Newport Forest Bulletin Archive

Since April of 2000 my wife Pat & I have been visiting Newport Forest during all four seasons an average of 60 times a year, usually a day visit, but with several overnighters during warm seasons. The Thames Talbot Land Trust has been kind enough to allow our trailer to remain on site, as it makes an excellent base for visits and projects of various kinds. With each visit we generate a report. Early reports were rather bare bones, but as more people came to read them, the reports became somewhat more elaborate. Soon we were mailing reports out on the internet and, with the advent of inexpensive digital cameras, images were added.

Latest Bulletin: see below

Newport Forest      August 2, 2018


"Arriving at the property gate, we were pleased to see new bird boxes installed along the Bluebird Trail. Good for the TTLT! The drive into the site was dry, in spite of a recent 24 mm of rainfall. The soil has an insatiable thirst. On the way in, we saw several Monarchs fluttering over the Upper Meadow and all the way down to the trailer, a good sign ..."

 

 

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