November 13, 2018

#LoveYourCTLandTrust Featuring Connecticut's Amazing Land Trusts

Aspetuck Land Trust Wilton Land Trust

Connecting Communities Through a Green Corridor The Aspetuck Land Trust (ALT) and Wilton Land Conservation Trust are collaborating to save more than 350 acres of unprotected forest land adjacent to more than 2,100 acres of land that is already protected. Part of ALT’s plan to create a regional 17,000-acre Green Corridor, the Weston-Wilton Forest Block lands are “considered rare and resilient habitat, critical to the long-term survival of native Connecticut species threatened by the effects of climate change and fragmentation from residential and commercial development,” according to David Brant, ALT executive director...

Farmington Land Trust

Connecting the Next Generation to the Gift of Nature On November 3, twelve amazing films were featured at Real Artways in Hartford as part of the Farmington Land Trust’s first annual Real 2 Reel Film Festival. Created by students ages 12-18 years, the films highlighted the natural beauty of Farmington including land trust properties and other local natural places. Said one of the students, “Nature is a gift, and we don’t appreciate it as much as we should.”…

Joshua's Trust New Haven Land Trust Wintonbury Land Trust

Connecticut Land Trusts Featured in Community Conservation Spotlights The Land Trust Alliance has created a series of informative and inspiring short stories about the impact land trusts and their partners are having in changing lives in communities nationwide. Included in the Community Conservation Spotlights publications are the New Haven Land Trust for its work in addressing food and hunger through its Growing Entrepreneurs Program (page 10); the Wintonbury Land Trust for engaging elders through a universal access trail system (page 3) and Joshua’s Trust for providing students with experiential learning opportunities (page 9) …

Good things happen when land trusts work with each other and engage their communities.  The Connecticut land trusts featured in this month’s #LoveYourCTLandTrust exemplify the meaning of “community conservation” -- integrating land and nature into the fabric of the community, connecting people to nature, and using it to improve people’s lives. Nice! Sincerely, Amy Blaymore Paterson, Esq. Executive Director abpaterson@ctconservation.org

Photos courtesy of Connecticut Land Conservation Council Real 2 Reel Banner Courtesy of Farmington Land Trust

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