Events Calendar

Join special guest Michelle Hunt, a biologist formerly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as she explores our region's native pollinators and discusses methods for supporting them through gardening with native flora. In this workshop, she will discuss some of the challenges monarch butterfly populations have faced recently and demonstrate how you can support…

Join a York Public Library Youth Librarian for a fairy house and gnome home adventure at York Land Trust headquarters! We'll take a walk on the trail to see if we can spy fairies and gnomes along the way. At the end of our walk we'll build some beautiful fairy houses and gnome homes using…

Join Darcy Specker of Cider Hill Yoga for an evening yoga class at York Land Trust headquarters to celebrate the Summer Solstice! Darcy brings more than a decade of yoga teaching experience, with a focus on vinyasa flow and the connection between breath and movement. She seeks to help students connect more deeply to the…

Join York Land Trust Stewardship Staff for a building workday to keep our most visited preserve accessible to visitors. Our volunteer crew will build a new stream crossing in place of the NEC trail stream crossing bridge. All experience levels are welcome! All necessary tools will be provided at the workday, but if you have…

Join York Land Trust Stewardship Staff to help build a picnic table for Near Point Preserve! All experience levels welcomed. All tools will be provided, but if you have any of your favorite carpentry tools- we encourage you to bring them along! Please come prepared with work gloves, long sleeves and pants, closed toe shoes,…

Come help York Land Trust staff create bridging at Hilton-Winn preserve to make our trails more accessible! All experience levels are welcome. All tools will be provided at the workday, but if you have any favorite tools for digging, cutting roots, power tools or trimming back brush, feel free to bring them along! Please come…

Summer is a great time to get outside and explore York Land Trust’s Public Preserves. What better way to explore the trails than getting to know the native plants you'll discover along them! More than just beauty, native plants are essential for providing food and shelter for pollinators and help combat climate change. We have…

Join York Land Trust’s Stewardship Staff to explore our scenic Fuller Forest Preserve. Learn about the creatures that make their home here and what YLT is doing to try to improve their habitat. This 220-acre preserve provides access to more than 4 miles of trails and includes a mixed hardwood forest, ponds, streams, and forested…

Come join York Land Trust staff in building stream crossings at Hilton-Winn preserve to create a safe visitor experience! All experience levels are welcomed. Tools are provided at the workday, but if you have your favorite tools for digging, cutting roots, power tools or trimming back brush- we encourage you to bring them along! Please…

In partnership with White Pine Programs, we offer a monthly bird walk on the 3rd Wednesday of each month! Join us for a walk through scenic Highland Farm Preserve to learn how to ID birds, recognize birdsong, and explore the habitats birds love most. Family friendly and beginner birders welcome! Hike Difficulty: Easy to moderate.…

Join us for an evening yoga class on July 21 when the Full Buck Moon occurs. This moon coincides with the time of year that the antlers of bucks (male deer) are in full growth mode. Darcy Specker of Cider Hill Yoga will lead this yoga session, and she brings more than a decade of…