Campaign
​Success!

You did it! Our Step Up for Brooksvale Campaign is successfully concluded. Thank you to everyone who donated! With your help, we raised $60,000, to help the Town cover costs associated with the Brooksvale Park expansion. The funds will be donated to the Town of Hamden to help cover the costs of remediation as required by the State OSWA grant that was awarded to the Town in December 2018. Click here to see the many reasons why your land trust supported this once-in-a-lifetime open space initiative.

Join our Virtual Cleanup

Join your land trust and Save the Sound for our virtual cleanup during the 2020 Connecticut Cleanup, part of the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup. Last year alone, this statewide effort removed over 6,000 pounds of trash from our beaches, parks, and riverbanks. Here in Hamden we're part of the Long Island Sound watershed and for several years, we've sponsored a cleanup at Oak Street Beach in nearby West Haven. This year, we're hosting a virtual cleanup. Register now to join us in collecting trash anywhere in Hamden anytime during September and October (select the Virtual Cleanup option).
 
Please go out solo or in small groups of no more than four people. Wear masks, gloves and practice physical distancing. Don’t forget to download the Clean Swell app to your mobile phone ahead of time to record the trash you collect as you go—this data helps Save the Sound and other organizations advocate for environmental action and legislation. Have fun and let’s do our part to keep trash out of our local waterways!
 
For instructions on using the Clean Swell app, click here.
To watch the virtual cleanup kickoff, click here.

Doug Tallamy November 11

Save the date for an online presentation by Doug Tallamy on Wednesday, November 11 at 6:30pm. Dr. Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware and author of Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, a seminal book that has inspired millions to plant for pollinators. Watch for details on how to join this exclusive online presentation co-sponsored by your land trust and the Cheshire Land Trust.

Powder Farm
What Can We Do?

The Powder Farm property in southern Hamden has remained contaminated and off-limits to the community for decades. This summer, Save the Sound, CONECT and neighborhood leaders held a virtual community forum to share what makes this property special and what Powder Farm could become. Watch the video here.

In 2004, students at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies released a management plan for the property. See that document's Executive Summary and Conclusions.