BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//New Canaan Land Trust - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for New Canaan Land Trust REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210512T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210512T203000 DTSTAMP:20260530T231022 CREATED:20210127T190020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T144742Z UID:3629-1620846000-1620851400@newcanaanlandtrust.org SUMMARY:RESILIENCE: Our Forests and Their Champion Trees DESCRIPTION:Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n Trees provide a number of critical services to our community\, yet we are losing them at a staggering rate. Join us for a lecture from City University of New York professor\, Dr. Andrew Reinmann\, in which we explore the many ways that trees improve our community’s health and wellness\, and the important role that urban and suburban forests play in addressing the impacts of climate change. \nDr. Reinmann will also present the results from a recent research project that examined forests in urban and suburban areas and assessed the associated benefits of forests across Westchester County. This project helps to provide recommendations on where more trees can be planted\, what tree species are likely to thrive in a changing climate\, and how local communities can participate in restoring forest cover. \nFollowing Dr. Reinmann’s presentation\, we will highlight ways to get involved in our new citizen science project: The New Canaan Champion Tree Project. You can help us to identify New Canaan’s oldest and largest tree specimens\, and create a catalogue of mighty maples and hearty hemlock. Don’t worry: if you can’t make the presentation\, we’ll also have information about this citizen science project on our website. \nThis program is a part of the monthly series\, “Resilience.” New Canaan Library is a proud recipient of the American Library Association’s “Resilient Communities” grant and has partnered with New Canaan Land Trust and Planet New Canaan to organize public programming focused on the themes of the films\, “Fire and Flood: Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change” and “Decoding the Weather Machine.” These programs provide a fascinating window into what you thought you knew about climate change\, and inspire participants to take local action to mitigate its consequences. Community members will be invited to learn from individuals and organizations that will share both local and national data and perspectives. \n \n Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nDr. Andrew Reinmann is an ecologist and biogeochemist who focuses on plant ecophysiology and the terrestrial carbon cycle. He is particularly interested in understanding the effects of environmental change (e.g.\, climate change\, urbanization\, and land cover change) on the drivers of plant-mediated controls of terrestrial carbon cycling\, and nitrogen dynamics as a limiting nutrient\, across a continuum of human-disturbed ecosystems. His research draws from multiple disciplines and combines field observations\, ecosystem experiments\, and laboratory analyses with GIS\, remote sensing\, and modeling. Reinmann currently has projects in forested and human dominated landscapes throughout the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. \nDr. Reinmann is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences Initiatives at the City University of New York\, and Assistant Professor of Geography at Hunter College. For his latest CV\, click here. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register HERE URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/events/resilience-champion-trees/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture,Pollinator Pathway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Resilience-Final-Proof-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="New Canaan Land Trust":MAILTO:info@newcanaanlandtrust.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210424T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210424T143000 DTSTAMP:20260530T231022 CREATED:20210128T144150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T142125Z UID:3641-1619262000-1619274600@newcanaanlandtrust.org SUMMARY:RESILIENCE: A Community Conference on “Decoding the Weather Machine” DESCRIPTION:Register Here\n \n \n \n \n \n The Earth is a weather machine composed of four elements: land\, air\, water\, and ice. Climate scientists warn that pollution\, the rise in temperatures around the globe\, and the removal of our forests are dangerously changing the planet’s delicate balance\, but emphasize that it’s not too late to rewrite the future. \nThe virtual conference will be divided into three parts: at-home viewing of “Decoding the Weather Machine\,” virtual lectures from experts featured in the film as well as local leaders sharing their data and observations\, and virtual breakout community discussion groups. Lunch and refreshment breaks are provided. \nTentative Conference Schedule: \n\nPrior to the conference: At-home viewing of “Decoding the Weather Machine” film (click HERE)\n11:00 am – 11:45 am: presentation by Waleed Abdalati\, PhD\, Professor of Geography\, University of Colorado Boulder and live Q&A\n\nTopic of discussion: Earth’s changing ice cover\, sea level rise\, and the technology used to measure changing ice cover and sea level rise\, as well as effective ways to present this information to planners\, decision-makers\, and policy-makers\n\n\n11:45 am – 12:30 pm: Colonel Jason E. Kelly\, South Atlantic Division Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and live Q&A\n\nTopic of discussion: climate change and national security\n\n\n12:30 pm- 1:00 pm: Lunch break \n1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: