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From our team to yours

As a coalition organization, CLCC works along side Connecticut’s robust land trust community (~130—the third most in the country), as well as conservation organizations, watershed groups, municipalities, councils of government, regional conservation partnerships, and other entities and individuals committed to land conservation, addressing climate change, and building healthy, sustainable communities, for all to enjoy.

– Thank you for your partnership and all that you do to advance land conservation in your community

Woman smiling outside wearing a blue shirt that says #LoveYourCTLandTrust

Amy Blaymore Paterson

Executive Director
860-614-8537
Ricky Bentley outside

Ricky Bentley

Program Manager
203-208-9044
Bird Release Hike At Skiff Mountain South Kent Land Trust July 2021

Yaw Owusu Darko

Director, Grants & Programs
203-397-6047⁩
Vanessa Daye

Vanessa Daye

Community Conservation Coordinator
203-208-6772
Aaron Lefland

Aaron Lefland

Deputy Director
203-343-0740⁩

Michael J. Sikora

Manager of Communications
203-350-9649
Brett standing in front of a trail map

Brett Thompson

Office & Operations Manager
203-208-8146

Hana Watanabe

Sandy Breslin Conservation Fellow
A hedgehog rolled up in a ball

Silky Daye

Health & Wellness Coach
Dog on rocks by beach

Penny Lefland

Director of Naps and Nuzzles
Two dogs in the woods

Harriet & Lola Paterson

Senior Bark Rangers
A dog sits on a rock in the woods

Digby Paterson

Junior Bark Ranger

Pepper Sikora

Director of Volunteer Engagement

Kaya & Yoshi Thompson

Office Snack Guards