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TODAY! Ask your Senator to Speak up for Nature!

Just days left to pass bills with nature-based solutions Greetings! With just days left in the legislative session, we need your immediate assistance in passing two crucial climate action bills strengthening nature-based solutions (trees, forests,…

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sunlight reflecting on water

Coe Brass Dam Preservation Project

2019 Excellence in Conservation Organization Award The Heritage Land Preservation Trust (HPLT) was honored by CLCC for its preservation of the…

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trail overlook

2020 Katchen Coley Award for Excellence in Conservation

A founding member of the Berlin Land Trust (1988) and its President since 1997, Attorney Dennis Kern has earned a reputation…

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Winter at Wagner Woods

The Diana Atwood Johnson Photo Contest 2020 Winners

Overall Winner – “Best in Show” Danielle D’Ermo Winter at Wagner WoodsWagner Woods Simsbury Land Trust   Winner – Landscapes…

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old fieldstone wall

Spotlight on the TriTown Forest Preserve

In an article from the Hartford Courant, Peter Marteka calls  Avalonia Land Conservancy’s TriTown Forest Preserve “a 532-acre wonderland of stone walls, huge…

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spectacular starry night

Stargazing Night at Cold Spring Farm

“[We] wanted to make the connection between preserved lands like the Cold Spring Farm and the nature and dark skies…

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outdoor sculpture

New Canaan Sculpture Trail

The New Canaan Land Trust recently announced their partnership with the Carriage Barn Arts Center, creating a four-month art exhibition in celebration of…

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Bee hives in a grassy field

2019 Regional Conservation Conversations Recap

Over 250 people joined us and our co-hosts this past summer to visit land conservation success stories made possible by…

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68 acres of forested open space

Bobcat Woods Community Forest

The Bolton Land Trust recently announced the acquisition of 68 acres of forested open space in Bolton. The new property, to be known…

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Belden Forest is forever protected from commercial logging and is open to the public

Belden Forest Receives National Designation

Simsbury’s Belden Forest is the first forest in the state to be inducted into the national Old-Growth Forest Network. The 42-acre, town-owned…

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