COVID-19 UPDATE – JUNE 11, 2020

After much thought we have made the decision to cancel the 2020 Rose Mountain Rumble. Things remain so uncertain with the Covid-19 situation that we feel it is the right, if disappointing, choice to err on the side a caution for the sake of our riders and volunteers. As of now, we do expect to be running the Rumble again in 2021. Thank you for your understanding. Be well, happy riding, and see you next year!

— PLC and the RMR event team

When:  Thursday, January 23           Time:  6 – 8PM

Where:  Bedford Public Library – McAllaster Room, Bedford

Join us for an informational meeting about the BLT-PLC merger. Meet both the BLT and PLC board members and the PLC staff. Light refreshments will be served.

When:  Sunday, January 26          Time:  1 – 4 PM

Where:  Tuthill Woodlands Preserve, New Boston

Join us for a moderately strenuous snowshoe walk at the Tuthill Woodlands Preserve in New Boston.

When:  Sunday, February 9          Time:  9:30 AM – 12 Noon

Where:  Rose Mountain Preserve, Lyndeborough

Join us for a strenuous snowshoe walk at the Rose Mountain Preserve in Lyndeborough.

When:  Sunday, March 8           Time:  1 – 4 PM

Where:  Pulpit Rock Conservation Area, Bedford

Join us for a moderately strenuous walk at the Pulpit Rock Conservation Area in Bedford.

When:  Saturday, March 21   Cancelled  

Where:  Florence M. Tarr Wildlife Sanctuary, Bedford & Goffstown

PLC is celebrating the first day of spring with a guided tree identification walk at the Tarr Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, March 21. We will walk the “Lo Flo” Trail which meanders through a variety of habitats in the eastern portion of the 330-acre property. On the walk we will observe how topography, soils, past land use, and natural disturbance all combine to shape what trees grow where. We will identify tree species using bark and other characteristics which are easy to see in early spring. The walk will be moderately strenuous.

PLC’s 6^th Annual Rose Mountain Rumble (RMR) hits the dirt roads of Lyndeborough and surrounding towns on Saturday, August 22^th, 2020.  The RMR welcomes riders of every ability, offering a variety of loops from a 20-miler for more casual riders to a full 100K course to challenge the most hardened gravel grinder.  The ride begins and ends at Lyndeborough Center Hall.  Discounted “early bird” registration of $75 per rider is open through May 31st.

To learn more about the Rumble and to register, visit www.rosemountainrumble.com

When:  Sunday, Oct 13      Time: 1 – 4pm

Where:  Francestown

PLC volunteers Ben Haubrich and Dave Butler lead a moderately strenuous, 3-mile afternoon hike on conservation land in Francestown. We’ll make our way through Rand Brook Forest to the Aaron Draper farm site, passing a hayfield with views of the Lyndeborough Hills. The walks is co-sponsored by PLC and our friends at the Harris Center for Conservation Education and the Francestown Land Trust.

When:   Saturday, October 19
Time: 10am – 12 Noon
Where:  Goffstown

Acquired by PLC in 2015, the 101-acre Black Brook Preserve features forest, wetlands, and over half a mile of frontage on scenic Black Brook. We’ll dedicate the property’s trail system which was created by volunteers last year, then take a walk through this beautiful property. The walk will be about 2.7 miles round trip, over gently rolling terrain.
(RAIN DATE: Sunday, Oct 20th, same time)

When:   Saturday, November 2       Time: 9am – 12 Noon
Where:  Weare

Acquired by PLC in June 2019, the 205-acre Bob French Woodlands Preserve (formerly known as the Meadowsend property) is thickly forested, with a string of beaver ponds and wetlands running north-south running down the center of the property. The land’s wetlands are home to waterfowl, otter, mink, and beaver, while its upland forests are roamed by moose, black bear and bobcat. The property also features a grove of black gum trees approximately four hundred years in age. The walk will be moderately strenuous, over mostly rolling terrain with some occasional steep slopes. Most of the walk will on woods road or snowmobile trail, with the rest in the woods.