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Trail Cleanup Party at Bald Hill Farm

Trail Work Party at Bald Hill – Saturday, May 24th, 9 am–1 pm

Join Greenbelt staff and fellow volunteers for a spring trail work party at Bald Hill Farm! With summer around the corner and the annual Run for the Hills race coming up on June 1st, we’re getting the trails into great shape for our race runners and other trail users.

This work party will focus on hiking the race course and trimming back brush that’s starting to encroach on the trail. We’ll split into small groups to cover more ground, then come back together at the Bald Hill Farm Farmhouse to enjoy snacks and drinks. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch if you’d like to stay and relax afterward!

No experience needed and volunteers of all ages are welcome! Tools and gloves will be provided. If you can only attend part of the time, that’s totally fine—just email jean@greenbeltlandtrust.org to coordinate.

Oregon Vesper Sparrow Talk and Walk

Greenbelt Land Trust has been working with ornithologists since 2017 to research Oregon Vesper Sparrows at Bald Hill Farm and other Greenbelt sites. Oregon Vesper Sparrows use grassland habitats like the pastures and prairies of Bald Hill Farm, and their numbers are in decline due to lack of suitable habitat.

Greenbelt Land Trust Wildlife Technician Lisa Millbank will lead an informative talk about the sparrow, current research, and how we are working to provide the habitat it needs at Bald Hill Farm, and then we’ll take a walk to see what we are doing and hopefully, see some birds as well!

We will walk for up to 1 mile on gravel roads and through prairie with some uneven ground. Restrooms available at the beginning and end of the program. We will have spotting scopes and binoculars to borrow - no birding experience necessary!