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Land Conservation Wins Big in 2025 Legislative Session

Well done, conservation advocates! The 2025 legislative session ended June 4 with some exciting wins for our conservation policy and funding priorities, thanks to the strong support we had from land trusts, legislative champions, and…

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Preserving a Legacy at Farnham Farm

On Tuesday, July 24, we’ll join our hosts, the Connecticut Farmland Trust , the Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative, and the Morris Land Trust for a Conservation Conversation at Farnham…

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Blueberry Picking at Trout Brook Valley Preserve

On July 26, for our final Regional Conservation Conversation for the summer, our host, the Aspetuck Land Trust , has generously invited…

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Hawk Hill Farm: Where the Hawks & the Scottish Highland Cattle Play

On July 17, our Conservation Conversation will take place in Bloomfield at Hawk Hill Farm, Protected in 2015 by the Wintonbury Land…

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Protecting Bull Hill — One (or Two) Steps at a Time

The Wyndham Land Trust’s 2017 acquisition of 254 acres on Bull Hill, funded in part by a DEEP OSWA grant, triggered a series of…

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This is Beaver Ledges!

We’ll kick off our summer series of Regional Conservation Conversations at Beaver Ledges Preserve in Haddam. Protected by the Haddam Land Trust, this spectacular 136-acre…

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Growing Community Gardens & Entrepreneurs

The community benefits of the OSWA Urban Green and Community Garden Grant Program, funded through the Community Investment Act, will be on…

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Video Celebrates Suspended Bridge Project

This week, The Friends of the Hockanum River Linear Park (HRLP) of Vernon released a new video documenting the construction of a suspended…

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Windsor Voters Turn Out to Unanimously Save Open Space

With standing room only and the crowd spilling into the hallways, Windsor residents declared their support for preserving 95 acres of…

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Bolton Heritage Farm Receives Preservation Award

The town of Bolton was recently honored with a Preservation Merit Award from the CT Trust for Historic Preservation. More than a…

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