Trail building on Chapman Mountain continues! We will be headed out for work on the Bulldog Trail. This trail is part of our trail agreement with Alabama A&M to provide public access to 225 acres of University-owned land that adjoins the northern boundary of the Land Trust’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve. Please join us if […]
Trail building on Chapman Mountain continues! We will be headed out for work on the Bulldog Trail. This trail is part of our trail agreement with Alabama A&M to provide public access to 225 acres of University-owned land that adjoins the northern boundary of the Land Trust’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve. Please join us if […]
Develop the fundamental skills and tools needed to successfully identify plants in the wild. COST: $50 for Land Trust Members, $75 for Non-Members WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: Saturday, October 2 from 10 AM - 4 PM: Introduction & Breaking Through the "Wall of Green" "What's in a leaf?" - Leaf Identification Principles The two most important […]
Trail building on Chapman Mountain continues! We will be headed out for work on the Bulldog Trail. This trail is part of our trail agreement with Alabama A&M to provide public access to 225 acres of University-owned land that adjoins the northern boundary of the Land Trust’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve. Please join us if […]
How an Ancestral Practice Can Bring Us Closer to Our Land and Save It From Destruction with Jesse Akozbek Foraging is the act of finding and harvesting wild plants and mushrooms for food or other uses. On paper, it may appear that this could only bring further harm to our natural spaces, which we continue […]
Trail building on Chapman Mountain continues! We will be headed out for work on the Bulldog Trail. This trail is part of our trail agreement with Alabama A&M to provide public access to 225 acres of University-owned land that adjoins the northern boundary of the Land Trust’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve. Please join us if […]
Creating Your Own Pollinator Garden with Harvey Cotten Pollinators facilitate the reproduction of 90% of the world's flowering plants and are vital to creating and maintaining the habitats and ecosystems that many animals rely on for food and shelter. With pollinator populations declining worldwide, it is imperative that we work towards helping them thrive and we can easily do […]
This hike is part of our Fall Education Fair on Sunday, November 14 and will be offered at 2 PM and 3 PM Join Butterfly Outdoors Naturalist, Kate Gribbin on a short, but adventurous hike, part of our Fall Education Fair. We’ll discuss the survival mindset, review basic survival skills, and practice "Leave No Trace" […]
Spend some time with the Land Trust at Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve with an afternoon of fun, educational opportunities for all ages! Explore the outdoor world with a variety of activities including: rock climbing demo cave crawling simulation foraging display live animal presentations (including snakes and raptors) microscope observations survival skills hike offered at 2 […]
***Due to weather, this event has been rescheduled.*** Combating the Extinction Crisis in Alabama with Bill Finch Of the 10 mainland North American species declared extinct by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the end of September, all but one were from Alabama. While difficult to fully quantify, it is suspected the number of species lost […]
Trail building on Chapman Mountain continues! We will be headed out for work on the Bulldog Trail. This trail is part of our trail agreement with Alabama A&M to provide public access to 225 acres of University-owned land that adjoins the northern boundary of the Land Trust’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve. Please join us if […]
Trail building on Chapman Mountain continues! We will be headed out for work on the Bulldog Trail. This trail is part of our trail agreement with Alabama A&M to provide public access to 225 acres of University-owned land that adjoins the northern boundary of the Land Trust’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve. Please join us if […]