presentation by James O’Donnell\, professor and Executive Director of CIRCA – CT Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaption at UCONN\, on local initiatives to mitigate climate change and live Q&A\n1:45 pm – 2:15 pm: Breakout discussion groups\n2:15 – 2:30: Goodbyes and additional resources to stay connected\n\nSpeaker bios forthcoming. \nThis program is a part of the monthly series\, “Resilience.” New Canaan Library is a proud recipient of the American Library Association’s “Resilient Communities” grant and has partnered with New Canaan Land Trust and Planet New Canaan to organize public programming focused on the themes of the films\, “Fire and Flood: Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change” and “Decoding the Weather Machine.” These programs provide a fascinating window into what you thought you knew about climate change\, and inspire participants to take local action to mitigate its consequences. Community members will be invited to learn from individuals and organizations that will share both local and national data and perspectives. \n \n Register Here URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/events/resilience-decode-weather-machine/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture,Pollinator Pathway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Resilience-Final-Proof-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="New Canaan Land Trust":MAILTO:info@newcanaanlandtrust.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210420T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210420T200000 DTSTAMP:20260530T231022 CREATED:20210331T141035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T193509Z UID:3770-1618945200-1618948800@newcanaanlandtrust.org SUMMARY:An Introduction to Birding at the New Canaan Land Trust DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register\n \n \n \n \n \n Join father-son duo\, and expert birders\, Avery and Newel Cotton\, for a virtual introduction to birding at the New Canaan Land Trust. Participants will learn some of the best ways to identify common birds across the Land Trust’s Still Pond Preserve\, an eBird hotspot. Using the physical description of each species\, coupled with their calls and preferred habitats\, the Cottons will highlight a few of the many species that you might come across during a visit to the preserve. \nWith the spring migration getting started\, this virtual walkthrough will give participants the tools they need to get out and start birding on their own. \nThe Cottons will also introduce participants to a few birding tools and resources\, including eBird and other resources from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. eBird is one of the world’s largest citizen science projects\, enables birders to record their bird sightings\, see what other birders have spotted in the area\, and locate birding hotspots in New Canaan and across the globe. \n \n Click Here to Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Avery and Newell Cotton are New Canaan residents\, and and avid birding team. Together\, they have spotted hundreds of different species across the globe\, and regularly record their sightings on eBird. Recently\, Avery and Newell have become birding ambassadors for the land trust\, regularly visiting preserves that are designated as eBird hotspots\, and recording sightings so that the Land Trust can track migratory and resident bird populations. With this knowledge\, the Land Trust is able to better manage its preserves for species in need. The Cottons were also featured in THIS STORY in the Land Trust’s 2020 annual report. URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/events/intro-birding-at-nclt/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EventGraphicFinal.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="New Canaan Land Trust":MAILTO:info@newcanaanlandtrust.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210331T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210331T200000 DTSTAMP:20260530T231022 CREATED:20210205T184106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T145242Z UID:3665-1617217200-1617220800@newcanaanlandtrust.org SUMMARY:Meadows and Monarchs: A Discussion on Pollinators with Lepidopterist\, Victor DeMasi DESCRIPTION:Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n Through images and conversation\, Victor DeMasi\, lepidopterist\, will transport you to his pollinator meadow in Redding\, Connecticut. Along the way we will view some of the rare and common species he has seen there in 40 years of stewardship. Victor will explain life histories of some of our species and how a butterfly garden promotes a diversity of pollinators. \nDiscussions will include the importance of insects to our well being\, butterflies in our changing environment and invasive plant species. The complex demise of the Monarch Butterfly will receive particular emphasis\, as will a discussion of ways to attract pollinators to your own backyard. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victor DeMasi is an extremely active member of The Pollinator Pathway. He was a wetland conservation officer in his hometown of Redding\, Connecticut for 20 years\, and is presently a curatorial affiliate at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven. He busies himself with preserving open space in town and preserving butterflies in the museum. His field work with butterflies contributed almost a thousand citations to the recently published Connecticut Butterfly Atlas. He has contributed articles to scientific publications and his mark-recapture studies with Swallowtail butterflies was recently cited in the book Swallowtails of the Americas. During the Pandemic he is doing a pollinator survey of two meadows in Redding CT. \nRecent butterfly study trips with his spouse Roanna\, a photographer\, have been to the Amazon forest in Guyana\, Nicaragua\, and yearly studies in Montane\, California to assess the impact of climate change on fauna. His work in South America was recently featured in The Yale Environmental News. