STARTING THE LAND PROTECTION PROCESS: A Few Baby Steps for Forest (and Farm) Owners - by Steve Broderick As Connecticut’s Extension Forester, it’s been my privilege to meet many hundreds of forest landowners. Over time, many of them have come ...
- by Bet Zimmerman, Woodstock , CT Experts indicate that if we don't take significant steps in the next decade to preserve open space and farmland in Connecticut , it may be too late. We may assume that everybody understands ...
- by Bet Zimmerman and Paul Wilbur Forest fragmentation poses a serious and growing threat to the ability of forests to support wildlife, clean air and water, provide recreational opportunities, and function as a sustainable and economically viable source of ...
- By Susan Leavitt Recently John and I traveled to Ireland for a vacation. Having nothing other than an intense interest in the beauty of the land, people and culture, we spent 15 days traversing the landscape and shoreline, taking ...
Logging the Rad Ostby Memorial Forest - by Art Talmadge, Connwood Foresters Inc The Rad Ostby Memorial Forest is being logged. That's right - logged. In January of 2003 Wolf Den Land Trust contracted with Connwood Foresters, Inc for the ...
- by Dennis Hodgin Author’s note: I have learned a few things related to gates over the years and plan to share some of the better ideas with you in a series of short articles. The following is the first ...
- by Sue and John Leavitt The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (YF&ES) owns and manages 10,880 acres of forestland in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Thesemake up seven forests of which th e Yale-Myers Forest in Woodstock, ...
by Dan Donahue, Director of Land Protection & Stewardship The Norcross Wildlife Foundation was established in 1965 by Arthur D. Norcross, a native of Monson, Massachusetts and founder of the Norcross Greeting Card Company. From boyhood, Norcross demonstrated an avid ...
On August 22 the Koch family hosted a ceremony, on their property in Canterbury , dedicating the first ever, conservation easement to the Wolf Den Land Trust. Thanks to the Koch family, fifty acres of lovely forestland, bordered on one ...
- by Steve Broderick As Connecticut’s Extension Forester, it’s been my privilege to meet many hundreds of forest landowners. Over time, many of them have come to love their land, and would love to know it will remain undeveloped after ...