Posts by Dorene Warner
Governor’s Budget Brings Good News for Open Space
Although the Capitol complex remains closed to the public, the 2021 legislative session is well underway. Earlier this month, Governor Lamont released his proposed FY ’22-’23 Biennial Budget and implementer bills,…
Read MoreAnnual World Water Day 2021
Monday, March 22 from 12 to 1:30pm Recognizing the strong connection between land conservation and water quality, CLCC will join: Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clean Water Action CT League…
Read MoreFacilitating land trust mergers
With support from the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, CLCC and consultant Sharon Danosky are working with conservation organizations in the Farmington River Valley, as well as Joshua’s Trust…
Read MoreCLCC Advocates for State Open Space Grants and other Land Conservation Programs
As we do each year, CLCC will advocate for consistent and increased funding for state land conservation funding programs during the 2021 legislative session. A mainstay for local land conservation…
Read MoreUrge the Environment Committee to Raise HB 5100 – Authorizing a Municipal Conservation Funding Option
The following are CLCC executive director Amy Blaymore Paterson’s remarks from the 2021 CT League of Conservation Voters Environmental Summit (1/21/21). As crucial as CT DEEP’s Open Space and Watershed…
Read MoreA Shout-Out to Open Space
At the CTLCV Environmental Summit opener on January 19, Governor Lamont and CT DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes reminded us of the importance of open space to all communities in CT. As Governor…
Read MoreWhat will be our legacy?
On January 18, many reflected and celebrated the spirit, the light, the life and love of Martin Luther King Jr., whose unreserved perseverance to a cause, to a people, and…
Read MoreLet’s Continue to Take Action in 2021
This year has been a lot to handle (to say the least)—continuing to withstand a global pandemic, seeing the harsh realities of systemic racism repeatedly at work, and dealing with…
Read MoreBring on the 2021 Session
The 2021 Connecticut General Assembly convenes on January 6. Creating, protecting, and enhancing land conservation funding are at the top of CLCC’s annual list of policy priorities: CREATE a Municipal…
Read MorePartnering to Protect Converse Brook Preserve
Greenwich Land Trust (GLT) has protected 72 acres of open space, to be known as Converse Brook Preserve, through a Public-Private Partnership with the Town of Greenwich. Through this partnership, the property was purchased at a…
Read MoreNFA Agroforest Project at the Holcombe Hill Preserve
Brett Lehner has always had an interest in hardwood nut trees. In the summer of 2017, he and a friend rode their bikes coast to coast to raise funds for…
Read MoreA Homecoming for Cathedral Pines
The Cornwall Conservation Trust (CCT) recently acquired Cornwall’s iconic Cathedral Pines, as a donation from The Nature Conservancy. Cathedral Pines is a 42-acre old-growth white pine and hemlock forest which was initially donated…
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