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register HERE URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/events/meadows-and-monarchs-dimasi/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture,Pollinator Pathway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EventGraphic.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="New Canaan Land Trust":MAILTO:info@newcanaanlandtrust.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210310T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210310T203000 DTSTAMP:20260530T231022 CREATED:20210128T143508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210201T141709Z UID:3635-1615402800-1615408200@newcanaanlandtrust.org SUMMARY:RESILIENCE: “Fire and Flood” and A Digital Archive of Hurricane Maria DESCRIPTION:Register Here\n \n \n \n \n \n PLEASE NOTE: Attendees are encouraged to watch the film\, “Fire and Flood: Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change” in advance of this lecture and will receive streaming instructions immediately after registering. \nIn September 2017\, Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This deadly hurricane left unprecedented destruction in its wake\, while dangerously inadequate government relief left so many victims stranded. “Fire and Flood: Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change\,” reveals how one marginalized community came to its own rescue. Personal stories in the documentary show how innovative forms of mutual aid not only delivered critical services\, but also created an enduring infrastructure of support for the island’s Queer community. Their story of resilience can be instructive for all of us. \nThis virtual program will be a presentation about the “Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico\,” by Valeria Fernández-González\, who was profiled in the film and will represent the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (UPRRP); Mirerza González Vélez\, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of the College of Humanities at UPRRP;  Christina Boyles\, Assistant Professor of Culturally-engaged Digital Humanities\, Andy Boyles Petersen\, Digital Scholarship Librarian\, and Elisa Landaverde\, Special Collections LGBTQ+ Librarian\, of Michigan State University Libraries; and Ricia Anne Chansky of University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. With the support of a $325\,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, the “Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico” will be a digital open access repository of Puerto Rican artifacts of disaster pertaining to Hurricane María (2017)\, the Guayanilla earthquakes (2020)\, and COVID19 (2020)\, to be housed in the project’s Omeka S site\, with copy cat collections available at the Digital Library of the Caribbean and at Michigan State University. Learn more here. \nThis program is a part of the monthly series\, “Resilience.” New Canaan Library is a proud recipient of the American Library Association’s “Resilient Communities” grant and has partnered with New Canaan Land Trust and Planet New Canaan to organize public programming focused on the themes of the films\, “Fire and Flood: Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change” and “Decoding the Weather Machine.” These programs provide a fascinating window into what you thought you knew about climate change\, and inspire participants to take local action to mitigate its consequences. Community members will be invited to learn from individuals and organizations that will share both local and national data and perspectives. \n \n Register Here URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/events/resilience-fire-flood/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture,Pollinator Pathway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Resilience-Final-Proof-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="New Canaan Land Trust":MAILTO:info@newcanaanlandtrust.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210210T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210210T203000 DTSTAMP:20260530T231022 CREATED:20210115T195616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T144557Z UID:3594-1612983600-1612989000@newcanaanlandtrust.org SUMMARY:RESILIENCE: The Secret Life of Trees DESCRIPTION:Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n Produced by Patagonia Films\, “Treeline: The Secret Life of Trees\,” is a glimpse into the amazing lives of our oldest living companions: trees. The short film’s incredible cinematography explores the inextricable connection between humans and forests\, and provides us with a new way of understanding our life-long symbiotic relationship with trees. \nDuring this program\, participants will watch the 40-minute film together on Zoom and then Aaron Lefland\, Executive Director of the New Canaan Land Trust\, will lead a panel discussion with foresters\, ecologists\, and land managers working in CT’s forests. The discussion will expand on some of the film’s themes\, including forest health and resilience\, tree ring research\, and the impacts of climate change on our forests. While many of the topics in Treeline are presented at the global level\, they apply directly to New Canaan as well. Our panel discussion will help to “bring home” some of these topics\, and provide audience members with actionable ways they can help support healthy trees in our community. Questions from the audience will be encouraged. \nThis program