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Pollinator Pathway

Pollinator Pathways, led by town conservation volunteers, create continuous corridors of pollinator-friendly habitats for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife. The goal is to connect spaces within 750 meters, which is the average range of native bees, to ensure they have a thriving environment.

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Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group

The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG) is committed to understanding and managing invasive species in Connecticut through gathering data, promoting native plant alternatives, and collaborating with experts and the public to protect the state’s ecosystems.

OSWA and UGCG Info Sessions

The Connecticut Land Conservation Council (CLCC) and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) hosted a series of one-hour, lunchtime Zoom discussions on state land conservation planning and open space grant funding programs.

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Integrating Climate Adaptation into Land Conservation: A Climate-Smart Framework for Land Trusts – Point Blue
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Why Certain Conservation Easement Language Is Non-Negotiable

This resource from the Land Trust Alliance was provided by Robert Beach (Joshua’s Trust) and Ailla Wasstrom-Evans (Land Trust Alliance) at the 2023 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference. Their workshop How Stewardship and Enforcement Inform Transactions focused on transactional considerations informed by local and national trends in easement interpretation and enforcement.

Climate-Smart Stewardship

The following resources were provided by Lisa Hayden (New England Forestry Foundation) and Andrea Urbano (CT DEEP) at the 2023 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference. This presentation explained emerging forest stewardship, urban forestry and land management practices that are being defined, implemented and monitored for their climate benefits in Connecticut and across New England.

Plenary Session
Information on Powerline Right-of-Way Vegetation Management

May and early summer is the best time of year to recognize ericaceous  and other shrub species – like blueberries, laurels, and arrowood – when they are in bloom. A preponderance  of flowering native shrubs warrants a concerted effort to secure an alternate management regime for  those areas – not frequent close mowing. We recommend marking the limits of the shrub patches, to make them easier to avoid. If photos of a blooming shrub, including a close-up of a flower and a few leaves, are posted on the CT Botanical Society Facebook page, we may well be able to help with identification.

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Defending Voluntary Private Land Conservation Community Toolkit – Land Trust Alliance

Attacks on voluntary private land conservation are putting critical conservation tools at risk. Join the Land Trust Alliance in setting the record straight on the importance of voluntary private land conservation, protecting private property rights and the various tools, such as conservation easements that are needed to get the job done!

Resources from the Summit on Housing and Conservation

2/1/23 – While land conservation and affordable housing are often pitted against one another as an “either/or” proposition, the reality is that Connecticut communities need both. Along with our program partners at Land Trust Alliance and the Trust for Public Land, this summit consisted of a full-day exploration of how housing and conservation groups can work together to achieve greater good. Discussions covered successful examples of collaboration, and how such efforts can lead to healthier, more equitable housing, to more land conservation in our communities, and to increased funding for joint projects.

2023 Testimony

CLCC annually contributes testimony and comments related to land conservation laws, policies, programs, and funding, as well as other priorities central to the health and wellbeing of Connecticut’s communities, environment, economy, and quality of life.

Buildings Part 1: Buildings, Offices, and HQs – What should your land trust consider?

Catch the recording from part one of this program Buildings, Offices, and HQs – What should your land trust consider?

Find the recording from part 2 here »