Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced that $5 million, which will allow the state to add hundreds of acres of working farmland to ongoing preservation efforts, is expected to be approved when the state Bond Commission meets March 16. Today, she will be at the 62-acre Bomba Farm, a former dairy operation, in Seymour where
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The Redding Land Trust has been instrumental in helping to preserve a large part of Cross Highway, particularly “the view from the road.” Mary Anne Guitar, land trust president, said the recent purchase of parcels of the Cram property off Cross Highway has preserved “what Redding is.” The purchase protects the corner of Cross Highway
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Working Lands Alliance Conference: Plowing Ahead: Farmland Preservation in 2010 & Beyond, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30, Saturday, March 27, 2010. Farmers, conservationists, town officials, anti-hunger advocates, locavores, chefs, and all supporters of farmland preservation in Connecticut are asked to join those at the Working Lands Alliance for its 10th anniversary to examine the past
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced this week that funds are available to assist cities and towns and land conservation organizations with the purchase and preservation of open space lands and urban gardens. via Open-space funds available from state | The Day.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced today that funds are available to assist cities and towns and land conservation organizations with the purchase and preservation of open space lands and urban gardens through the state of Connecticut’s Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition program. “We will award up to $5 million in grants for local land
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Eastford, Conn. — Eastford is one of only two towns in the state without formal zoning regulations, but that might soon change. Spurred by a charge to adopt zoning in the town’s 2006 Plan of Conservation and Development, the Board of Selectmen recently established a zoning study committee to examine the issue and make recommendations.
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Killingly, Conn. — The Conservation Commission wants to add nearly 200 acres of town-owned land to open-space preservation. The commission this month recommended approving easements for 10 municipal parcels and redesignating them for passive and active recreation use. The parcels, which range in size from 4.6 acres to 125 acres, are scattered across town and
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The Trust for Public Land is hosting a free workshop for municipal officials and staff and the land trust community, entitled Strategies for Funding Farmland Preservation. The workshop will focus on how communities can enhance conservation programs and create new funding for open space and farmland protection from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 10,
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The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters Education Fund held their 10th Annual Environmental Summit recently at the Jaycees Boathouse on the banks of the Connecticut River in Hartford. Several hundred members of environmental organizations throughout the state gathered to discuss their legislative agendas for the 2010 legislative session. The 85th session opens Feb. 3, 2010,
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A former longtime New Milford farmer said that he is “tickled pink” that the Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust is maintaining a 205-acre farm that was long owned by “a hard-working family” that had a large herd of cattle that provided milk to the area. via The Housatonic Times – ‘Tickled Pink’ About Preservation Efforts.
Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) have joined Representatives Chris Murphy (CT-5) and John Larson (CT-1) to call on Congressional leaders to fund a Forest Legacy Program (FLP) grant to protect the Tulmeadow Farm in Simsbury. The Forest Legacy Program, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, helps provide funding to protect threatened privately-owned
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she wants to borrow $5 million to buy the development rights to some farmland. Rell has put the funds for the purchases by the Farmland Preservation Program into a request that will go before the state Bond Commission on Sept. 25. via Rell to seek $5
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Concerned that strips of protected, but long forgotten state-owned scenic woodland along major highways are at risk of being encroached upon by development, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has announced the state will begin a comprehensive inventory of the parcels for inclusion on a new digitalized map. via ConnecticutPlus.com News – State-owned scenic lands to
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GLASTONBURY – The historic district commission, plan and zoning commission, Glastonbury Historical Society and the state preservation office have sent letters to the town opposing the construction of the Verizon Wireless “silo” tower at 1040 Main St. The Connecticut Siting Council has sole jurisdiction over where telecommunications towers are located across the state. via Cell
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New Milford has become proactive in trying to preserve the agriculture that remains, appointing a Farmland Preservation Committee and trying to ensure that those farmers retain the right to farm even in the midst of developing neighborhoods around them. Last year, New Milford became the first Litchfield County town to pass a Right to Farm
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Down economy changes the dynamics of land preservation | North Country Public Radio: “States are facing tough decisions about where to invest their shrinking budgets. In most cases protecting open space is not at the top of the list. It’s also putting pressure on developers and landowners facing budget problems of their own. The consequence,
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In Ceremony, Governor Rell Signs Bills to Preserve $1B Dairy Industry and State Farmland | CT Environmental Headlines: At a ceremony today at Hytone Farm in Coventry, Governor M. Jodi Rell signed two bills intended to save Connecticut’s $1 billion dairy industry and preserve the state’s farmland. “This economy has been a road of no
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Southbury farmland on track for preservation under new state law | The Republican-American: SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Land Trust and Audubon Connecticut want to see that the 625 state-owned acres of farmland at the Southbury Training School — the largest remaining parcel of unprotected agricultural land in Southbury today — is preserved. A new state
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Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell Signs Bill to Bolster Farmland Preservation Efforts: “Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that she has signed a bill that requires the state Farmland Preservation Advisory Board to review all state-owned land currently used for agricultural purposes, except for land owned by the Department of Environmental Protection, and consider how
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Connecticut Yankee Conservation Project formed with goal of conserving Connecticut Yankee property | CT Environmental Headlines: One year after Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company requested expressions of interest for its 582-acre former power plant site in Haddam, the Connecticut Yankee Conservation Project has been formed to work with the conservation community and Connecticut Yankee toward
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