is a part of the monthly series\, “Resilience.” New Canaan Library is a proud recipient of the American Library Association’s “Resilient Communities” grant and has partnered with New Canaan Land Trust and Planet New Canaan to organize public programming focused on the themes of the films\, “Fire and Flood: Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change” and “Decoding the Weather Machine.” These programs provide a fascinating window into what you thought you knew about climate change\, and inspire participants to take local action to mitigate its consequences. Community members will be invited to learn from individuals and organizations that will share both local and national data and perspectives. \n \n Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Moderator & Panelists\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Aaron Lefland is the Executive Director of the New Canaan Land Trust. Prior to joining the Land Trust in 2017\, Aaron received a Master of Forest Science from the Yale School of the Environment. There\, he studied the sustainable management of New England’s forests and published two peer-reviewed journal articles about community forestry and the demographics of important timber species. His previous experience includes running a low-impact forest management operation and conducting ecological research related to long-term changes in forest composition. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Laura Green is an adjunct lecturer in the Biology Department at Southern Connecticut State University where she teaches about botany and forest ecology. Her previous experience includes managing the Research and Naturalist Projects at the Yale School Forests\, researching understory plant communities in Southern New England\, and volunteering with the Native Plant Trust. Laura holds a Master of Forestry from the Yale School of the Environment\, a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Vassar College\, and is a CT licensed forester. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Connor Hogan is the Director of the McLean Game Refuge\, a 4\,400 acre wildlife sanctuary in northern Connecticut. In this role\, he designs and implements all of the research\, conservation\, management\, education\, and recreation activities at the Refuge. He frequently works with and serves as a resource for land trusts and other conservation organizations in the region. Connor holds a Master of Forestry from the Yale School of the Environment\, a Bachelor of Arts from Bates College\, and is a CT licensed forester. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Matt Viens is the GreenSkills Program Manager at the Urban Resources Initiative in New Haven\, an urban forestry non-profit that fosters community-based land stewardship programs. He has overseen a number of programs at URI\, including street tree planting\, green jobs training\, and most recently\, supervising the installation of 75 bioswales throughout the downtown area. Matt holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment\, a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland\, and is an ISA certified arborist.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register HERE URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/events/resilience-the-secret-life-of-trees/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture,Pollinator Pathway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Resilience-Final-Proof-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="New Canaan Land Trust":MAILTO:info@newcanaanlandtrust.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201112T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201112T193000 DTSTAMP:20260530T231022 CREATED:20200827T151846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T182533Z UID:3234-1605204000-1605209400@newcanaanlandtrust.org SUMMARY:53rd Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:Advanced registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\nThe New Canaan Land Trust invites you to their 53rd annual meeting\, held by Zoom at 6pm on Thursday\, November 12. The annual meeting is an excellent opportunity to learn about the many ways that the Land Trust is engaging the New Canaan community in the conservation and stewardship of open space. \nThis years meeting will also feature a guest lecture from Gerald Torres\, Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of the Environment. Professor Torres is an acclaimed global scholar of environmental law\, who has spent his career examining the intrinsic connections between the environment\, agriculture and food systems\, and social justice. His lecture will provide an overview of the topic of environmental justice\, and touch on some of the ways that land and water conservation has both exacerbated and helped to solve varying social justice issues. \nProfessor Torres’ lecture promises be both eye-opening and thought provoking. Together\, we can learn about how access to land\, water\, and other natural resources can shape a community\, and how the strategic and thoughtful conservation of these resources can lead to a more equitable future. \nThe Land Trust will begin their meeting at 6pm\, and the lecture from Professor Torres will begin at 6:30pm. Attendees are welcome to attend either or both portions of the event\, and your advanced registration will admit you to both portions of the evening. \n\n \n\nAdvanced registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. URL:https://newcanaanlandtrust.org/events/53rd-annual-meeting/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting,Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="New Canaan Land Trust":MAILTO:info@newcanaanlandtrust.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR