alvar trails

North Bear Alvar

The North Bear Alvar is a mix of extensive grassland, shrub and treed alvars that support unique species. Logs and rocks provide cover for snakes, and wetlands are home to many frogs and turtles. Keep an eye out — you might even spot a moose or black bear!  Experience...

Prairie Smoke Alvar

Prairie Smoke Alvar Karen Popp, a long-time resident of Dalrymple, had always felt that her ranch was special, a feeling that was confirmed by field researchers working for the Conservancy in the mid-1990s. Beyond the hay fields along the road, an access trail leads...

RARE CHARITABLE RESEARCH RESERVE TRAILS

RARE CHARITABLE RESEARCH RESERVE TRAILS The 8 km of trails at the rare Charitable Research Reserve are free and open to the public from dawn to dusk and are designed to give you better access to the natural beauty of the property, all while encouraging education and...

Seymour Conservation Area

Seymour Conservation Area has continuously been improved since purchased in 1973. Oak Alvar Savannah restoration and trail improvements are just a couple examples of Lower Trent Conservation’s work on this property.  Each spring (May/June), Lower Trent...

Stone Road Alvar Nature Reserve

Stone Road Alvar Nature Reserve A truly outstanding array of rare habitats and species is packed into Stone Road Alvar, a 42-hectare property of oak-hickory woodland, oak savannah, red cedar savannah, old-field thicket and open alvar communities. The reserve is home...