New Haven Land Trust New Haven It’s tough to be an urban land trust. For obvious reasons, obviously. Because Connecticut’s cities are so geographically small, very few have much in the way of greenspace. New Haven benefits from its location – not only being a coastal city, but three rivers course through town to … [Read more...]
East Haven Land Trust Intro
East Haven Land Trust East Haven Yes, you mopes, East Haven has a land trust. A rather active one at that. The oversee/own a whole slew of parcels around the town. What’s that? Half of them are less than an acre? Oh. Actually, so what. That’s how a land trust builds and grows and how larger parcels of land … [Read more...]
Land Trust of West Haven Intro
Land Trust of West Haven West Haven West Haven, one of the our state's four havens, isn't too much of a haven for open enjoying open space for hiking. West Haven is home to the longest stretch of public beach in the state, so there is beautiful open space here, just not your typical land trust open … [Read more...]
EGLT: 3 Okay Hikes
If You Can't Trust a Land Trust... Part 2 East Granby Land Trust, East Granby April 2019 Ian Clarke Preserve (Formerly Newgate Farms) Eastfield Farms Pond Meadow (Formerly Pond Lane) A lot of land in East Granby has been set aside for recreation. And recreation in my case almost always means hiking. … [Read more...]
EGLT: 5 Trails to Skip
If You Can't Trust a Land Trust... Part 1 East Granby Land Trust, East Granby April 2019 Donald and Barbara Algren Preserve Fieldstone Great Marsh Griffin Marsh (formerly Holcomb Pond) Old New Gate Ridge A lot of land in East Granby has been set aside for recreation. And recreation in my case almost … [Read more...]
NCLT: Ernie Boothroyd Nature Preserve
Finding Balance Balanced Rock Trail, Ernie Boothroyd Preserve, Northern CT Land Trust Ellington After finding the trailhead here, out in the far eastern reaches of the Ellington panhandle, I was immediately struck by how nice the sign was. It's clearly quite new, but the creator used some great fonts and the … [Read more...]
Groton Open Space Association Intro
Groton Open Space Associatio Groton & Ledyard Here I am, in my 13th year of putting this website together. Another land trust introduction page. One of more than one-hundred. GOSA. Okay. GOSA. Never heard of it. After all, Groton is relatively far away and I hadn't been to Bluff Point until just a couple of … [Read more...]
NCLT: Wapping Bog
Do Wap Wapping Bog East Windsor Wapping Bog has no marked trails and it's not really a place anyone would ever want to explore to any extent but it's called "Wapping Bog" and there's a sign so here we are. On Wapping Road in East Windsor. It looks like a woodpecker had a Wapping good time wap-wap-wapping … [Read more...]
New England Forestry Foundation Intro
New England Forestry Foundation East Lyme, Hartland, Pomfret, Woodstock Welcome to another one of those weird pages that is a category unto itself. The New England Forestry Foundation is... a foundation that cares about forests in New England. They own four forests in Connecticut and I know that two of them have … [Read more...]
NCLT: Swann Farm
My Swann Song (For a Week or Two) Northern Connecticut Land Trust (NCLT): Swann Farm, Ellington 0.5 miles, March 2019 Normally, I would write up a half-mile hike, hit publish, link it at the appropriate places, not really tell anyone, and call it a day. But this half-mile hike, which is certainly not a hike I'd … [Read more...]
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