Walktober Photo Contest! Valley Member Supported by the People, Places and Scenes of Walktober Are Unique and R Memorable
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Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Danielson, CT Permit No. 111 P.O. Box 29 Danielson, CT 06239-0029 25 years of exploring the beauty and treasures of exploring 25 years Corridor! Heritage of the National of October month and beyond! entire The alktober 2015 Capture experiences as you explore… STEP UP The Last Green Valley Member W to The Last Green The Last Green Valley’s Last Green The Walktober Photo Contest! Valley Member Supported by The people, places and scenes of Walktober are unique and R memorable. Seize the sights before you! Walktober O • Photo must be taken at a 2015 Walktober experience • Submit hi-resolution photo by email to [email protected] • Include your name, phone number and the Walktober name/location Challenge! with your photo Do You Walktober? Of course you do! RRID • Submission deadline: November 22, 2015 Accept The Challenge: O • 1st place photo will be featured prominently on the 2016 Walktober • Attend 15 Walktober experiences this year brochure cover • Sign in on each attendance sheet • 2nd-5th place photos will also be featured in the 2016 Walktober • Have your photo taken at each Walktober C GE brochure, with size and placement at • Submit all photos, locations, your name & phone number A the discretion of the selection committee at once to [email protected] T • Deadline for entries: December 1, 2015 Contest open to TLGV Members only! • Prize: A specially-designed Walktober Challenge t-shirt – Not a member? wear it proudly! Join online at thelastgreenvalley.org or call 860-774-3300 Contest open to TLGV Members only! Not a member? HERI AL The Last Green Valley reserves the right to use Join online at thelastgreenvalley.org any photos submitted to The Last Green Valley for any purpose. We always try to give credit to the or call 860-774-3300 photographer, so be sure to include complete contact ON information when submitting photos. We encourage The Last Green Valley reserves the right to use any photos submitted to The Last Green Valley for any purpose. We always try to give credit to I photos of people enjoying Walktober experiences, but must have written permission from any recognizable the photographer, so be sure to include complete contact information when submitting photos. We encourage photos of people enjoying T subjects, particularly minors (we need permission from Walktober experiences, but must have written permission from any recognizable subjects, particularly minors (we need permission from their parents/guardians) in order to publish the photos. their parents/guardians) in order to publish the photos. NA Explore! Walktober in The Last Green Valley The Last Green Valley is a National Heritage Corridor – 35 towns in eastern Connecticut and south-central Massachusetts, brimming with natural beauty, historic Meet Mr. Walktober 2015 – Mike Bartlett treasures, thriving farms, unique tastes, sips, and shops, and the most enthusiastic The “Mr. or Ms. Walktober” honor has been Walktober leaders you’ve ever met, ready to help you explore and discover it all. bestowed upon only a small number of leaders Celebrate the 25th year of Walktober! What started out as a “Walking Weekend” many over the past few years, and we are pleased to wel- years ago has expanded to more than a month’s worth of adventures. Walks, strolls, bike come Mike Bartlett into this extraordinary club! rides, paddles, and events galore, all led by passionate volunteer leaders, put new twists Mike has led Walktober woods walks and on old familiar places or introduce you to eye-opening and brand new discoveries! forestry tours for at least 15 years, educating scores of participants about the importance Want to Explore! more? of sound forestry management. He has been a Don’t stop after Walktober. Keep that adventurous spirit year-round. You can return to forester with Hull Forest Products for 37 years, these places throughout the year. Bring family and friends! Use our annual Explore! Guide and is instrumental in Hull’s public outreach and as your #1 resource to the region. The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) also offers monthly education efforts. Member Programs & Acorn Adventures. Visit our website, thelastgreenvalley.org, and our Mike lives in Woodstock with his wife, Cathy. Facebook page for ever-changing, fun-filled, up-to-date options! They have two grown children, Matthew & Susan, who live nearby in Thompson. Mike has been REMINDERS active with many conservation organizations over ☝ Note Key Symbols, as they are your guide the years, serving on the Windham County 4-H to an age-appropriate and pleasurable Foundation Board of Directors, the Camp Nahaco experience Park Commission, and as a Boy Scout Leader in Dress sensibly in sturdy shoes and layered Woodstock for 10 years. He currently serves on clothing. the Windham County Extension Council, the CT Forest Practices Advisory Board, and he manages Bring insect