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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…
Improving health and happiness
As recently reported in Time Magazine, a new study adds to mounting evidence that spending time outdoors — especially in nature — is…
Let’s Go Fly a Kite!
On a perfectly windy day earlier this Spring, Joshua’s Trust (JT) teamed up with the Mansfield and Chaplin public libraries to host a morning…
Ready, Set, Go!
Avalonia Land Conservancy’s Hike and Seek program encourages people of all ages to explore the land trust’s preserves through a scavenger hunt format. The…
Walkin’ the Walk to Promote Good Health
The Farmington Land Trust took their love for the land to another level this spring by participating in the American Public Health…
Leavenworth “Lem” P. Sperry, Jr.
2019 Katchen Coley Award for Excellence in Conservation When growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, now almost a century…
The Diana Atwood Johnson Photo Contest 2019 Winners
Overall Winner Shelley Harms Big Bluestem Hurlburt Field Protected by Winchester Land Trust Honorable Mention Gina White Anstett Property Protected…
Connecting Teens with Nature – In Their Own Words
As part of a campaign to get young people out and involved, and discover what the community has to offer,…
Year-End Video Showcases 2018 Hikes
In 2016, The New Fairfield Land Trust and The Land Trust of Danbury officially merged into one land trust organization serving…
How cool is this?
Celebrating over 50 years of land conservation work, Avalonia Land Conservancy began 2019 with a new digital-friendly logo design —…