Spring Tidepooling
Saturday, April 18th
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Brainard MarshÂ
Join SLT and Dr. Carolyn Tepolt on our seasonal visit to Brainard Marsh and its tidepool critters. Bring shoes that can get wet, gloves for turning (and returning) rough, encrusted rocks and your curiosity! This event is kid-friendly and can be "come and go" as age and patience allows.
Registration is requested.
Adventure Dog Walk
Saturday, April 18th
10:00 AM
White EagleÂ
Long Walk to Solomon’s Cellar
Saturday, May 9th
9:30 AM
Meet at Hoff Parking LotÂ
As part of our June 16 annual meeting, we will also host a screening of “Sweet Freedom,” a short film about the choices free individuals made during the era of bounty hunters and changing attitudes toward slavery. Around that same time, Solomon Smith established his home in the woods outside Mattapoisett, near the border with Marion.
The walk will be 4-5 miles on basic forest paths, through less used trails we will see some of Marion’s least fragmented forest habitat. Spring conditions are likely with some mud and wet areas along with some early growth so sturdy shoes/boots are recommended.
Bird Walk w/ Nasketucket Bird Club
Saturday, May 30th
8:00 AM
Osprey MarshÂ
Enjoy a morning of bird watching with Nasketucket Bird Club President, Justin Barrett. Taking place at Osprey Marsh this will be a short walk on smooth flat trail and the meandering boardwalk. We will focus on the sounds (and a few sights) of spring birds.
Dress for the weather and bring your binoculars. We'll have a pair or two to share.
Registration is requested.
Summer Tidepooling
Sunday, June 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Brainard MarshÂ
Join SLT and Dr. Carolyn Tepolt on our seasonal visit to Brainard Marsh and its tidepool critters. Bring shoes that can get wet, gloves for turning (and returning) rough, encrusted rocks and your curiosity! This event is kid-friendly and can be "come and go" as age and patience allows.
Registration is requested.
SAVE THE DATE - Annual Meeting of Members
Tuesday, June 16th
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Tabor Academy, Lyndon South Auditorium
Mark your calendar for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Sippican Lands Trust members!Â
A meeting of SLT members followed by a screening of Sweet Freedom, a film that is deeply connected to the South Coast of Massachusetts, both in its story and its creation. Set in New Bedford during the Underground Railroad, the film tells the true story of local abolitionist Mary “Polly” Johnson. It was filmed entirely on location across the region—including New Bedford, Marion, Freetown, and Dartmouth. The film is written and directed by Alyssa Botelho, a South Coast native whose work highlights the area’s rich and often overlooked history.
In conjunction with the film's showing we will be hosting an event in May, "Long Walk to Solomon's Cellar" to a 19th century cellar hole that once was the home of Solomon Smith a formerly enslaved person.