Happy New to all, and a happy start to the new year it is for the Hinesburg Land Trust! Thanks to the generosity of HLT supporters, we successfully met our 2017 fundraising goal of $10,000 to conserve the O’Neil Farm in Hinesburg. Joe and Emily Donegan will take ownership of the farm in the first part of 2018. This conservation project permanently protects 259 acres of agricultural land and 44 acres of LaPlatte River corridor.
Thank you to all whose support made this possible!
Check out the race results from our 20th Annual Louise Roomet Turkey Lane Turkey Trot! Thank you every one who came out to walk, run, or spectate for our 20th year! And a big thank you to all our volunteers and sponsors! Lantman’s MarketHinesburgh Public House Green Mountain Solar Fleet Feet Sports Vermont and Plattsburgh Hinesburg Hair Studio Aqua ViTea Kombucha Vitality Therapeutic Massage Responsible Growth Hinesburg Trillium Hill Farm Vermont Chiropractic & Sports TherapySweet Yoga Sleepy Hollow Inn, Ski & Bike Center The Mill Market and Deli Frost Beer Works Hart & Mead Inc. Full Moon Farm Inc. SKIRACKGood Times Cafe Paisley Hippo Sandwich Shop Russell Family Farm Sugar Shack
Thank you to our HLT Turkey Trot Race local sponsors!
Take a look at pictures from the race day on our Facebook page, and feel free to share any of your own.
We hope to see you all again next year!
Hello HLT Turkey Trot Walkers and Runners,
Sunday, November 26th, 2017 is our scheduled TWENTIETH ANNUAL LOUISE ROOMET MEMORIAL TURKEY LANE TURKEY TROT. All the details – directions, times, racer categories – are on our site: Turkey Lane Turkey Trot
IN THE EVENT OF DANGEROUS RUNNING CONDITIONS. If our race course
(Turkey Lane, Tyler Bridge Road, Gilman Road, Lewis Creek Road) becomes icy and
dangerous to run or walk on, we will have to cancel Sunday’s event. There is no rain
date.
I will not decide to cancel until Sunday morning. Even then, I will do it reluctantly. Check the HLT Blog and Facebook pages for the latest status. The event will NOT be canceled because of light rain or snow — only if the paved or gravel running surfaces have become icy.
Wish us luck with the weather. Hope to see many of you there.
John Kiedaisch, HLT Race Director
On November 26th, 2017, the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the Hinesburg Land Trust will host our Twentieth Annual Louise Roomet Memorial Turkey Lane Turkey Trot.
In 1998 Colin McNaull’s neighbor, Tom Goulette, long an avid runner on our neighborhood roads, remarked that a turkey trot might be a worthwhile thing for someone to do. So Colin went about doing just that. Colin produced the entire walk and run that first time and for the next ten — press releases, sponsors, prizes, volunteers and more.
The first race on a warm, sunny day, drew 18 walkers and 16 runners. Colin donated the $340 of donations to the Hinesburg Land Trust. When Colin retired in 2009, John Kiedaisch became Race Director. By this year, the 4.25 mile course has been walked or run by more than 1,300 people. Many participate every year. Twenty years of donations total $16,759. On only one of those Sundays, when our roads were covered with ice, has the event been canceled because of weather.
For 2017 we will sell silkscreened, long sleeved cotton shirts at the race. Go to the Hinesburg Land Trust Turkey Trot page or our HLT Facebook page to see the design, color, sizes and price. Complete walk/run information, walker and runner preregistration forms, and directions to the starting line are on both web locations.
Please join us — walk, run, or just watch your favorite cross the finish line. And enjoy some special time in beautiful rural Hinesburg. And a little bit of Monkton.
19th Annual Louise Roomet Turkey Lane Turkey Trot Sunday, November 27th was a good day for a road race. Sixty-seven runners and twenty-six walkers spent a cold, overcast day enjoying the out-of-doors, surrounded by fields, farms and forests, much of it conserved through the work of the Hinesburg Land Trust. This year’s $1,210 proceeds go […]
Burlington Free Press 12/24/13
by Dorothy Pellett, Free Press Correspondent
A tantalizing glimpse of the beaver pond from Baldwin Road.
A December gift of land will benefit the University of Vermont, the Vermont Land Trust and a host of hikers and students of nature.
The family of the late Henry H. Carse of Hinesburg has donated easements on 225 acres to the Vermont Land Trust for permanent conservation and public access, and at the same time donated the property to the university.
Diverse natural attributes make the land, located between Baldwin Road and Silver Street, a valuable site for study, while its views and peaceful surroundings appeal to walkers along Baldwin Road.
“The property’s wetland, calcium-rich ledges and uplands have an impressive mix of uncommon species and forest types, including a red maple/northern white cedar swamp,” said Bob Heiser, Champlain Valley Regional co-director of the land trust.
Along with 121 acres of wetlands, Hinesburg’s largest wetland area, the site comprises 63 acres of woodland with a maple-ash-hickory-oak forest and a transition hardwood limestone forest; 41 acres of agriculturally important soils; rare plant species and habitat for beaver, moose, bobcats, birds and other varied wildlife.
UVM students have used part of the area to observe plant communities on the eastern cliffs of the property. Now they and the rest of the public will have pedestrian access to the donated land. “The area contains natural communities and biodiversity elements not found on other UVM-owned lands,” said Rick Paradis, director of UVM’s Natural Areas Center.
Paradis said he recently has brought classes to the site to study the potential for managing it for conservation purposes and for developing visitor facilities such as trails.
“I am also coordinating a UVM process to determine if the site warrants being added to the UVM Natural Areas System,” Paradis said. “Final approval for this action will need to be made by the Board of Trustees.”
Carse purchased the land in the 1970s. He farmed, served in the Vermont Legislature and as town moderator and school director.
“Our basic interests were clear: to preserve the natural treasures of the land while providing public access and educational programs,” said Carse’s son, Henry Ralph Carse. The land has been owned by the Carse Land Company, LLC. The transfer of easements and land took place last week, Heiser said.
The Vermont Land Trust will be responsible for monitoring the land to ensure that ecologically sensitive areas are not disturbed and that the property is used for educational and research purposes.
Hinesburg Land Trust member Lenore Budd said she frequently walks on Baldwin Road and observes the Carse land, but it was posted as off-limits to the public, and she could have only “a tantalizing glimpse” of the beaver pond.
Budd said the Carse family’s generosity will be felt for many years as visitors enjoy and learn from nature. She added, “It is fitting that this transfer of ownership is happening during this season of giving.”
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