HLCT Rock to Rock
Day of Service - April 10

Join us April 10 at 10:00am at the Hamden Middle School. Registration is required. Come help us fix medallions onto storm drains throughout Hamden Town Center Park to educate the public about what they can do to help prevent plastic litter and other waste from entering our rivers and oceans. A kit with the medallions, cement, instructions and other information will be provided to each family or individual. Masks are required and we will observe social distancing protocols.

Rock to Rock - April 22

Celebrate Earth Day by supporting and/or joining your land trust's Rock to Rock cycling team. It's not too late to register and if cycling is not your thing, there's a hiking option as well. Sign up at https://www.rocktorock.org. Join your friends and neighbors to help create a greener, healthier, more just climate, from Rock to Rock through this premier Greater New Haven event.

Indigenous Communities
​April 21

Celebrate Earth Day a day early with a presentation on April 21 at 7pm by Dr. Lucianne Lavin on Connecticut's Indigenous Communities and their Natural World. Dr. Lavin is Director of Research and Collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies. Through thousands of years, Native Americans became expert in their natural environment, a necessity for survival. Find out how they enhanced plant and animal populations and learn from their indigenous folklore and sacred stories. This online presentation is available to the public free of charge, but you must pre-register here. We hope you can join us for this special presentation.

Six Lakes

Many of our members share an interest in the Hamden property Six Lakes also called Powder Farm. Owned by the Olin Corporation, it’s a hidden gem with 102 wooded acres and six ponds situated just north of Hamden's Newhall neighborhood. At your land trust, we are working with Save the Sound, CONECT and neighborhood leaders to preserve Six Lakes as a park and nature preserve for all Hamden residents to enjoy. Find out more about what makes this property special in this video of the virtual forum held last year. To learn more about Six Lakes, download and read the vision documents prepared by Yale School of the Environment students below.