The ECFLA & WDLT Mission
The misson of the Eastern Connecticut Forest Landowners Association (ECFLA) & the Wolf Den Land Trust (WDLT) is to:
- Promote wise management of forest lands
- Provide information to help members make informed decisions
- Offer professional forestry assistance to the small forest landowner
- Make forest ownership more attractive as an investment
- Improve communications among landowners, foresters, mill owners, timber harvesters
- Protect open space and professionally manage demonstration forests through the Wolf Den Land Trust.
- Learn more….
MEMBER RESOURCES
Benefits of membership include:
- E-News – Subscribe now for updates on programs, problems in our area, etc.
- Quarterly newsletters filled with practical, informative articles
- Educational meetings and programs
- An annual Forestry Fair
- Equipment to loan: a planting bar and planting shovel for members planting large quantities of forest seedling stock
- Support from natural resource professionals to teach our members about land stewardship
CONSERVING LAND
What the WDLT does and how we help:
- We hold title or conservation easements to woodlands in order to protect them as forest lands and to serve as demonstration woodlands.
- We manage 17 properties totaling more than 882 acres in northeastern Connecticut.
- Many of our managed properties have a trail system and are open to the public for passive recreation.
- Check out the list of properties and view maps
- Contact us today if you are interested in conserving YOUR land!
MOST RECENT POSTS
Invasive Plants Change Expected Pathways of Plant Succession
- by Charlotte Pyle, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service You probably have observed that in recent years there have been some new twists to the textbook model of plant succession. In the textbook model of old field succession, abandoned farm land is expected to revert ...
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
- by Carole Cheah, Ph.D. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, c/o USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, 51 Mill Pond Rd, Hamden, CT 06514 Heavy infestation. Fig.1. Heavy infestation Fig.4. Close up of HWA nymph Fig.5. Hatching HWA crawlers Fig. 6. Settled instars Fig. 7. Harmonia ...
Yellow-Poplar
- By David Schroeder Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) also known as tuliptree, tulip-poplar, and whitewood, is one of the more impressive occupants of Connecticut’s forests. This member of the magnolia family is among the fastest growing and tallest of our eastern hardwoods with the potential to reach 200 ...
Two-Thirds of New Englander’s Place Nature over Timber as Priority for Forests
- By Kate Stewart (202-822-6090), Belden Russonello & Stewart and Jeff McCord (540-364-4769), McCord & Associates A Survey of Public Attitudes Toward Forests of Northern New England found that Northern New Englanders are five times (65 percent) more likely to worry about protection of natural ...
A Norcross Wildlife Foundation: A Mission to Conserve Habitat for Animals & Plants
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 interest in nature and wildlife ...
Connecticut is Getting More Rainfall – Good or Bad News for our Forests?
- by Dennis Hodgin A recent effort by UConn scientists to update Connecticut’s rainfall statistics has revealed that the state has been getting significantly wetter! I am not a plant scientist and my first reaction was that this can only be good news for our ...