Photo: Connie Gersick

Giving Tuesday
​December 1

As we continue to stay home and stay safe, many some of us have gained a new appreciation for nature and wild places where we can turn for recreation, emotional wellbeing and reflection. At the Hamden Land Conservation Trust, we’ve long recognized that the healing qualities and relief from stress go hand in hand with a walk in the woods. Open space, however, does not protect itself. It takes you, our members and friends, to safeguard land—and ensure that open space and hiking trails are available for Hamden families today and generations to come. Please join me in supporting your land trust as part of Giving Tuesday, this December 1. You will be joining millions around the world participating in what has become a global generosity movement. Gifts of any amount are welcome and will make a difference. Donate here. 

Step Up for Brooksvale a 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.

Powder Farm
What We Can 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.