Families on the Land programs are both educational and fun.  They connect you with nature and the land and allow you to explore properties not normally open to the the public.  Families on the Land is three walks for children and parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or other adults together to explore preserved properties not normally open the the public and to strengthen their love for nature. There is a $10 charge per family group. 

Walks on the Land are free leisurely explorations for adults and teens lead by volunteer naturalists and conservation biologists. These walks are on private property not ordinarily open to the public. There are six walks planned. On one you can explore the woods and wetlands of Phillies Bridge Farm. On another you can walk through one of the few intact woodlands in the Wallkill River Valley looking for wildflowers.

The Wallkill Valley Land Trust works to connect community to the land. In collaboration with willing landowners, it preserves water quality, working farms and farmland, significant habitat, and scenic views. The Land Trust seeks to preserve the unique rural character of Southern Ulster County. To that end it has conserved 23 parcels totaling nearly 1500 acres including the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, three working farms, seven additional properties in agriculture, and a variety of important habitats including wetlands and forests.

Wallkill Valley Land Trust's mission is to preserve open space in Southern Ulster County for the benefit of present and future generations, to conserve our community’s environmental heritage, to promote voluntary preservation of land, to protect scenic, natural, recreational, and agricultural lands, to strengthen public sensitivity to environmental issues and the value of open space, and to encourage environmentally sensitive growth.

We are pleased to announce our new Wallkill Valley Land Trust note cards! A homespun holiday gift idea, these note cards have beautiful pictures of special preserved properties.