Kahn Preserve Traditional Cache
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Placed with permission from the Weantinoge Heritage, Inc.
Located on the Bear Hill Loop trail in the Kahn Preserve.
You can park at either Squire Hill Rd coords: N41 39.195 W073 25.090
or Cherniske Rd coords: N41 40.188 W073 24.340
The Kahn Preserve was a gift to Weantinoge in memory of Leon and Yareth Kahn in 1994. Even though the Kahn Preserve was logged in the early 1990's, {before Weantinoge owned it}, it's red pine plantation has died, and alien shrubs are attempting a takeover, this preserve offers a wonderful experience in the West Aspetuck River Valley.
The river itself is exceptionally clean, protected by the abundant forests and wetlands upstream. Mink and otter breed here. Though the marked trail system does not follow the river closely, if one turns right just before the trail bridge after decending from Cherniske Rd, a bushwack reveals
a pond where amphibians breed and wood and black ducks hangout.
Along the base of the slope here, springs emerge with such volume that sand can be seen boiling up from the pools where they begin. Watercress was established decades ago in one of these spring-fed brooklets.
Further down, a level area in the floodplain has an example of a riparian gallery forest.. tall, fast growing trees including some of the regions only forest-grown {as opposed to open-grown} Swamp White Oak.
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