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Event Poster: "Tree Survey at Rauscher Farm!" with landscape photograph of Rauscher Farm field with trees and forest in background. Saturday March 18, 2023, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Come help look for signs of stress on Rauscher Farm's trees!. Led by a group of Worcester Polytechnic Institute students. Enjoy the outdoors while learning about trees at this citizen science event.

Event Poster "Earth Day Clean Day" with cartoon drawing of generic volunteers working with rakes, trash bags, and recycling bins. April 22, 2023 - 9a.m. - 12 p.m. Gather your friends, neighbors or community group to help do a spring clean up of Clinton's Trails, Parks, Rauscher Farm and other public spaces. Event sponsored by the Town of Clinton and Clinton Greenway Conservation Trust.

Event Poster "About Clinton's Rauscher Farm" with photographs of Rauscher Farm woodlands, wetland,s grasslands, Clamshell Pond, and a working volunteer. Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Join Gloria Parkinson at the Bigelow Free Public Library 54 Walnut Street, Clinton, MA.

Event Poster "Wonder of Wetlands", with photographs of wetland plants and a frog in peeking through a plant-covered pond's surface. Saturday May 27, 2023 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Come visit Rauscher Farm's Wetlands. Why do wetlands matter? Why are they protected by Massachusetts law? How can you Help? Join Senior Wetland Scientist David Cowell for answers to these questions and more.

Event Poster" StoryWalk "Mama Opossum's Misadventures by Gina Gallios" with cartoon drawing of children playing on an opened storybook. A self-guided reading adventure along the Clamshell Pond path, Rauscher Farm, Clinton, MA. June - November, 2023 (or until the snow gets deep!) Co-sponsored by Clinton's Bigelow Free Public Library.

Event Poster: "Name That Mushroom!" with a photograph of various kinds of picked mushrooms.arranged on the ground. Sunday, August 20, 2023, 10:30 a.m. A morning of discovery with Douglas Brown of the Boston Mycological Club. Bring a basket or paper bag (not plastic) Meet in the parking area beside the barn. Gather Mushrooms!

Event Poster: Give Nature a Hand!," with photographs of volunteers working on Rauscher Farm. Saturday October 21, 2023, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.. Come for an hour, or two, orr more.... Connect with nature... Check out cool habitats. Please dress appropriately for an outdoor adventure -- work pants, shoes, gloves, and a (funky) hat. If you can bring tools, that would be great.

Due to adverse weather Give Nature a Hand was rescheduled to Saturday October 28.