HAMDEN -- A tour of the glacial kettle property, lead by Yale geologist Copeland MacClintock, will take place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday 9/17 at Servoss and Mather streets. Just prior to the tour, the fencing around the site will be dedicated by Mayor Scott D. Jackson.
The Hamden Land Conservation Trust is organizing the tour. The trust is a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation of open space lands for current and future generations.
The tour will give the general public a chance to see how a glacial kettle is formed, said trust board member Betsy Gorman.
"It will bring more of a presence to the site, and it will be nice to have our neighbors gather to see the fence," she said. "If the public was more aware of the property, it would prevent people from dumping on the site."
Glacial kettles are shallow, sediment-filled bodies of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters.
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
(This information thanks to Register intern Brittany Montague.)