Tag: Climate-Smart Land Stewardship
Join CLCC and Essex Land Trust at their 49-acre Johnson Farm Preserve to explore an active three-year habitat restoration project funded through CLCC’s Climate-Smart Land Stewardship grant program. At this Conservation Conversation, participants will learn how strategic forest and grassland management builds climate resilience while protecting critical early successional habitats for native wildlife. The land…
UPDATE: Rescheduled from September 3 to September 25! Join the Connecticut Land Conservation Council (CLCC) and Audubon Connecticut for a Conservation Conversation at the Bent of the River Sanctuary, a spectacular 1200-acre nature preserve in Southbury. This walk-and-talk event will highlight the power of state and local partnerships in tackling large-scale forest stewardship. Attendees will see…
This workshop, hosted by Joshua’s Trust, is designed for land trusts interested in using prescribed fire as a land management tool. This session will cover the fundamentals of why we burn, including the ecological benefits for habitat restoration, invasive species control, and biodiversity. Participants will walk through the regulatory landscape, including permitting requirements, planning considerations,…
Join Woodbridge Park Association (WPA), one of Connecticut’s oldest land trusts, and the Connecticut Conservation Council (CLCC) for a tour of a climate-smart land stewardship project at WPA’s Alice Newton Street Memorial Park. The Alice Newton Street Memorial Park offers 100 acres of protected forest, streams, and wetlands right in the heart of Woodbridge. This…
Join us for a field visit to Great Mountain Forest to see firsthand how CLCC’s Climate Smart Land Stewardship Grant Program is supporting innovative forest management and climate adaptation strategies. Natural Resource Manager Kate Regan Loomis will guide us through recently treated stands where thinning has enhanced forest structure, encouraged oak regeneration, and increased understory…