Dear Members and Friends of the New Canaan Land Trust,With the Summer Solstice upon us, we will celebrate the longest day of the year with an update of your Land Trust's recent activities. First, mark your calendars for August 21st, when we will all experience a...

A favorite quarry of amateur mycologists is the morel of our hardwood forests. You might think that a successful hunt for the earthy, nutty and easy-to-identify morel would begin with querying a mushroom hunter about where to find them. Don’t bother asking. Mushroom...

Below is a letter from Board Member, Volunteer Coordinator, and Head Steward, Dr. Haik Kavookjian. Haik clearly enjoys getting out onto the properties and leading NCLT's efforts to care for and maintain our many properties. Focusing last weekend on the Hannan Fieldat...

As we enter the heart of Spring and as the days are getting longer, we look forward to the re-emergence of green and verdant life across the landscape. In that spirit I wanted to share this poem, written in 1997 by New Canaan's own and friend of the Land Trust Sarah...

A candidate for the all-time best flower name is Wake Robin (Trillium erectum).You can discover this woodlands native for yourself just inside the entrance tothe Watson-Symington woodlands of New Canaan Land Trust.It grows along the trail, with Jack-in- the-Pulpit...

[This post was originally contributed a few years ago by former NCLT board member Penny Ross. Her delightful description still hold true this spring season.Thank you, Penny!-Mike J.]Daffodils are still weeks away, and snowdrops are only now starting to show in sunny...

Below is a letter from board member and volunteer coordinator, Dr. Haik Kavookjian, who continues to direct the ambition and enthusiasm of the hardy group of reliable volunteers, New Canaan’s own Service League of Boys, or SLOBs.The ongoing SLOBs partnership is one...

Dear Neighbors and Friends of the Land Trust,This Spring is a perfect time to take a moment to appreciate the natural beauty of the transitions of the seasons, and to reflect on our own continual transitions and growth as a Land Trust. We see the new life emerging in...

Join us for a joint venture of learning and monitoring our local wetland resources! The Land Trust and the New Canaan Nature Center are forming a team of citizen scientists to monitor or local amphibians and we need your help to collect information on frogs and toads...

"How much space is open to the public?"This was the question asked and answered by Nancy Sessions 28 years ago in February, 1989. Mrs. Sessions was a member of the Town Environmental Commission in that year, and, in a letter to the editor of the New Canaan...

(This article was originally written in February 2014 by NCLT board member Penelope Ross, for inclusion in the New Canaan Advertiser)When you go for a winter walk in New Canaan’s mostly deciduous woodlands, you can add to your enjoyment by identifying the trees you...

Just before the calendar turned to 2017, the Land Trust received a 2.29-acre gift visible along Turner Hill Road from Scott and Karen Amero. Former longtime residents of New Canaan, the Ameros share a deep interest in conservation and a fondness for the beautiful...

A group of fifteen hikers took to the trails last Thursday morning to enjoy one of the largest Land Trust properties in town, and did so despite a persistent drizzle. This is the second time in the last several months that the Nature Center group, led by Toddy...

Our Community Conservation Champion (CCC) program relies on you, neighbors of the Land Trust, to help us become better stewards of the land. With over 70 properties and more than 600 near neighbors, we can’t be everywhere at once. When there is something that needs...

Friends of the Earth at a volunteer day earlier this fall.Below is a letter of thanks written by NCLT board member Dr. Haik Kavookjian, thanking the New Canaan High School Friends of the Earth Club. The Club is lead by dedicated naturalists and former NCLT Summer...

Nearly 100 community members were on hand last Thursday evening for the 49th Annual Membership Meeting of the New Canaan Land Trust. Guests were welcomed to St. Mark's Morrill Hall by a slide show of photos featuring NCLT members, the Eagle Scouts and Girl Scouts, and...

Over the course of a few days and with the help of many in his troop, Kevin Brunner has completed the installation of almost 120 feet of raised wooden walkway at the NW corner of the meadow on the Colhoun property just off of Davenport Ridge Road in southwest New...

Colin Vetterli recently lead an intrepid group of fellow scouts from Troop 286 to install three kestrel and 2 wood duck boxes, hosted on a few of the New Canaan Land Trust properties. The goal of the project, as Vetterli describes it is to attract nesting birds into...

Observant NCLT'ers may have noticed a section of the beautiful stone wall bordering the Route 123/Canoe Hill field had ~ a 4 - 6 foot section collapse recently. Cause unknown, possibly the result of a car accident or simply the natural history of dry walls in New...

Dear NCLT'ers, Although a new school year is well underway some things remain the same. The SLOBs under the guidance of the Newtons put in a very effective morning at Symington. We even had a SLOB's dad, Brayson Dresser show up to help without his son who happened to...

Front row L to R: Stefano Triant, Richard Ettinger Austin GrilloBack row L to R: George Triant, Margie Ettinger, Spencer Reeves, Richard Ettinger, Michael Geller, Peter Dantini, Jr., Peter Dantini, Sr., Ethan Geller, David Siegel, Michael ReevesA dozen scouts and...