On July 14, our Regional Conservation Conversation Series will take us to the Avalonia Land Conservancy’s Tri-Town Ridgeline Forest - a 409-acre property straddling Griswold, North Stonington, and Preston. As reported inThe DayandThe Hartford Courant, and described as “one of [the land trust’s] most exciting acquisitions in many years”, this extraordinary property -- protected in part by a 2017
OSWA grant -- connects and enhances a critical greenway, and is the keystone to a 1000+-acre forest block...
On July 17, our Conservation Conversation will take place in Bloomfield at Hawk Hill Farm, Protected in 2015 by the Wintonbury Land Trust in partnership with the town of Bloomfield, DEEP (via the OSWA program), and the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Hawk Hill Farm provides access to valuable farmland for a local cattle farmer; is part of a 250-acre agricultural and wildlife corridor; protects critical wetlands and flood plain habitat; and links trails from the town's urban center to Pennwood State Park. And yes, hawks frequent the land's grassland habitat. This land has it all...
Please join us and our local hosts -- and be sure to invite family and friends, your state Legislators, local leaders, and anyone else in your community who would like to walk, talk, celebrate, and
#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.