repellent, sunscreen, the woodlands owned by the Wolf Den Land water, snacks. Trust. Mike’s work has been recognized by the New England Society of American Note age-appropriateness of walk. Foresters, with the Austin Cary Practicing Professional Award and the Northeastern ☎ Register in advance if required. Loggers Association Outstanding Forest Resources Manager Award. Bring friendly, vaccinated dogs ONLY on This year, you can join Mr. Walktober on Saturday, October 17, at either 9 a.m., those walks marked . Keep them on 11 a.m., or 2 p.m., for “From Forest to Flooring,” an insider’s tour of Hull’s modern leashes and please clean up any mess. sawmill and lumber manufacturing facility. You can also join Mike on Sunday, ⛅ Walks go on rain or shine, unless the October 18 at 1:30 p.m. to learn about sustainable forestry, the history of Union, walk leader determines that condi- and George H. Myers, the man behind the Yale-Myers Forest. tions are unsafe or that weather totally Thanks Mike, for helping to make Walktober so successful! obscures the view. The Last Green Valley programs and projects are generously supported by: M ARTY’S OF DUDLEY Newell & Betty Hale Foundation Danielson Surplus Sales • United Technologies Corporation Walktober 2015 is proudly supported Walktober 2015 is also also proudly sponsored by Our advertisers help bring this by the following towns: the following nonprofit and business members: Walktober 2015 brochure to you: Chaplin Pomfret Avalonia Land Conservancy, Inc. Buell’s Orchard, Central Mass South Chamber, Chase Graphics, Coventry Putnam Buell’s Orchard Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm, The Farmer’s Cow Calfé, Eastford Sprague Golden Lamb Buttery Joshua’s Trust, Law Office of Andrea Truppa, Hampton Sturbridge Pierce Care Downtown Norwich Farmer’s Market, Mystic Country, Putnam Independent & Assisted Living; Rehab & Long-Term Care Business Association, QVCC Foundation, Killingly Voluntown Semaki & Bird Rawson Materials, Sturbridge Tourist Association, Lisbon Village Electric Taylor Brooke Winery, Temple Bnai’ Israel, The Vanilla Bean Café, Wheelabrator Technologies, Willimantic Brewing Company, Willimantic Food Co-Op, Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp, and Wyndham Land Trust. Please give all of our advertisers, municipal, nonprofit, and business sponsors a high-five, patronize their establishments, and thank them when you see them! Explore! Walktober in The Last Green Valley The Last Green Valley is a National Heritage Corridor – 35 towns in eastern Connecticut and south-central Massachusetts, brimming with natural beauty, historic Meet Mr. Walktober 2015 – Mike Bartlett treasures, thriving farms, unique tastes, sips, and shops, and the most enthusiastic The “Mr. or Ms. Walktober” honor has been Walktober leaders you’ve ever met, ready to help you explore and discover it all. bestowed upon only a small number of leaders Celebrate the 25th year of Walktober! What started out as a “Walking Weekend” many over the past few years, and we are pleased to wel- years ago has expanded to more than a month’s worth of adventures. Walks, strolls, bike come Mike Bartlett into this extraordinary club! rides, paddles, and events galore, all led by passionate volunteer leaders, put new twists Mike has led Walktober woods walks and on old familiar places or introduce you to eye-opening and brand new discoveries! forestry tours for at least 15 years, educating scores of participants about the importance Want to Explore! more? of sound forestry management. He has been a Don’t stop after Walktober. Keep that adventurous spirit year-round. You can return to forester with Hull Forest Products for 37 years, these places throughout the year. Bring family and friends! Use our annual Explore! Guide and is instrumental in Hull’s public outreach and as your #1 resource to the region. The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) also offers monthly education efforts. Member Programs & Acorn Adventures. Visit our website, thelastgreenvalley.org, and our Mike lives in Woodstock with his wife, Cathy. Facebook page for ever-changing, fun-filled, up-to-date options! They have two grown children, Matthew & Susan, who live nearby in Thompson. Mike has been REMINDERS active with many conservation organizations over ☝ Note Key Symbols, as they are your guide the years, serving on the Windham County 4-H to an age-appropriate and pleasurable Foundation Board of Directors, the Camp Nahaco experience Park Commission, and as a Boy Scout Leader in Dress sensibly in sturdy shoes and layered Woodstock for 10 years. He currently serves on clothing. the Windham County Extension Council, the CT Forest Practices Advisory Board, and he manages Bring insect repellent, sunscreen, the woodlands owned by the Wolf Den Land water, snacks. Trust. Mike’s work has been recognized by the New England Society of American Note age-appropriateness of walk. Foresters, with the Austin Cary Practicing Professional Award and the Northeastern ☎ Register in advance if required. Loggers Association Outstanding Forest Resources Manager Award.