Eightmile Wild & Scenic River Watershed, 2 E Dolbia Hill Road, East Haddam, CT (2026)

11/05/2026

💧☀🌳What better way to welcome a new employee than a tour of the watershed? 🌳☀💧

On Monday, Eightmile River Watershed's new Environmental Program Coordinator started and we got beautiful weather to explore the watershed. More on Grant coming soon!

Stops included:
- Salem Community Park
- Walden Preserve
- Salem Multi-use Trail
- Lake Hayward
- Chapman Falls (pictured)
- Covered Bridge @ Devil's Hopyard State Park
- Lyme Land Trust Office
- Hamburg Cove (pictured)

Did we miss anything? Comment your favorite spots in the watershed!

10/30/2026

Anthony Irving, the chair of the Eightmile River Watershed received a lifetime achievement award from Connecticut Land Conservation Council. Read about it on their page! Congrats, Tony!

10/12/2026

Biological Stream Assessments are one type of water quality monitoring program that the Eightmile River Watershed completes each year. Swipe to learn what this is, how we do it and why it is important.

08/31/2026

The Goodwin Trail is 14-mile trail spanning 4 towns and 8+ properties. It can be hiked all at once or in sections! This is one of the most stunning hikes in all of Connecticut and is worth every moment.

If you'd hiked it before, let us know your favorite spot in the comments!

For more information on this trail, see www.eightmileriver.org/outdoor-recreation/

08/31/2026

Want to help monitor the health of our streams? There is still space available for the Eightmile Wild & Scenic River Watershed & Salmon River Watershed Partnership Stream Assessment Volunteer Training!

Curious about the health of our streams? Want to spend time outside this fall?

Join us for a morning of training and become part of a statewide riffle bioassessment volunteer stream monitoring program.

Registration limited. Email [email protected] or [email protected] to register.

What is a stream assessment?
Stream assessments use aquatic benthic macroinvertebrates (water bugs) to assess stream health.

What will I do?
Assist Eightmile & Salmon River staff in collecting, sorting and identifying macroinvertebrates.

When is it?
Training: September 12th, 8:30am-1:30pm
Future Volunteer Opportunities: Generally, weekends from September through November.

Where is it?
Classroom Training: Eightmile Office. 2 Dolbia Hill Road, East Haddam
Field Training: Devil's Hopyard State Park
Future Volunteer Opportunities: East Haddam, Lyme, Salem, Colchester, East Lyme, Bolton, Columbia, East Hampton, Glastonbury, Haddam, Hebron, Lebanon, and Marlborough

08/24/2026

All are welcome for a fun evening by the river. There's food aplenty and great silent raffle of Homemade and Homegrown things to win.

08/21/2026

Curious about the health of our streams? Want to spend time outside this fall?

Join us for a morning of training and become part of a statewide riffle bioassessment volunteer stream monitoring program.

Registration limited. Email [email protected] or [email protected] to register.

What is a stream assessment?
Stream assessments use aquatic benthic macroinvertebrates (water bugs) to assess stream health.

What will I do?
Assist Eightmile & Salmon River staff in collecting, sorting and identifying macroinvertebrates.

When is it?
Training: September 12th, 8:30am-1:30pm
Future Volunteer Opportunities: Generally, weekends from September through November.

Where is it?
Classroom Training: Eightmile Office. 2 Dolbia Hill Road, East Haddam
Field Training: Devil's Hopyard State Park
Future Volunteer Opportunities: East Haddam, Lyme, Salem, Colchester, East Lyme, Bolton, Columbia, East Hampton, Glastonbury, Haddam, Hebron, Lebanon, and Marlborough

08/02/2026

EHLT hired Raptor Ridge Farm goats to take down the invasive plants in one of our preserves. We are very grateful to the two funders of this project: Eightmile Wild & Scenic River Watershed which funded the first goat visit (the preserve is in the Eightmile River Watershed), and Community Foundation of Middlesex County for funding the second goat visit and the native plant restoration through their Mary Janvrin and Natalie Janvrin Wiggins Fund for Birds, Other Animals and Nature. And of course These groups help your land trust steward special projects in EHLT preserves.
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The two visits of goats will weaken invasive plants so our stewardship crew can remove the woody remains of the invasive plants and prepare the area for the restoration of native plant species.

07/30/2026

We are hiring!

We are looking for a part-time Office and Environmental Program Coordinator to join our team! See https://www.eightmileriver.org/open-positions/ for the job description and details on how to apply.