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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...
Summer Steward Internship Program 2018 Session 2 Week 4 Summary
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy Supporters, We have completed our 2018 Summer Steward Internship Program! Thank you very much to all of the interns for your hard work, and sharing your summers with us. I’ve enjoyed working...
Summer Steward Internship Program 2018 Session 2 Week 3 Summary and Week 4 Updates
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy Supporters,We have completed most of our Summer Steward Internship Program this year- we only have one week left!On Monday, we worked at Hicks Meadow at the NCLT Silvermine-Stillpond Preserve...
Summer Steward Internship Program 2018 Session 2 Week 2 Summary Week 3 Updates
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy Supporters,We are halfway through our second session of the Summer Stewardship Program of 2018! Thank you to our new group of stewards for a great second week! It has been fun working with...
Summer Steward Internship 2018 Session 2 Week 1 Summary and Week 2 Updates
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy Supporters,We just completed our first session of the second session of the Summer Stewardship Program of 2018! Thank you to our new group of stewards for a great first week!On Monday, we...
Summer Steward Internship 2018 Flex Week Summary and Session 2 Week 1 Updates
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy Supporters,We have completed our Flex Week, making the most of the inclement weather predictions throughout the week. This week, the interns spent rainy days working on administrative projects...
Summer Steward Internship 2018 Session 1 Week 4
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust and Waveny Park Conservancy Supporters,We have completed our first session of the Summer Steward Program of 2018! We accomplished a lot in these four weeks! Thank you to the Stewards of session one for all of your hard...
Summer Steward Internship 2018 Session 1 Week 3
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust Supporters,We are three quarters of the way through our first session of the Summer Steward Program! We have had a fun and productive week with our first field trip and our first stone wall workshop, with local stone...
Summer Steward Internship 2018 Session 1 Week 2
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust Supporters,We are halfway through our first session of the Summer Steward Program, and although the heat slowed us down a bit, we still had a very productive week. You’ll see that we completed a variety of stewardship...
Summer Steward Internship 2018 Session 1 Week 1
Dear Stewards, Parents, Members, and Land Trust Supporters, This past week marked the start of the New Canaan Land Trust’s Summer Steward Internship Program. As you know, this paid internship engages local high school students in land stewardship projects that benefit...
Summer Solstice: An Update from our Board President
Today's Summer Solstice provides another opportunity for me to thank everyone for their very generous support of the Land Trust over the past few months, and to provide an update on our recent activities and our plans for the months ahead. While it is difficult to...
Winter Solstice: A Letter from the Board President
Today, December 21st, at 11:28am comes Winter Solstice, "the rebirth of light," and a day of remembrance and appreciation for what has recently been accomplished in our outside world. With this day, we know, as our ancestors have for millennia, that for the...
Summer Stewards Program Update
Dear Members:We have made it to the halfway point of the 2017 Summer Stewards program, and what a terrific start it has been! Our enthusiastic crew of six local high school students has been hard at work stewarding properties, learning how to identify plants (both...