Due to the predicted storm this weekend the hike has been canceled!

Join us for our annual SIMO March Hike. This year’s hike will take place at the Great Swamp Management Area in South Kingstown, RI. We will be meeting in the Management Area’s  parking lot on Great Neck Road in South Kingstown at Noon and hiking into the Management Area  shortly thereafter.
The Great Swamp Management Area  covers a total land area of 3349 acres and is divided among the following cover types: wetlands, forest cover, agricultural land, and other lands. The area contains extensive forested freshwater wetlands, dominated by red maple swamps with some cedar swamp. The Great Swamp Impoundment is a created marsh. This wetland provides a diversity of wetland cover types including deep and shallow marsh, vegetated and no vegetated open water, aquatic shrubs and shrub swamp. The diversity of habitats provides an excellent mosaic of cover types for a great number of migratory waterfowl. The DFW actively manages 2.6% of the property as agricultural land to create food plots and other plantings for wildlife. Great Swamp borders the entire northern end of Worden Pond, controlling over 2 miles of pristine shoreline habitat. Additionally, several main tributaries to the Pawcatuck River flow through the area including the Chickasheen Brook, the Usquepaug River, the Chipuxet River, and the Charles River.

Suggest bringing a pair of waterproof hiking boots, water and lite snacks (granola bars, trail mix, etc.)

Following the hike some of us will be going to a local restaurant for an early dinner.

Please respond by March 8, 2010