2026 Season
Do you have an idea for an event? Get in in touch with us at hello@bullcreekcommonlands.org
June 13, 2026 • Trail Building
10:00am – 2:00pm
Help the BCCL board complete a new section of trail through the Bull Creek Headwaters conserved land. We will be trimming overhanging vegetation, smoothing the trail surface, and hanging trail markers and signs.
Details: Meet at 10:00am at the pullout where Route 35 meets the Grafton Road, in Townshend. We will carpool in high-clearance vehicles to the trailhead.
Google maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/u88pswefXjRQiZka9
What to bring: gloves, sturdy outdoor shoes/boots, sunscreen, hand clippers or loppers, any of your favorite trail building tools you own that might be needed for the project and that you can carry (shovel, mcleod, pick/mattock, heavy hoe, iron bar for prying rocks, etc), tick-protective clothing and/or repellant, picnic lunch.
Please do not bring dogs.
Sign up / RSVP here: https://forms.gle/nsDMrkMu4Awy3Kgu9
June 20, 2026 • 10:00am – 1:00pm
Nature Fest at the Athens Brick Meetinghouse
Featuring The Caterpillar Lab and other special guests
All ages are invited to join us on the Athens Brick Meetinghouse lawn for a day of nature discoveries! Come see The Caterpillar Lab and look for real live caterpillars hiding on host plants. Bull Creek Common Lands board members will have materials about the trails and conserved land in Athens and can answer questions and discuss all topics conservation. More guests and educators will be listed as they confirm. Hosted by Athens Historic Preservation Society, The Nature Museum, and Bull Creek Common Lands.
Location: 2 Meetinghouse Rd, Athens, VT
Free to all • Rain or shine, we will have tents
Date TBD • Introduced Plants Removing
Stay tuned for a date to help the BCCL board continue our work on removing introduced invasive plant species on the Headwaters land.
Date TBD • Bull Creek Headwaters Hike
Join the BCCL board, local ecologists, and Vermont River Conservancy staff on a walk to visit three different types of wetlands in the Bull Creek Headwaters conserved area.