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Announcing the Launch of the Climate-Smart Forest Stewardship Grant Program
Empowering Connecticut’s Land Trusts to Cultivate Resilient Forests for a Changing Climate For decades, Connecticut’s land trusts have excelled at protecting land, collectively conserving more than 200,000 acres. As land stewards, they are keenly aware…
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…
Land Donation Adds to Forest Block
“I always knew it was a special place…We wanted to keep it intact, just as it was hundreds of years…
Today is a great day to say thank you to your local land trust!
Connecticut is home to over 130 land trusts. Together they have protected approximately 200,000 acres of land that is essential…
Saving the Strong Farm: A Dream Come True
“I dreamed that this would happen, but I didn’t see how. I’m so thankful for CFT’s help in making my dream…
Working Together to Save a “Special Place”
“By setting up this easement arrangement with Greenwich Land Trust, we are guaranteeing the land will continue to remain undeveloped…
Receives Greenwich Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Leadership Award
The Greenwich Land Trust was presented with the Jack Moffly Nonprofit Leadership Award by the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce during their Town Heroes Awards Luncheon….
Rockfall Foundation Tom ODell Distinguished Service Award Honoree
Earlier this month, The Rockfall Foundation presented the Essex Land Trust with the Tom ODell Distinguished Service Award as part of the foundation’s 2019 Environmental Champion…
Awarded 2019 Town of Bethany Conservation Organization of the Year
In recognition of recent open space acquisitions and over 50 years of land stewardship, the Bethany Land Trust was presented with the…
Baldwin Road Farm
The Woodbridge Land Trust, together with the CT Dept. of Agriculture, acquired an agricultural conservation easement to protect the Baldwin Road Farm through the…