LLCT creates family-friendly guide to local species

The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust is hosting a family-friendly, live animal program in conjunction with the publication of its new pocket naturalist guide, Wild About Lincoln: An Introduction to Familiar Species.

A naturalist from Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, June 23 from 3–4 p.m. in Hartwell pod B will appear with three common Lincoln animals—a mammal, a reptile, and a raptor—and help kids and parents learn about their adaptations, habitats, and interrelationships with each other, humans, and the environment.

Each participant will get a copy of Wild About Lincoln, a learning tool that identifies species found commonly in Lincoln in a format that’s easy for both children and adults to use. The guide has 15-20 familiar species in each of the following categories: birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, insects and invertebrates, butterflies and moths, trees and shrubs, wildflowers, and lichens and fungi. Each species is represented with a color image and a brief description. There’s a simplified map of protected areas in Lincoln on the back panel for easy reference.

The LLCT will distribute the guide during its 2019 membership drive season and is giving sets to all public and private Lincoln-based schools this spring and into next fall. Several Lincoln-based community organizations including the Conservation Commission and Council on Aging, are receiving sets, and LLCT program participants throughout 2018-19 will receive complimentary copies. Copies are also available for loan from the Lincoln Public Library in the Nature Backpacks designed by LLCT and co-funded by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.

Wild About Lincoln was produced by the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust with funds raised during the 2017-18 Bob Davoli and Eileen McDonagh matching campaign and at the 2018 benefit concert, and grants from the Ogden Codman Trust and the Lincoln School Foundation. The June 23 program is also supported in part by a grant from the Lincoln Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.