Monthly Review | January 31, 2023
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Greetings!
OSWA is CT DEEP's matching grants program providing financial support to land trusts, municipalities and water companies to purchase land or easements for community conservation projects.
As a land use attorney representing local land trusts and landowners, I have worked through grant requirements with CT DEEP’s Land and Acquisition Management Unit and celebrated when we made it across the finish line to close a deal.
As a Project Manager for the Trust for Public Land, I wrote OSWA applications and also learned how challenging it was to raise funds for a land conservation project when the annual OSWA grant round was canceled due to lack of funding.
During my almost 13 years at CLCC, advocating for OSWA has been an annual top priority on our Conservation Agenda. That means…
Your advocacy and engagement with your legislators will be essential as OSWA funding and other important land conservation priorities move forward through the legislative process.
Please stand by, and thank you, as always, for your partnership and advocacy in support of land conservation in your community and throughout the state.
Sincerely,
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Amy Blaymore Paterson
Executive Director
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CLCC Advancement Initiative Updates |
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CLCC’s Regional Advancement Initiative program helps land trusts bring conservation to a wider audience, and engage people from all walks of life. Each initiative is uniquely suited to a particular region, and engages land trusts in collaborative work with both conservation and non-conservation partners to expand organizational reach and impact.
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Hiking with Birds
By: Yaw Owusu Darko, Senior Project Specialist
The beauty of the Bird & Hike with Land Trust Program is that for many participants it is a program of many firsts. First birding experience, first exploration of a trail, first use of binoculars, first introduction to a land trust, and even for the avid birder/hiker, it is a wonderful thing to see new faces awe in the simple yet phantasmic delights of the natural world...
If there is anything I have taken from last year’s Bird & Hike events, it is a deeper appreciation for the open spaces that allow for reflections as these and for the people who protect them and share experiences with those within and outside their communities.
It is with great enthusiasm that I look forward to working with more land trust and community groups on Bird & Hike events...
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NE CT Advancement Initiative: Inclusive and Accessible Conservation for All
By: Emely Ricci, CLCC Sandy Breslin Conservation Fellow
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We are recording insights including first impressions, trail design, feelings of belonging and welcomeness, language barriers, concerns around race, and access to trail information. We have not created questions or any formal assessment for the user groups to follow; rather we are spending most of the time listening and recording informal observations and recommendations.
Our goal is to collect candid insights into how land trusts can create more inclusive communities and spaces...
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Don't Forget to Keep An Eye On... |
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2023 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference |
Registration opens next week for the 2023 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference scheduled for March 25, 2023 at Wesleyan University CLCC's first in-person conference in three years. Check out the UPDATED Workshop Sneak Peek >>
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Photo Credits - CLCC except as follows:
Red Fox - Stock Photo
Whetten Woods Preserve - Joshua's Trust
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Connecticut Land Conservation Council
deKoven House
27 Washington Street
Middletown, CT 06457
860-852-5512
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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.
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