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
American Beech
- by Dave Schroeder American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is one of the most easily recognized trees in the forests of Connecticut. Its smooth, light gray to blue gray bark is like no other tree found in these parts. The terminal bud (technically it is a ...
Even-Aged? It’s all how you look at it….
- by Tom Worthley, UCONN Cooperative Extension I know a fellow in Eastern Connecticut, a forest landowner like many of you. He has been told by a professional CT-Certified Forester that the mixed-oak stand on his property is “even-aged”. Red, white, scarlet and black oaks ...