#LoveYourCTLandTrust - Saving land. Throwing parties.

October 16, 2018

#LoveYourCTLandTrust

Featuring Connecticut's Amazing Land Trusts

Heritage Land Preservation Trust

A Dam Party in Torrington

As the summer drew to a close, the Heritage Land Preservation Trust threw one dam good party! Joined by Torrington residents, local, state and regional conservation organizations, public officials and others, the land trust celebrated the Coe Brass Pond Park, a 12 acre park it began clearing and restoring in 2010. Located on the West Branch of the Naugatuck River, the pond, dam and wooden gatehouse are listed on the Connecticut Historic Registry. It is the land trust’s hope that the celebration will bring more people to the park to walk, fish, bird watch, and just relax …

Connecticut Department of Agriculture

Bridgewater Land Trust

Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust

Celebrating a Farmland Dream Come True

This summer, with the help of the Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust, Bud Wright – an original member of the Bridgewater Land Trust - permanently protected Comanche Hill Farm, 34 acres of prime farmland in his town of Bridgewater. The land was protected with a conservation easement with the Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s State Farmland Preservation Program, which pays farmers for the development rights on their farms. The land is part of a swath of farmland that is key to Bridgewater’s rural and agricultural character and heritage. At a celebration on October 4, Bud said it was his and his wife Maureen's dream to protect the land. “In our own small way, we were able to protect 85 acres in Bridgewater. We’re pretty proud of that.” …

Bolton Land Trust

Celebrating a Gift of Beauty

On Saturday, October 20, all are welcome to join the Bolton Land Trust in celebrating a gift of 40 acres from the Clark/Fleming family. Given in memory of Edith Toomey Clark to become part of the preserved landscape of Bolton, the land offers a multitude of opportunities for trail connections, expands woodland habitat for wildlife, helps protect the water quality of the Hop River and enhances the undisturbed feel of the rail trail corridor. Writes BLT President Gwen Marrion, “The Edith Toomey Clark property is a gift of beauty which will benefit all who pass by or venture onto it."...

Every community has that place! Without it, things would just not look or feel the same.

Conservation and farmland preservation projects save the special places that define our towns and cities. They bring people together.

Now that’s a reason to #LoveYourCTLandTrust ... and to throw a party!

Sincerely,

Amy Blaymore Paterson, Esq.

Executive Director

abpaterson@ctconservation.org

Photos courtesy of Connecticut Land Conservation Council, Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust, and

Bolton Land Trust

Connecticut Land Conservation Council

deKoven House

27 Washington Street

Middletown, CT 06457

860-614-8537

ctconservation.org

Support CLCC >>

#LoveYourCTLandTrust

The Connecticut Land Conservation Council advocates for land conservation, stewardship and funding, and works to ensure the long term strength and viability of the land conservation community.

ctconservation.org