Mother’s Day Guided Walks

The Land Bank is hosting guided wildflower and natural history walks on Cady Mountain Preserve this upcoming Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday May 10th and Sunday May 11th. There will be an “easier” and “more difficult” hike offered on both Saturday and Sunday, meeting in town to shuttle to the preserve at 2pm. Both walks will require ability to navigate uneven ground, rocks, stumps, and other objects as they will not be on developed trails, but will both have little elevation gain/loss.

The “easier” walk will be led by Shaun Hubbard, volunteer, neighbor of the preserve and co-coordinator of the volunteer Oak Team restoration group. It will be approximately .75 miles in length and will explore one of the larger Garry oak restoration zones with a broad diversity of plants and views.

The “more difficult” walks will be led by Land Bank staff members Eliza Habegger (Saturday) and Doug McCutchen (Sunday). This walk will visit a variety of habitats on the upper part of the preserve including five different Garry oak habitat restoration zones, Douglas fir forest, one of the headwaters of False Bay Creek, and wetlands in addition to views off the north and south sides of the mountain. Some light scrambling may be necessary on short sections of this approximate two mile walk.

RSVPs for the walk are required. Space is first-come, first serve and limited to twelve participants in each walk.

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