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NCLT’s Response to COVID-19
Hello Friends, I’d like to provide you with a quick update from the New Canaan Land Trust, and some of the ways that COVID-19 is impacting our programs, preserves, and events. Visiting Our Preserves At this time, the New Canaan Land Trust's preserves will remain open...
Spring Equinox Update from NCLT’s Board President
"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and have my senses put in order." John Burroughs, a leader in the early conservation movement, an American essayist, and a naturalist, wrote those words over one hundred years ago. Today, scientists and environmentalists are...
Winter Solstice Letter from NCLT’s Board President
I woke up a bit earlier than usual the other morning. From my vantage point on Smith Ridge Road, I watched the snow glistening under a full moon as it set over Oenoke Ridge.December’s full moon has been known as the Cold Moon or the Long Night’s Moon, a...
Fields of Gold – A Photo Essay
By Susan Bergen In early fall, the New Canaan Land Trust meadows become a sea of yellow as the goldenrod bursts into bloom. Goldenrod is considered by the Xerces Society as one of the most important native plants that supports pollinators and other...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 2, Week 4 Update
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, This Friday marked the end of the 2019 Summer Steward Internship program. First off, I would like to thank everyone that has made these past fifteen weeks with the New Canaan Land Trust so...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 2, Week 3 Update
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, Today marks the end of our third week with the Session 2 interns. This week, we focused on habitat and resource conservation. We realized these lessons through our projects and educational...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 2, Week 2 Update
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, This week, the interns and I continued to work across New Canaan’s open spaces while creating numerous learning opportunities. On Monday, the interns met at the Silvermine-Fowler preserve to...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 2, Week 1 Update
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, This week, we began our second session of the 2019 Summer Steward Internship program. During the first session, we were able to complete numerous projects across many of our properties. We plan...
Meet NCLT’s Summer Steward Interns: Session 2
Every year since 2014, NCLT has worked with high-school-aged students across New Canaan to introduce them to land stewardship and conservation. This program offers so many unique opportunities for our interns to learn about and preserve New Canaan’s environment. Tasks...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 1, Week 4 Update
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, Today marks the end of our first session of the 2019 Summer Steward Internship. Alex Hazlin, Alex Schauer, Ben Walter, Jake Harasiuk, and Vivi Reeves have learned so much during their time with...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 1, Week 3 Update
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, Today marks the end of the third week of our first Summer Steward Internship session for the 2019 season. The interns have consistently performed great work these past few weeks, and we are...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 1, Week 2 Update
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, The Session 1: Summer Steward Interns have just completed their second week of our program. Despite the shortened week, we were able to make significant improvements to Hicks Meadow,...
Summer Steward Internship 2019: Session 1, Week 1 Update!
Dear supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy, My name is Kelly Flannery and I am excited to share updates from the first week of our Summer Steward Internship program! Aaron Lefland, NCLT’s Executive Director, and I have been preparing for...
Meet NCLT’s Summer Steward Interns: Session 1!
Every year since 2014, NCLT has worked with high-school-aged students across New Canaan, CT to introduce them to land stewardship and conservation. This program offers many unique opportunities for our interns to learn about and preserve New Canaan’s environment....
Summer Solstice Letter: A Seasonal Update from NCLT’s Board President
Dear Members and Friends of the New Canaan Land Trust, Today’s summer solstice marks the longest day of the year, and with it, a change in season from spring to summer. Change is also occurring within NCLT, as Art Berry steps down from his role as President of the...
NCHS Senior Internship Program with NCLT: Week 4!
Authors: Hans Toft-Nielsen and Kelly Flannery With rain in the forecast all week, we started our Monday indoors. Our task for the day was to search through old articles and pictures from the earliest days of the NCLT so that we could use them for social media posts....
NCHS Senior Internship Program with NCLT: Week 3!
Authors: Richard Ettinger and Kelly Flannery It’s safe to say that time has flied by the past three weeks I’ve spent as an intern with the New Canaan Land Trust. I’ve acquired an incredible amount of hands on experience, as well as learned a ton about NCLT just from...
NCHS Senior Internship Program with NCLT: Week 2!
Julen Sprackling and Kelly Flannery After a weekend of sunshine, this week started off in the office as rain set in. We started off the morning designing kiosk flyers, looking at and tacking social media trends, and digitizing files from the Halsey easement folder....
NCLT Welcomes Seniors from the 2019 NCHS Senior Internship Program!
By George Dumbauld and Kelly Flannery As summer approaches, seniors at New Canaan High School are starting a new chapter in their life. Our high school recognizes that second-semester seniors would benefit from the experience of working with local organizations. They...
NCLT Meadows Get A Facelift!
The dead of winter is not a slow time for the New Canaan Land Trust stewardship program. Over the past 2 months, three of the non-profit’s most prominent properties have been the focus of extensive work. Visitors and passerby may have noticed projects underway that...
Join NCLT and Wildlife in Crisis for a Hawk and Owl Release on 2/7/19
Join us on Thursday, February 7th at 4pm as we partner with Wildlife in Crisis to release a rehabilitated Red-Tailed Hawk and Barred Owl at the Still Pond Preserve.This Red-tailed hawk was hit by a car and suffered head trauma and a wing fracture. After several months...