January 9, 2019

#LoveYourCTLandTrust Featuring Connecticut's Amazing Land Trusts

Kent Land Trust

KLT's Exploration Challenge: 18 Reasons to Smile At its 2018 Annual Meeting, Kent Land Trust awarded prizes to the finishers of the land trust's 2018 Exploration Challenge: Why We Do What We Do, 18 Reasons for 2018. From June – November, teams of up to five people visited Kent Land Trust properties, seeking 18 Reasons for conserving land. Markers identifying the 18 Reasons were posted in 18 secret locations. The teams followed a custom map and narrative clues to find each marker/Reason and then took a selfie or other photo showing the marker.  FUN! Watch the video, and smile...

Chester Land Trust

Motley Preserve Listed on CT Freedom Trail The former property of Judge Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005), located on Cedar Lake Rd. in Chester, was recently selected as an historic site for the CT Freedom Trail, a state designation for a select few sites that "embody the struggle toward freedom and human dignity, celebrate the accomplishments of the state's African American community and promote heritage tourism." Purchased in 2016 by the Chester Land Trust, the site embodies the heroic life of Judge Motley, a civil rights attorney who later served 38 years as a New York Federal District Judge -- the first African American woman to hold such a position...

Aspetuck Land Trust

Do you remember playing outside? To help raise awareness about the importance of land conservation, the Aspetuck Land Trust often produces videos featuring various aspects of their work.  In “Aspetuck Land Trust – Get Outside”, a film created by Staples High School student interns, the land trust asked three generations what they did for fun as a kid. Described by executive director David Brant as “moving and shocking” the video underscores the importance of the work of land trusts in preserving “places for families and children to hike together in the woods, away from the distractions of technology."...

Playing games. Celebrating heroes. Giving us pause for thought and cause for action. Land trusts across the state continue to take their conservation work to new levels -- reaching more people and creating experiences that impact us for life. Please #LoveYourCTLandTrust ... they do a whole lot more than “just” save land. Sincerely, Amy Blaymore Paterson, Esq. Executive Director abpaterson@ctconservation.org

Photos courtesy of Kent Land Trust, Chester Land Trust, and CLCC (taken at Aspetuck Land Trust's Trout Brook Valley Preserve Blueberry Orchard)

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