October 2017

Engaging the Community with Meadow Project

With a goal of leading by example, the Newtown Forest Association transformed an under-utilized 3.8-acre preserve into a flower/pollinator meadow. Town residents pitched-in seeds from their own gardens, including a 93 year-old gardener who donated two truckloads of Rudbeckia root cuttings, proclaiming that the flowers will allow her to live forever in Newtown ...

Land on Patchaug Pond for People & Wildlife

Through a generous donation by the Dutka family of Griswold, the Avalonia Land Conservancy will perpetually preserve 68 acres of the most environmentally significant woodland properties remaining on Pachaug Pond, providing public access for recreation and stewardship of areas of refuge for wildlife...

Prospect Preserve Reconnects Public to Bluff Point

Bluff Head in Prospect became a forgotten place until Boardman W. Kathan donated 65 acres to the Prospect Land Trust in 2012 and the public was once again welcomed ...

Photographs courtesy of: Harvey Pessin/Newtown Forest Association, Avalonia Land Conservancy, and Peter Marteka/The Hartford Courant

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