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CTMQ > Kongscut Land Trust

(Former) National Champion: Poison Sumac

October 14, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Toxicodendron vernix, Poison Sumac Fern Hollow Preserve, Glastonbury Height: 18 Feet Circumference: 14 inches It's always special when I meet people with pursuits similar to mine. It's also quite rare. So when Frank Kaputa from the Connecticut Notable Trees project reached out to offer to take me to a national … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Glastonbury, Hartford County, Kongscut Land Trust, National Champion Trees, national Champions, Trees

KLT: Hollister and Whitehouse Family Nature Preserves

April 7, 2014 by Steve 1 Comment

HOLLA-ster Hollister and Whitehouse Family Nature Preserves April 5, 2014 I could get used to this. Short drives, excited sons, cool hikes of perfect (for them) lengths. Perfect in the sense that it exhausts them, but don’t mentally or physically damage them. By my figuring, I can do this pretty much every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Glastonbury, Great Views, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Kongscut Land Trust

Kongscut Land Trust Intro

April 6, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Kongscut Land Trust Trails Glastonbury Kongscut is certainly one of the most interesting land trust names in the state. It certainly doesn't mean anything to anyone who doesn't know offhand that it comes from a Native American Indian woes meaning "place of wild goose". Furthermore, the name was chosen because at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Glastonbury, Hartford County, Kongscut Land Trust

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