isolated spots in our area, so active management can and will
make a difference.
WHO: YOU! And as many recruits as you can find to join
UVLT staff for an all-out war (for an afternoon, outdoors in the sun,
which will even be fun)! We would love to hit this population
of garlic mustard hard so that its control is more manageable down
the road (on-going efforts will have to be made to future sprouts from
setting seed, but NOW is the time to take out a lot of it!)
A few other details: Wear clothes appropriate for working outside –
bring water bottles especially if it is warm (we hope!). This
plant is pretty straightforward to hand-pull, so you can bring gloves
if you’d like, but it isn’t really necessary if you don’t mind
getting a bit dirty (who minds getting dirty?).
Added Bonus: Everyone who shows up to help out will be entered
into a PRIZE drawing to be held at the party’s conclusion!
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We had a full house for
our Volunteer Monitor Training on Saturday, April 30th.
Twelve eager volunteers learned about UVLT’s mission and stewardship
in particular. With 40,000 acres protected by UVLT across the Upper
Valley and an obligation to monitor each easement yearly, we count on
our dedicated volunteers to ensure we meet that commitment. The day
was split about evenly between indoor and outdoor time. Read
more on our
website.
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Student volunteers from the Oliverian School in Pike, NH helped UVLT
manage invasive species and monitor their properties during the week
of 5/9/11. The opportunity was gained through Oliverian’s “Electives
Week” program where the students take a break from regular classes to
explore new interests. These students earned academic credit under
the school’s stewardship requirement and very much enjoyed the full
week’s worth of sunny weather and working outside.
Would you like arrange a work day for your school group
or organization? Contact UVLT's Vice President of Stewardship, Pete Helm.
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19 Buck Road | Hanover, NH
03755 US
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